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.
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Mayweather Marquez was only at 170 theaters, so they really increased it for this fight.
Nice, I'm definitely going to see Mayweather vs Mosley. I saw Mayweather vs Marquez and it was awesome.
yeah I keep hearing the whole movie experience was good.
I apologize that you was raised to have such feminine ways, done with you. Moving on.
thanks man! that's all i wanted. sent another pm to the mods saying i was grateful you apologized and it's all good now. my respect!
WTF lOl!!!!
lol at this dude being so literal and getting hurt that he actually looked for footage.
Pathetic.
"look, look, here I found one"
Took less then a min, we're all on net you act like that was hard work.
When you got a 52" LED HDTV with surround sound in your home and friends who actually bring girls to parties (who are also Boxing fans), the fellas you've never met before and the "nachos" take a rain check :fing02:
Yeah I like the theater idea .... but too many restrictions and cannot compete with a friendly environment full of homies and babes.
please apologize for using offensive language directed towards me or i will be forced to report you once again for unwanted language and undeserved/uncalled for attacks. it's up to you.
I apologize that you was raised to have such feminine ways, done with you. Moving on.
is he serious...
Dont know, im moving on.
will have the bootleg dvd in the morning though.
that's a bad stereotype of asians. it doesn't take a genius to notice it is a tasteless joke referring to our culture. reported, you'll pay some sort of punishment and hopefully you learn something from it! you can't go around disrespecting people and being racist, that's not what this site promotes if you've read the forum code of conduct. you did break the rules, sorry but i had to report you man. i really hope you learn something from this experience and become a better person out of it.
ur funny who reads the forum code...LOL..Where they do that at? man ur disrespecting a Black man by putting his face on a duck..this whole site about disrespecting everyone's favorite boxers..."Duck Sauce" is ur NEW name..get it?
will have the bootleg dvd in the morning though.
that's a bad stereotype of asians. it doesn't take a genius to notice it is a tasteless joke referring to our culture. reported, you'll pay some sort of punishment and hopefully you learn something from it! you can't go around disrespecting people and being racist, that's not what this site promotes if you've read the forum code of conduct. you did break the rules, sorry but i had to report you man. i really hope you learn something from this experience and become a better person out of it.
Get the Fucck out here you clown, Im from NYC where everyone sells bootleg shit. so take your broken feeling somewhere else.
Jones/Hopkins II is a disgrace to boxing. How can this be mentioned in the same article as one of the biggest fights in the last 10 years is beyond me.
How is to old guys fighting a DISGRACE? If you don't like, don't buy, don't watch. u guys irritate me! Roy is a legend so is B-Hop, let em fight and settle it what ever they have to settle.
I wish Pac-Clottey was in theaters. I don't know anyone around here willing to go in on a PPV for that fight but I really want to see it (but not for $60 out of my pocket)...
will this be available here in japan!?!?!?!?!? kyoto to be exact? can anyone tell me?? :confused:
No, but they will have the bootleg dvd in the morning though.
Good to hear. Mayweather is always trying to promote boxing as much as possible. The theatre tickets are 1/3rd of the cost of an HD PPV.
thats why i will be going to the theatre lol.