ESPN: Mayweather-Mosley, Hopkins-Jones II in Movie Theaters

Boxing is headed back to movie theaters. Buoyed by the success of the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez fight being shown in high definition on about 200 big screens nationwide in September, Golden Boy made a new deal with NCM Fathom to go back to theaters for two upcoming fights, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com. The April 3 Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins rematch and the May 1 Mayweather-Shane Mosley fight, along with their undercards, will be in select movie theaters, he said. Jones-Hopkins will be available on between 150 and 200 screens while Mosley-Mayweather will play on more than 400 screens. "They did a survey about Mayweather-Marquez and it was No. 1 for positive feedback of any event they ever had in their theaters. It was unbelievable," Schaefer said. "It was a huge success. We're doing it again and believe it will be another huge success." Although Golden Boy will generate revenue from the theater tickets (Mayweather-Mosley theater tickets will cost between $20 and $25 with Jones-Hopkins being priced lower), the real enticement of the deal is the thousands of screens that will advertise the fight before movies begin. http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/notebook/_/id/4947156/joshua-clottey-confident-manny-pacquiao-plays-rules Mayweather Marquez was only at 170 theaters, so they really increased it for this fight.