Manny Pacquiao went head to head against Yordenis Ugas in a 12-round boxing fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas today. A lot was at stake for both the boxers as a win against a legendary boxer like Manny would be a great landmark in the Cuban boxer’s career. Whereas a win would help Pacquiao become a new WBO welterweight champion.
However, the Philippine boxer came up short after 12 rounds of hard-fought battle as Yordenis Ugas was declared the winner via unanimous decision. Despite Pacquiao’s loss, a tremendous amount of fans were in attendance to watch the fight. Owing to the fact, there were high chances that this was Pac-Man’s last professional fight.
Moving forward let’s take a look at the ticket sales, PPV sales and fight purses of Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas. Boxing journalist Dan Rafael revealed the attendance for the Pacquiao vs Ugas event on his Twitter account. “Announced attendance for #PacquiaoUgas at T-Mobile Arena is 17,438.”
Announced attendance for #PacquiaoUgas at T-Mobile Arena is 17,438
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) August 22, 2021
Fight Purses of Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas
There was little to no doubt that Manny Pacquiao would make a ton of money from this fight against Ugas. A known source called Diarro As has revealed the estimate fight purse of Pac-Man. According to this source the Filipino boxer is expected to make a guaranteed $5 million for stepping inside the ring to face Yordenis Ugas.
Further, Pacquiao could also end up earning an enormous sum of $25 million depending on the pay per view sales. The Fox Sport PPV price for this event was $74.99 as per Michael Benson of Talksport.
Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas on Aug 21st remains a FOX Sports PPV in the US, price still $74.99, despite the withdrawal of Errol Spence due to injury.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) August 12, 2021
On the other hand, there is no information regarding the fight purse of the WBO welterweight champion. However, one could make an assumption about his earnings from this fight by taking a look at his most recent fight purse.
As per the California Athletic State Commission, Yordenis Ugas’ fight purse for his last bout in which he won via split decision against Abel Ramos was $500,000. Considering this fight was against Pacquiao and the WBO world welterweight title was at stake, the Cuban boxer will approximately earn near a million dollars for this bout.
