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Horus, I don't know why you used that ESPN article to back up your numbers when it says:That is probably unrealistic, given De La Hoya's proven drawing power combined with Mayweather's less-than-stellar public appeal. He drew just 9,427 fans Saturday night and his previous two pay-per-view fights haven't cracked 375,000 buys. The Baldomir fight probably won't either.
That's from the article you posted, I just read that.Comment
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http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/....asp?aID=19412
4-8-06 – HBO – Floyd Mayweather-Zab Judah – 375,000 – $16,875,000 ($44.95)
Fight drew 15,170 crowd to the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The card also featured Juan Diaz defending his WBA 135-pound title over Jose Miguel Cotto, who threw 1,403 punches (although he only landed 14%), third most ever recorded by CompuBox. The bout between “PBF” and “SuperJudah,” actually ended up for the IBF title when inexplicably the group stripped Baldomir and gave the recognition back to Judah. Zab started fast, winning the first few rounds, but by the fifth Floyd had turned the tide, and by the tenth, Mayweather was taunting Judah, who wasn’t keeping up. Perhaps to buy time, or maybe out of frustration, Judah threw a nasty left hook directly into the groin of Mayweather. As Floyd crumpled to the mat Judah hit him right in the back of the head, pulling off a violent double-foul. After the bout, Mayweather claimed that before the bout, “Late in the fight, Roger told me Zab was going to do something dirty, and he did it. I didn’t return it, because two wrongs don’t make a right.” He didn’t have to. Roger hit the ring and charged after Judah, which caused Zab’s father, Yoel, to enter throwing a punch, and both corners emptied into the ring. After the bout, a picture was shown of someone trying to choke Judah, who claimed it was Roger. After a five minute delay for security and police to clear the ring, Roger was ejected, and the fight restarted. It was more of the same, with Mayweather skating through the last two rounds to win a lopsided (119-109, 117-111, 116-112) decision.
After the bout, Nevada State Athletic Commission Chairman Skip Avensino immediately held-up the purses of both fighters (Floyd’s $5 million and Judah’s $1 million), while Don King complained that the bout should have been ruled a disqualification under Nevada rules when Roger entered the ring. Ultimately, Roger was suspended for a year and fined $200,000, which was the second biggest fine in history. (Mike Tyson being fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear being the highest.) Zab Judah received a worse fate, being fined $250,000 and having his boxing license revoked. His father Yoel was also fined $100,000 for rushing the ring.
Ring Talk:
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/sp.../03boxing.html
Las Vegas Boxing:
Come take the beat
Cotto And Margarito will not do better than 375,000 P.P.V BUYS...
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i will! but mayweather is still gonna winComment
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I'm gonna watch it since i'm a floyd fan but... we already know the result, Floyd UD easier this time aroundComment
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I will watch it.Comment
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@ Vladimir for figuring that Out...
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