Any word on the PPV numbers?

[TyrantT316]

Have you guys heard and word on the PPV numbers?

[spinksjinx]

Give me until Wednesday and I can find out a good estimate for you. I have a friend who works at the cable company and deals with a lot of the ppv crap so I will give them a ring and see what I get out of them.

Also my guess is about 320k

[Bombardier]

Anyone remember the all-time top heavyweight and non-heavyweight buy numbers? If I remember right Hopkins-DLH generated about a million which was the second most for a non-heavy fight...maybe I'm way off on that, though.

[puppy_dogg]

i think leonard- hearns was the biggest non heavy
lewis- tyson was the biggest heavy i believe

i may be thinking of the fighters purse on the first one, dont remember

[spinksjinx]

Anyone remember the all-time top heavyweight and non-heavyweight buy numbers? If I remember right Hopkins-DLH generated about a million which was the second most for a non-heavy fight...maybe I'm way off on that, though.

Tyson vs Holyfield II-2 million buys

Trinidad vs De la hoya- 1.3 million

Top Boxing Pay Per View Buy Rates
# Fight Date Buys Network
1. Holyfield vs. Tyson II 6/28/97 1,990,000 SET
2. Lewis vs Tyson 1.8 million buys
3. Holyfield vs. Tyson I 11/9/96 1,590,000 SET
4. Tyson vs. 8/19/95 1,550,000 SET
5. Holyfield vs. Foreman 4/19/91 1,400,000 TVKO
6. Tyson vs. Bruno 3/16/96 1,370,000 SET
7. De La Hoya vs. Trinidad 9/18/99 1,250,000 TVKO
8. Tyson vs. Ruddock II 6/28/91 1,250,000 SET
9. Holyfield vs. Lewis I 3/13/99 1,200,000 TVKO
10. Holyfield vs. Douglas 10/25/90 1,060,000 SET

Top Nevada Boxing Gates
Gross Sales Main Event Paid Date
16,860,300.00 LENNOX LEWIS vs EVANDER HOLYFIELD II 17,078 11/13/99
14,277,200.00 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs MIKE TYSON II 16,279 06/28/97
14,150,700.00 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs MIKE TYSON I 16,103 11/09/96
13,965,600.00 MIKE TYSON vs PETER MCNEELEY 16,113 08/19/95
12,949,500.00 FELIX TRINIDAD vs OSCAR DE LA HOYA 11,184 09/18/99
10,673,700.00 MIKE TYSON vs FRANK BRUNO II 16,143 03/16/96 7,579,100.00 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ 14,738 06/07/96
7,329,500.00 FELIX TRINIDAD vs DAVID REID 9,584 03/03/00
7,055,800.00 MIKE TYSON vs FRANCOIS BOTHA 10,221 01/16/99 6,546,441.00 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs JAMES DOUGLAS 10,117 11/25/90
6,599,100.00 LENNOX LEWIS vs DAVID TUA 10,763 11/11/00
6,468,600.00 RAY LEONARD vs THOMAS HEARNS II 12,064 06/12/89
6,448,700.00 RAY LEONARD vs ROBERTO DURAN III 11,904 12/07/90
6,305,900.00 MIKE TYSON vs BRUCE SELDON 9,511 09/07/96
6,239,050.00 LARRY HOLMES vs GERRY COONEY 29,214 06/11/82
6,215,400.00 RAY LEONARD vs MARVIN HAGLER 12,379 04/06/87
6,200,276.50 MIKE TYSON vs DONOVAN RUDDOCK II 13,047 06/28/91
5,792,838.50 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs RID**** BOWE II 10,923 11/06/93
5,766,125.00 LARRY HOLMES vs MUHAMMAD ALI 24,570 10/02/80
5,566,700.00 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs MICHAEL MOORER II 9,395 11/08/97
5,454,918.50 MIKE TYSON vs DONOVAN RUDDOCK I 12,563 03/18/91
5,143,000.00 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs PERNEL WHITAKER 11,764 04/12/97
5,070,100.00 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ II 13,384 09/18/98
5,007,900.00 MIKE TYSON vs ORLIN NORRIS 11,207 10/23/99
4,914,856.00 RID**** BOWE vs EVANDER HOLYFIELD I 13,689 11/13/92
4,865,150.00 RAY LEONARD vs THOMAS HEARNS I 23,306 09/16/81
4,589,400.00 MARVIN HAGLER vs THOMAS HEARNS 12,241 04/15/85

[Bombardier]

Tyson vs Holyfield II-2 million buys

Trinidad vs De la hoya- 1.3 million

Thanks. It says a lot about the heavyweight division that they haven't been able to top a record set in 1997. Population numbers alone would suggest that this record should be broken at least once every few years or so.

[spinksjinx]

Thanks. It says a lot about the heavyweight division that they haven't been able to top a record set in 1997. Population numbers alone would suggest that this record should be broken at least once every few years or so.

Check the edited post above.

[Bombardier]

Good bit of boxing trivia here: Anyone know which was the first gate that broke a million dollars?

[spinksjinx]

Good bit of boxing trivia here: Anyone know which was the first gate that broke a million dollars?

Dempsey vs Tunney?

[Bombardier]

Dempsey vs Tunney?

Good guess...think a few years earlier.