An official press release from Golden Boy Promotions states that September 17th's Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz Star Power pay-per-view generated 1.25 million buys and $78.44 million in gross revenue, making it the second-highest non-heavyweight money maker in PPV history. For the record, Mayweather now holds the distinction of having participated in the three highest revenue … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Concepcion, Perez, Gonzalez Victorious, The Rest of the Week’s Action
San Manuel Indian Casino, Highland, California-- Bernabe Concepcion (29-5-1, 15 KOs) SD 10 Aaron Garcia (10-3-2, 2 KOs) Scores: 96-94, 96-94, 93-97 Rodel Mayol (30-5-2, 22 KOs) TKO 4 Ernie Marquez (9-9-2, 3 KOs) Richie Mepranum (25-2-1, 5 KOs) UD 8 Rigoberto Casillas (7-6-1, 5 KOs) Scores: 78-74, 79-73, 79-73 PalaRockfeller, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy-- Moruti … [Read more...]
Cuban Missle Coming: Gamboa Brings in Steward
By Gary Purfield Cuban dynamo and rising star Yuriorkis Gamboa has brought in a new weapon. Well-known and respected trainer Emmanuel Steward will now work the speedy featherweight's corner. Gamboa, who climbed the ranks quickly with highlight reel wins and knockouts, had a paper title by his fifteenth fight and is currently ranked number one by the Boxing Tribune at … [Read more...]
40K Buys for Hopkins-Dawson PPV?
Although the official numbers have yet to be released, the buzz among the boxing media is that the October 15th pay-per-view featuring the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson main event was a major disappointment for Golden Boy Promotions. According to the twitter feed of ESPN's Dan Rafael, Golden Boy quoted a buy rate of "well under 100,000." In response, Kevin Iole of Yahoo … [Read more...]
These Columns Now Cost $50: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Hopkins-Dawson PPV was a complete disaster financially. Kevin Iole reported via Twitter that the fight did 40,000 buys, and Dan Rafael tweeted that it was “less than 100,000”. Of course this is the case---Chad Dawson couldn't draw flies if you covered him in shit and Hopkins, beloved though he may be among old men and … [Read more...]