By Dan Ambrose:Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes that when the final tally comes in by the end of this week, the Shane Mosley vs. Manny Pacquiao bout will bring in over 1.2 million pay per view buys. This would eclipse the 1.2 million PPV buys that Pacquiao’s last fight against Antonio Margarito brought in last year in November.

Despite being a noncompetitive bore, the Margarito vs. Pacquiao bout did very well in PPV terms. Arum thinks the Pacquiao vs. Mosley bout could bring in between 1.4 to 1.5 million PPV buys, thanks the heavy marketing on CBS due to Fight Camp 360 series being aired on the non-PPV network.

Many casual fans likely were excited about the fight after watching the Fight Camp 360 episodes and paid their $55 to see the fight, expecting it to be an exciting fight. What they got instead was a huge disappointment with Mosley unwilling to mix it up and Pacquiao looking sloppy, tired and old. It wasn’t the right fight to be trying to make a big impression on the boxing fans that are more in the dark about the sport, because they’re likely going to be disappointed in the fight and might not be so quick to throw away another $55 to see Pacquiao destroy another old guy. Fans want to see Pacquiao in competitive fights, not just in fights against in house fighters that have little chance of winning.

Arum is hoping that the Mosley vs. Pacquiao bout was going to be a move to get boxing fans shown on non-PPV television. The opportunity was there but it was wasted due to this poor fight.