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Mayweather has shown that he is a PPV attraction by the #s his last fight put up. However in my opinion this does not mean he is necessarily a bigger draw than Manny. I think that Mayweather sparked the public's interest and Manny and Miguel will set it off sort of. I'll go out on a limb and say that Pac Cotto does 1.3 M

How do you predict Pac - Cotto sales go?
Mayweather is the cash cow of the sport now. Against a Mexican fighter that is virtually unknown to the general public he manages 1 million PPV buys and in a recession. Can't say he's not the draw anymore.

Whereas Hatton-Pacquiao was marketed even bigger and seems to be the bigger fight but only managed 825,000 ppv buys.

I'd be surprised if Cotto-Pacquiao does 1 million. It's going to be seen by the general American public as 2 foreigners fighting. America don't like foreigners, unless 1 of their own is beating the shit out of the other foreigner.
Those number are US only numbers. The jury is still out on this. Pac/Cotto has got nothing to do with Mayweather.
Ok so do you want to take into account UK numbers also?

Mayweather-Hatton

US: 920,000 buys
UK: 1.4m buys

Pacquiao-Hatton

US: 825,000 buys
UK: 350,000 buys

Kind of says it all. Unless you want me to bring out the comparison between how Mayweather sold against ODLH & JMM with how Pac did against those same opponents. Just accept it he's a star.

For the record I think Pacquiao-Cotto does 1m, maybe more as they're two fighters with big communities in the US. Difference between them & PBF-JMM is that they both have proved to be a draw of some kind in the past.