When do they come out with the buy #s on the fights? Seems like in the past it has taken forever, and it shouldn't be that hard to gather the info. Anyone hear anything? Or any guesses?
****-----anyone got an idea how this amount is divided up amongst the "BUZZARDS"sitting around the boardroom table ???? my main reason is I would like to see more $$$$$ set aside for topcard fighters to have an A CLASS undercard with all so called Mega Fights...
De La Hoya v. Mayweather - $165 million overall (PPV+gate+CCTV etc..) Lewis v. Tyson - $108 million overall Tyson v. Holyfield II - $99 million overall De La Hoya v. Mayweather - 2.4 million buys for $134.4 million (PPV revenue only) Holyfield v. Tyson - 1.99 million buys Lewis v. Tyson - 1.8 million buys De La Hoya v. Mayweather - $18.4 million in gate revenue. Lewis v. Tyson - $17.5 million in gate revenue. Lewis v. Holyfield II - $16.8 million in gate revenue. I thought boxing was supposed to be dying??
Well they have stated on thursday that it looked like it will do across the 1.5. I also still don't believe it.
