May-Cotto cracks top 10 gates

not sure if someone already posted .... Floyd Mayweather Jr. has lived up to his "Money" nickname again. Besides his record guaranteed purse of $32 million for his victory against Miguel Cotto (who made a career-best $8 million minimum) in their junior middleweight title bout last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (which, by the way, will be replayed on HBO at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday if you somehow missed it), he and Cotto also generated one of the top 10 biggest gates in Nevada -- where most of the richest fights in boxing history have taken place. The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the gate figures on Wednesday. Mayweather-Cotto generated a live gate of $12,000,150. That figure comes from 14,612 tickets sold (and does not include the thousands who watched the fight in Las Vegas via closed circuit at other MGM properties). There were 938 complimentary tickets given away, and 440 went unsold. It was Mayweather's second fight that landed in the top 10. The last time he fought at junior middleweight, when he won a title from Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, the bout set the all-time record for biggest gate in Nevada and biggest gate in the history of boxing. The pay-per-view figure for Mayweather-Cotto figures to be another 1 million-plus monster, but the number hasn't been released yet. Hopefully, it will be later this week or early next week. Here are the top 10 boxing gates in Nevada history: 1. Mayweather-De La Hoya (2007): $18,419,200 2. Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield II (1999): $16,860,300 3. Manny Pacquiao-De La Hoya (2008): $14,380,300 4. Holyfield-Mike Tyson II (1997): $14,277,200 5. Holyfield-Tyson I (1996): $14,150,700 6. Tyson-McNeeley (1995): $13,965,600 7. Felix Trinidad-De La Hoya (1999): $12,949,500 8. Bernard Hopkins-De La Hoya (2004): $12,782,650 9. Mayweather-Cotto (2012): $12,000,150 10. Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III (2011): $11,648,300 http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/1123/may-cotto-cracks-top-10-gates

Comments (20)

It did like 7k people. For a so called superstar you guys like to call him, that's nothing. Cotto is an east coast fighter, he isn't Floyd, DLH, or Pac. A guy who's the so called 3rd biggest drawing in boxing should be able to sell out everywhere he goes without the help of others. Canelo is popular. More people cheered for him than they did the people in the main event. See now you're spinning it. All I said was Canelo is popular and the reason it sold more was thanks to him. Why don't you put Saul in a Mexican stadium. I mean he is from Mexico right? He beat Trinidad. Didn't go his way with the judges but anyone in their right mind knew DLH won that fight. no...............

14y ago

letsgobrady

Funny how you're not mentioning Mayorga...a fight Cotto headlined. We both know that fight in Vegas, Margarito was the draw. didn't sergio martinez also fight on the same night?in a.c?

14y ago

DE100

Nice _____

14y ago

zcm

Okay, so lets put Alvarez in NYC and see what he sells. You thinking Alvarez is a bigger draw than Cotto is a head scratcher. Actually it's not considering who you root for. Alvarez did just fight at Staples and they closed off majority of the arena. Cotto set the MSG record for attendance.......not once...........but twice. He also put 30,000 butts in Yankee Stadium. Lets put Saul in Dodger Stadium! im sure tht canelo did a ppv fight with mosley and ortiz (mosley vs mora, canelo vs baldomir and ortiz vs harris) n it did just over 100,000 buys and there was 13,500 people in attendance which isnt even close 2 being a sell out (21,000 it holds 4 boxing)

14y ago

zcm

Some numb nuts last week made a thread saying that Pac outsold Floyd at the gates every time. Well that was a massive fail against de la hoya, hatton, cotto, mosley and marquez mayweather has outsold manny at the gate in every fight other than marquez.

14y ago

djsygo

i lolled to the fact that Oscar lost all of those fights:wave:

14y ago

elfag

Some numb nuts last week made a thread saying that Pac outsold Floyd at the gates every time. Well that was a massive fail

14y ago

tredh

Funny how you're not mentioning Mayorga...a fight Cotto headlined. We both know that fight in Vegas, Margarito was the draw. Don't matter you said a Cotto fight without Mayweather. That is a fight without him. I didn't know where the Mayorga fight took place truthfully. I did know that Cotto vs Margarito I took place in Vegas cause Cotto wanted the rematch in NYC. Get me the numbers to Cotto vs Mayorga and we still might have a bet. You the one talking how Canelo so popular why you don't want the bet based on Cotto vs Margarito? Margarito was not the A-side in that fight and you damn well know it. More Mexicans may have been there live cause more Mexican live in the southwest than Puerto Ricans. Just like more Puerto Ricans live in NYC than Mexicans.

