The LA Times’ Larry Pugmire reports that the GGG-Canelo fight taking place on Saturday, September 16th drew 1.2 million PPV buys. Chris Mannix of SI has also confirmed the number with industry sources.
The fight ended up in a draw which only means that the two fighters should do it again sooner than later. For Canelo, it’s his second fight this year in which he has been featured and the PPV has gone over 1 million buys. His fight against Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. this past May drew 1 million PPV buys.
Payout Perspective:
The PPV buys show that GGG-Canelo were not affected by the The Money Fight which took place a couple weeks before. Thus, the casual boxing fan was willing to purchase this fight regardless of the Mayweather-McGregor fight taking place a couple weeks prior. The buy rate shows the immense popularity of the fighters especially Canelo who is becoming the PPV boxing king. GGG has not had great success on PPV prior to this. But, the two should draw similar numbers for their anticipated rematch.
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