Did anyone see the PPV numbers for Jones/Trinidad?

PBF P4P #1 · Jan 27, 2008

Much much better than most thought...

Former world champions Roy Jones and Felix Trinidad may be past their primes, but they're still stars and boxing fans still love them.

Despite overwhelming prefight media criticism of their light heavyweight showdown last Saturday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, the fight drew a stunningly large audience. It generated 500,000 pay-per-view subscriptions and $25 million in domestic television revenue, HBO PPV's Mark Taffet told ESPN.com on Thursday.

It broke down to 300,000 cable subscriptions and 200,000 satellite buys, he said. Once all the buys are fully counted, the totals are expected to rise slightly.

"The Jones-Trinidad fight exceeded our expectations both in and out of the ring," Taffet said. "They proved that they still have a large, adoring fan base and they gave their fans their money's worth."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3212798

Imperial1 · Jan 27, 2008

Woner what Jones makes on this since he took the larger chunck of the PPV cut ?

Marnoff · Jan 27, 2008

Yep, and it was a solid fight also.

IntentionalButt · Jan 27, 2008

I don't think anyone expected it to do poorly. :?

They're very big names, which is what gets casual fan money. Joe Schmoe doesn't care who's relevant right now, all he knows is he's heard of some guys and not others.

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