14y ago

tredh

Man I don't understand why you people think boxing is just U.S.A. 9 out of 10 of you love to argue ppvs considering the majority on here don't even fucking buy them. I'll bet you this though, his headline gate at Vegas will be more than what Cotto did without Mayweather. I guarantee it. So you saying Canelo gate will be more than Cotto vs. Margarito? LLS my point has nothing to do with thinking boxing is just an american sport. But we are talking about Canelo in america on american ppv and fighting at an american venue which makes what canelo draws here in america relevant to what we talking about. Also many asian fly in to vegas when Manny fights will many rich mexicans do the same for Canelo? We will just have to wait and see. I'll bet you a 1mill that Canelo fight in Vegas gate and ppv will not be higher than Cotto vs Margarito

14y ago

tredh

3 good names. The title only states two. Again PPVs ain't the only way to know if a person is a draw or not. Boxing is more mainstream in Mexico so it is more likely to be shown for free. Anyone not named Mayweather or Pac would of done less than 300k with Mosley at this point. Couple of friends were there and they both told me there were a ton of Canelo fans. Me and he isn't. Have him headline a fight in Vegas. I bet you all my points it won't go over 10k people. He's had several fights over a million viewers. Well we will see what his gate #'s are as well. Well his fight in Sept here in america won't be shown for free. There are plenty of boxing fans and mexicans here in america so like I said we will see what Canelo is all about real soon.

14y ago

DoktorSleepless

Do you also consider Tyson fights the highest PPV grossed because his 2 million ppv sold would of raked more than DLH/Floyd with inflation? Yes. It's pointless and petty. Adjusting for inflation is pointless? You hear that? Economists everywhere are shrieking in horror.

14y ago

Gino_Ros

Exactly. Floyd is so delusional. He's always claiming how he does record pay-per-view numbers but never once has he said me and....whoever the opponent was. Truth is, Hoya would have made that list regardless of who his opponent was. Furthermore, notice how the two times he's on there had little to do with him, and more about who he was fighting? Cotto is the 3rd biggest draw in boxing; Hoya was #er 1 then. He never wants to give other fighters credit for anything, I swear! Question: Why didn't Delahoya sell two million plus with anyone else? I mean, he fought Pacquiao, Hopkins, Chavez, Mosley, Trinidad, etc. Just pure coincidence, I guess... huh? Oscar's highest PPV - Floyd Shane's highest PPV - Floyd Hatton's highest PPV - Floyd Judah's (only?) PPV - Floyd Gatti's (only?) PPV - Floyd Marquez' highest PPV at the time - Floyd Ortiz only PPV - Floyd Cotto's highest PPV (watch) - Floyd Wow... that Floyd is one lucky, coincidental son-of-a-gun!

14y ago

AP9824

who said he wasnt????i thought everyone knew that Ask the Mexican troll, you know.

14y ago

LarryX

Who said Cotto wasnt the 3rd largest draw?? who said he wasnt????i thought everyone knew that

14y ago

LarryX

Thanks to Canelo. It seemed for people were there to see him that Floyd/Cotto. yea cause he has headlined several cards that did over a million right.i mean it has to be right?

14y ago

TR_vs_GB

when the ppv numbers going to come out for this fight????

14y ago

GODFR33

Exactly.. Exactly. Floyd is so delusional. He's always claiming how he does record pay-per-view numbers but never once has he said me and....whoever the opponent was. Truth is, Hoya would have made that list regardless of who his opponent was. Furthermore, notice how the two times he's on there had little to do with him, and more about who he was fighting? Cotto is the 3rd biggest draw in boxing; Hoya was #er 1 then. He never wants to give other fighters credit for anything, I swear!

14y ago

AP9824

Who said Cotto wasnt the 3rd largest draw??

14y ago

DoktorSleepless

If they ain't adjusted for inflation then these numbers for Floyd/Cotto are not spectacular and quite embarassing. Yeah, just looked around. They're definately using nominal dollars. Calling it a top 10 gate is stupid if not inflation adjusted. Here's the full list http://boxing.nv.gov/New_Gates.htm The top #35 gate is LARRY HOLMES vs. GERRY COONEY in 1982 with a $6,239,050.00 gate. In 2012 dollars, that's a $14,830,965 gate, which is more than Mayweather-Cotto.

14y ago

Gino_Ros

If they ain't adjusted for inflation then these numbers for Floyd/Cotto are not spectacular and quite embarassing. I agree. What's the inflation rate since the time that Manny fought Cotto and sold 8 million and change? Thanks in advance.

14y ago