I found out why Lemieux accepted the GGG fight

[Scipio2009]

It was an excellent gate number and I don't remember much about the merchandise press release but thousands of people were buying GGG hats and shirts there. The lines were long. That is impressive, especially in boxing. I don't see why it shouldn't be touted.

What was this "excellent gate number" that you speak of? Was the gate $1m? $1.5m? $2m? $3m?

Long lines or not, you're talking about $150k in revenue being touted.

For perspectives sake, that's less revenue than was brought in on the face value of tickets sold for the Mayweather-Pacquiao weigh-in! lol

[Rich2123]

For perspectives sake, that's less revenue than was brought in on the face value of tickets sold for the Mayweather-Pacquiao weigh-in! lol

Any part of May Pac is not something to compare any other boxing gate to. The 2 most popular fighters (in the US at least) of the last decade finally fighting. We may never see a fight as big as that again, and we may never see 2 fighters as popular as those 2 again.

GGG is one of the top 5 draws in the sport in America.

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What was this "excellent gate number" that you speak of? Was the gate $1m? $1.5m? $2m? $3m?

Long lines or not, you're talking about $150k in revenue being touted.

For perspectives sake, that's less revenue than was brought in on the face value of tickets sold for the Mayweather-Pacquiao weigh-in! lol

gate was reported as $2 million