From Dan Rafael:
825,000 domestic pay-per-view buys with the likelihood that when they're all counted, the total will reach 850,000 or more.
That means the fight generated almost $50 million from the American pay-per-view, a huge number that doesn't even take into account the pay-per-view figures from Hatton's turf in the United Kingdom, where the fight easily could have done 1 million buys. Nor does it take into account the live gate of $8,832,950 or the closed-circuit ticket sales of $575,750 in Las Vegas alone. There's also a pile of cash from the rest of the closed-circuit and international television sales, a seven-figure license fee from HBO for the delayed broadcast rights, sponsorship money and merchandise revenue.
Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton PPV numbers something to celebrate, even if Bob Arum refuses - ESPN
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