It is said in the news that Manny Pacquiao's popularity and huge fan base was the reason for the event's success being that Joshua Clottey, a native of Ghana now living in New York, was virtually unknown to the masses, so the figures are a credit to Manny Pacquiao.
"We are extremely pleased with the pay-per-view performance of Pacquiao-Clottey. Fights like this traditionally do not exceed 400,000 buys," Taffet said. "It is a testament to the popularity of Pacquiao and the vitality of the sport, and it gives us great encouragement as we look toward the May 1 Mayweather-Mosley pay-per-view fight."
According to Dan Rafael of ESPN Boxing News, the fight generated 350,000 buys from cable homes, 310,000 from satellite homes , and 40,000 from telco homes. He also mentioned that based on Manny Pacquiao's pay-per-view history, he has become a crossover star in the United States. He added that, in 12 pay-per-view fights, he has generated 6.25 million buys and $320 million in revenue. The bulk of the total has come from his last four fights: Clottey, Miguel Cotto (1.2 million buys), Ricky Hatton (800,000 buys) and Oscar De La Hoya (1.25 million buys).
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