DLH v. Ruelas (1995) = 330k ppv buys.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

**** this fight...this is when the hate began to snowball

[-MAKAVELLI-]

as for the 330K...that's actually pretty impressive considering everyone and their mom had the black box and watched ppvs for free

[jrosales13]

Oscar was such a big star when he came out of the Olympics. That Top Ran were seriously thinking in setting him up against Genaro "Cicanito" hernandez in his pro debut.

[Khalid X]

That's more than Pacquiao-Morales.

De La Hoya>>>>>Poochiao....lol

[TOBYLEE1]

ODLH got a lot of coverage by NBC during his run to the boxing metal. He got more exposure than the rest of the boxers plus the story of his ailing or dead mother.

For his first fight I guess he got a million dollar purse or a million dollar singing bonus by Top rank

[Double_L]

yeah it was impressive.

and you have to remember back in the early to mid 90's everyone had a "black box" to get free/illegal PPV's, or at least knew someone that did. PPV's were very easy to steal in those days.

I guess that's not much different than streaming online today, just sayin.

Black boxes were much easier to steal PPVs than streams, with streams you actually have to have some computer knowledge and it can be quite difficult to find a decent stream. You'd be surprised at how many people aren't computer savvy enough to do anything more than browse the internet, let alone stream a PPV.

# of people with black boxes in the 90's > # of streamers today, IMO. So yeah that makes the numbers even more impressive.

[WesleySnipes]

he was a Golden Boy since the day of his birth...

[-Huey-]

That was Oscar greatest win against a true top level prime opponent. He was phenomenal in his destruction of Ruelas. That was a very anticipated fight on the West Coast. Hence the numbers it did. And, Oscar was at his best weight-class IMO. A great combination of speed, power, size, and strength.

I was there live with my old man, I was only 10 years old. And those are great numbers considering there were little black boxes that gave you illegal cable with free ppv.

[ИATAS]

Black boxes were much easier to steal PPVs than streams, with streams you actually have to have some computer knowledge and it can be quite difficult to find a decent stream. You'd be surprised at how many people aren't computer savvy enough to do anything more than browse the internet, let alone stream a PPV.

# of people with black boxes in the 90's > # of streamers today, IMO. So yeah that makes the numbers even more impressive.

good point that very well could be true. I mean the people streaming fights are the young generation, where boxings main demographic is typically people who are a bit older who probably don't know how to go about streaming fights. Like my dad is hella computer savy but he has no clue on how to stream fights (or sports in general).

Man I miss the black box days! Was so much better than the crappy streams we typically get these days.

[onechance87]

I was there live with my old man, I was only 10 years old. Those are great numbers considering there were the little black boxes that gave you illegal cable with free ppv.

i watched alot of p o r n when i was a lil kid with those boxes lol