HBO Sports reported today that 2.15 million pay-per-view buys and $120 million in pay-per-view revenue was generated from last Saturday’s mega fight showdown featuring Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. In a fight that set the all-time pay-per-view record by eclipsing the previous mark by a sizable margin of 160,000 buys as well as establishing a new mark for revenue from a pay-per-view telecast, Mayweather scored a split decision victory and captured De La Hoya’s junior middleweight title. The showdown produced 1,225,000 buys from cable systems and 925,000 buys from satellite homes throughout the 50 states.
23 million + 70% of ppv revenue + live gate money =
A person close to the promotion said De La Hoya would end up making about $45 million for the fight and Mayweather just over $20 million. That person requested anonymity because the promoters did not want official figures released.
The $45 million would be the biggest purse paid to a fighter, higher than the $35 million purses Tyson and Holyfield reportedly were paid for the infamous "Bite Fight."
my sources tell me theyll be announcing the rematch within the next few months
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Oscar deserves every penny. He's a great business man and has great vision.
Just look at what he did. Got the best pound for pound fighter in the world to play up this aggrandized character making him evil. Oscar, the mexican hero, playing the underdog. Set the fight up on cinco de mayo when you know every mexican in the US gonna be over their ese's house drinkin corona anyway, so they gotta order the fight.
Floyd earned his 20+ too because he would've made 1/4 of that tops had he not fought Oscar and played up his part so well.
i bet he'd trade in his earnings and defeat for floyd's $20 million and victory on any day of the week.
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Mayweather-De La Hoya Shatters PPV Record
