Scott at BadLeftHook with the story:
As promised, HBO released a statement this morning confirming that the Mayweather-Marquez pay-per-view on September 19 did an astounding one million buys. The release said 525,000 buys came from cable, and 475,000 from satellite. $52 million of pay-per-view revenue was generated by the fight.
Mayweather is a pay-per-view superstar, and there is no questioning that anymore.
It’s really important to note that the fight was shown in theaters in major cities and the amount of people who bought seats to the theater showing is not yet released so the amount of people who actually paid for the event is not yet known. Still, these are dramatically better numbers than were being forecast prior to the event.