Mayweather/de la Hoya does 2.4 million buys

WHB318y ago

A few days after pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. took a split decision from Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, the staggering numbers rolled into HBO PPV and De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions like a tidal wave. The junior middleweight title fight, with 2.15 million pay-per-view buys, $120 million in PPV revenue, a live gate just shy of $19 million at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and total gross receipts of about $150 million, had shattered every boxing box office record. They'll need to break out the bubbly all over again now that HBO has revised the pay-per-view figures with a final tally that is even more mind-blowing than the original projections. HBO said with the buys now fully accounted for, the fight actually generated 2.4 million buys and $134.4 million in domestic PPV revenue, bringing the total revenue for the event to approximately $165 million. It is common for early pay-per-view tallies to rise once all the buys are counted, but the magnitude of the boost came as a surprise, Taffet said. "When you're talking about a record, with numbers that are so big, you want to get it exactly right, and it takes a long time to count to 2.4 million," HBO PPV chief Mark Taffet told ESPN.com on Thursday. The amended figures also vaulted De La Hoya into first place as the all-time pay-per-view sales king. His 18 PPV fights have sold 12.8 million units, sending him past Evander Holyfield's record of 12.6 million, which does not include the undisclosed total for his Oct. 13 PPV fight against Sultan Ibragimov. But that fight is not expected to reach even 100,000 buys. The increase from $120 million to $134.4 million in PPV revenue means De La Hoya's events have generated $626.4 million, extending his revenue lead over second-place Mike Tyson ($545 million). To put the revised De La Hoya-Mayweather numbers in perspective, De La Hoya's 1999 welterweight unification match against Felix Trinidad set the old record for a non-heavyweight fight with 1.4 million units sold. De La Hoya-Mayweather eclipsed that by 1 million, or the total of De La Hoya's 2004 HBO PPV fight with Bernard Hopkins. The old all-time record for PPV buys was 1.99 million set by the 1997 heavyweight championship rematch between Holyfield and Tyson (the ear-bite fight). Now, De La Hoya-Mayweather is comfortably in first place all-time by 401,000 buys. The De La Hoya-Mayweather increase to 2.4 million buys means that the total from the original tally rose by 250,000, or about 20,000 more than the total for the March fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera. Mayweather has a much-anticipated fight with Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand on Dec. 8 on HBO PPV. If it reaches the 1 million mark, which is possible with HBO committed to another batch of episodes of the hit reality series "24/7" that highlighted the buildup to De La Hoya-Mayweather, Mayweather would become the first non-heavyweight fighter to have back-to-back pay-per-view events reach seven figures. Even De La Hoya has never done that. But De La Hoya is expected back in the ring May 3, 2008, for a fight that could easily reach seven figures regardless of his opponent. WOW. And I love the people who said/say boxing is dead.

Comments (20)

Brockton_Lip

New, Revised Numbers for 'The World Awaits' http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3079329 Thats a huge amount and went up alot compared to what was originally said. :boxing:. This needs to happen again with a fight that ends up being fight of the year, to keep people watching.

18y ago

SkillspayBills

lol that post was hilarious.

18y ago

deevel79

You claim to not care about this or that, yet you keep putting up these emotional posts. Mijita, get the sand out your clit. :banana: :banana: If you don't care about Cotto's PPV nums....why did you respond?? LMAO. I gotta head out for a bit. I'll be back on tmrw to see what highly emotional response you've predictably posted. Nite, sweetie. I was just responding to your first post. You targeted my post, i didnt target you. Nor did i see a "somebody is badmouthing Cotto" sign in the air, and run to his rescue as u do for Floyd. Cotto is a grown man. Im sure he can defend himself.

18y ago

Antonio

guys, who cares? I hate it when a fighter becomes a 'ppv name', because then to watch them fight, I have to buy PPVs. I dont have the money for this kind of stuff! so becoming a 'ppv fighter' at a young age is a bad thing!! Agreed. I liked it a lot better when Cotto was on HBO.

18y ago

Toddy

any of you ever watched bad boys 2? use that woosaaa technique it really makes you chill the fuck out. the guy is only sharing some info with us, i dont see the benifits in being harsh about

18y ago

mrpain81

Thanx for the info!!! Dont pay attention to these bitter assholes, if you posted cotto getting his colon cleansed they would praise you.

