The recent fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley generated more than 1.3 million in pay-per-view buys according to Top Rank Promotions owner Bob Arum, who said it's Pacquiao's best performance yet on PPV.
Pacquiao surpassed his previous highest performance in PPV of 1.25 million generated with his victory over Oscar de la Hoya in 2008.
"Arum said Pacquiao-Mosley generated more than $75 million in television revenue with about 700,000 buys coming via cable systems and about 600,000 coming from satellite services," ESPN reports.
"The reason Arum gave for the lag in getting pay-per-view numbers and for why he is unsure of more precise totals is because Showtime, largely out of the pay-per-view business in recent years, does not have the kind of database and expertise to extrapolate numbers like HBO does," the report added.
Boxing critics are getting impatient about the late announcement of the total PPV count on the Pacquiao vs. Mosley fight.
Arum told ESPN's Dan Rafael, "We know we have a little over 1.3 million," Arum said. "What we don't have are some of the smaller cable systems. What I'm saying is I know we go to the bank counting a little over a 1.3 million. I know we'll go up from there. How much up, I have no experience in this.
"This was all done for us in the past by HBO, which had experience, charts and all kinds of data from past fights to compare the fight to. Showtime can't do it because they haven't done this in so long. They don't have the database that you need, but I'm feeling very, very happy because I know I've done at least 1.3 million.
"How far over we are remains to be seen, and I have no way to make a prediction. Obviously, on the outstanding systems we did something. So that will determine how much above 1.3 million. But I don't think we have enough outstanding numbers to say we will be over 1.4 million, so I think we will wind up somewhere between 1.3 and 1.4 million." Arum added.
Meanwhile, Juan Manuel Marquez has reportedly dropped David Diaz as his next sparring partner in preparation for his fight with Pacquiao and instead picked on Likar Ramos of Colombia for his tune-up fight.
Ramos (24-3) is 25 years old with 18 knockouts in his 24 fights. He stands 5'7" and is a southpaw.
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