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Pacquiao/Vargas does lowest PPV buys in 8 years; Arum ‘pleased’

PPV buyrate estimates are in for Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas and, as expected, the numbers are low. In an interview with Ring TV, Top Rank head Bob Arum says the numbers are “a little over 300[thousand]” also noting that they are “still coming in.”

If this number holds, it would make it the least watched Pacquiao fight since his 2008 clash with David Diaz. Pacquiao would follow that fight up with his superstar making win over Oscar De La Hoya, and every fight since then has been above 400,000 with seven of the fights topping one million.