18y ago

Steak

wasn't floyd's first ppv with gatti 2 years ago?a ppv name domi?at 28?cotto's was at 26.guys, who cares? I hate it when a fighter becomes a 'ppv name', because then to watch them fight, I have to buy PPVs. I dont have the money for this kind of stuff! so becoming a 'ppv fighter' at a young age is a bad thing!!

18y ago

deevel79

Which is why you just had a hissyfit because somebody mentions Cotto's weak PPV nums.... Don't be such a drama queen. I can give 2 shits about Cotto's ppv numbers. Do i get a cut? No. Does Floyd send u a percentage of his his ppv revenue? If not, why the hell should u care what kind of numbers he puts up? Im a fan of the sport, and watch boxing to see good, competitive matchups. You seem to be more concerned with Floyd's financial well being. Like i said before.....Lighten up. Floyd isnt going to pat u on the back for being his BoxingScene hero.

18y ago

AntonTheMeh

Which is why you just had a hissyfit because somebody mentions Cotto's weak PPV nums.... Don't be such a drama queen.wasn't floyd's first ppv with gatti 2 years ago?a ppv name domi?at 28?cotto's was at 26.

18y ago

deevel79

a) the word is infatuation b) why would YOU be so concerned about what DIOS does? You have commented on it several times. Which would indicate that YOU are kinda obsessed with ME. But I'm sure that Miguel appreciateds YOUR attention. So do I. Well excuuuuuuuse me. I didnt know you were the Bscene grammer police. Your "INFATUATION" with Floyd is something that is very obvious amongst the posters here. Not just me. Yes i am a fan of Cotto, but just a fan. Not an obsessed man who runs to his rescue everytime something negative is posted about him. Take it easy man. LOL.

18y ago

deevel79

all that aside, you were being kinda harsh to the guy. Your right. I appoligize.

18y ago

El_Jesus

At least i dont spend my life on these forums defending him to a point where other posters find it a bit creepy. You have a deeeeeeeeeep infactuation with Floyd. Its abnormal for a straight man to have the type of man-love that you have for another man whom you probably have never even met. There's counseling for people like you. I suggest you seek it. all that aside, you were being kinda harsh to the guy.

18y ago

deevel79

Yeah. Like when Miguel Cotto finally cracks 200K PPV buys. He should do that this time around....thanks to Shane. At least i dont spend my life on these forums defending him to a point where other posters find it a bit creepy. You have a deeeeeeeeeep infactuation with Floyd. Its abnormal for a straight man to have the type of man-love that you have for another man whom you probably have never even met. There's counseling for people like you. I suggest you seek it.

18y ago

TheGoods07

Post noteworthy news nextime...Shithead. A lot of bitter people in this thread.

18y ago

deevel79

No kidding. I was just posting an update on the business for the fight since, you know, this is a boxing forum. Excuse me. Maybe I'll make another Mayweather/Hatton thread instead. Post noteworthy news nextime...Shithead.

18y ago

crillz

c'mon ya'll take it easy on homeboy he was just trying to share something he came across, if he said it was new and Dan Rafael just posted it then he has a right to take it as new news, it ain't like he's denying back in May there was something similar said about the PPV buys he's just saying it's a different number, he put up the article so it's proof that the shit was just posted, maybe it is old but it is a different number, it may not be exciting new news but it's still note worthy nonetheless.. 100

18y ago

WHB3

So it sold slightly better than originally predicted. We knew it was a PPV juggernaut 5 months ago. No kidding. I was just posting an update on the business for the fight since, you know, this is a boxing forum. Excuse me. Maybe I'll make another Mayweather/Hatton thread instead.

18y ago

ringer

250,000 buys multiplied by 55 bucks. Do the math. There's the difference. So it sold slightly better than originally predicted. We knew it was a PPV juggernaut 5 months ago.

18y ago

WHB3

2.15m vs 2.4mil. WOW what a difference. Why didnt i see this on the front page of todays paper? 250,000 buys multiplied by 55 bucks. Do the math. There's the difference. Plus, it completely shatters the previous record. Yeah, it's not a huge topic, but it's worth noting.

18y ago

deevel79

No, it's not dude. Dan Rafael JUST posted this. Yes, we knew it broke the record back in May with 2.15 million. But this 2.4 million is a new figure. 2.15m vs 2.4mil. WOW what a difference. Why didnt i see this on the front page of todays paper?

18y ago