New York -- HBO Sports reported today that 875,000 pay-per-view buys and $43.8 million in pay-per-view revenue was generated from last Saturday’s super welterweight title fight featuring Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Don King Productions. The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino was the host site.
The 875,000 buys consisted of 475,000 buys from cable systems and 400,000 buys from satellite homes throughout the 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. The pay-per-view performance of Mayorga vs. De La Hoya is the best performing pay-per-view event since De La Hoya last fought 20 months ago. His September 2004 showdown with middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins produced one million pay-per-view buys and $56 million in revenue.
A native of East Los Angeles, De La Hoya, 33, was an Olympic gold medallist for the United States in 1992 and has carved out a spectacular pro career. He has participated in each of the top five highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view events in history –including the record-setting 1.4 million buys in the Felix Trinidad fight of Sept. 1999; the Sept. 2004 encounter with Bernard Hopkins that produced one million buys; the Sept. 2003 rematch with Shane Mosley, which generated 950,000 buys; the Sept. 2002 showdown with Fernando Vargas, which registered 935,000 buys; and the May 6 encounter with Mayorga that produced 875,000 buys .
The Mayorga vs. De La Hoya super welterweight title fight will be replayed this Saturday night, May 13 at 9:45 p.m. ET/ 6:45 p.m. PT on HBO. De La Hoya scored a decisive sixth round TKO win. The fight will be paired with the live World Championship Boxing telecast from Boston as Britain’s Ricky Hatton makes his HBO debut and challenges welterweight belt-holder Luis Collazo of Brooklyn. The evening’s telecast will be presented in high definition television.
