[Jack 1000]

Sup All?

I am very grateful to my great friend and astute boxing historian Ryan (a.k.a "The Hitman) for his many years of research and dedication in compositing this list from multiple sources. Thank you Ryan!

He has granted me permission to distribute the list:

Jack

Administrator

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PPV Buys

DLH v Mosley, Chavez, Ike- excess of 600,000


• 1990:
10/25 Holyfield-Douglas: 1,060,000

• 1991:
3/18 Tyson-Ruddock 1: 957,000
4/19 Holyfield-Foreman: 1,400,000
6/28 Tyson-Ruddock 2: 1,250,000

• 1992:
11/13 Bowe-Holy 1: 929,000

• 1993:
9/10 Chavez-Whitaker: 740,000

• 1994:
1/1
• 1995:
5/6 DLH-Ruelas 330,000 $9.9 million in revenue
8/19 Tyson-McNeeley: 1,550,000
9/9 DLH-Hernandez 220,000 $6.6 million in revenue

• 1996:
3/16 Tyson-Bruno 2: 1,370,000
9/9 Tyson-Seldon: 1,010,000
11/9 Tyson-Holy 1: 1,590,000

• 1997:
1/18 DLH-MAGO 345,000 $12.1 million revenue
3/1 Camacho-Leonard 300,000-340,000
4/12 DLH-Whitaker: 720,000 $28.8 million revenue
(Highest non-heavy on record until DLH-Tito)
6/28 Tyson-Holy 2: 1,990,000
9/13 DLH-Camacho: 560,000-650,000 $22.4 million
(25% lower than DLH-Pea)
11/8 Holy-Moorer 2: 550,000
(Lost Time Warner an estimated $8-10 million)
12/6 DLH-Rivera: 200,000- 240,000 $9.6 million

• 1998:
9/18 DLH-Chavez 2 525,000 $23.6 million
• 1999:
1/16 Tyson-Botha: 700,000
2/13 DLH-Ike 570,000 $25.7 million revenue
3/13 Lewis-Holy 1: 1,200,000
9/18 DLH-Tito: 1.25million-1.4 million $71.4 million
11/20 Lewis-Holy 2: 850,000

• 2000:
4/29 Lewis-Grant: 350,000-380,000
6/17 DLH-Mosley 1: 588,000-700,000 $29.5 million
9/9 Jones-Harding: 125,000
10/20 Tyson-Golota: 450,000
11/11 Lewis-Tua: 420,000
12/2 Tito-Vargas: 520,000

• 2001:
4/7 Barrera-Hamed: 310,000
5/13 Tito-Joppy: 350,000
6/23 DLH-Castillejo: 390,000- 400,000 $16 million
7/28 Jones-Gonzo: 200,000
9/29 Tito-Hopkins: 475,000
11/17 Lewis-Rahman 2: 450,000
• 2002:

6/8 Lewis-Tyson: 1,800,000 $112 million in revenue- #1 all time
6/22 MAB-Morales 2: 300,000
8/14 DLH-Vargas: 935,000 $47.8 million
11/16 Morales-Ayala: 120,000-130,000

• 2003:
3/1 Jones-Ruiz: 525,000-
(#’s are often trumped up, this means the more likely #’s are around 450-475K reported at possibly 560,000 months later)
5/3 DLH-Campas: 350,000 $17.5 million
9/13 DLH-Mosley 2: 950,000-975,000 $48.4 million
10/4 Morales-Espadas 2:
10/4 Toney-Holyfield 150,000
11/8 Jones-Tarver: 250,000 (reports have been as high as 302,000)
12/13 Hopkins-Joppy
Spinks-Mayorga
Ruiz-Rahman
Judah-Rangel:

• 2004:
Tyson-Williams 140,000??
4/17 Byrd-Golota
Ruiz-Oquendo : 180,000
5/15 Jones-Tarver 2: 380,000 (HBO initially reported 360,000)
6/5 DLH-Sturm: 380,000 $19 million
7/31 Morales-Hernandez: 140,000-150,000
9/18 DLH-Hopkins: 1,000,000 $56 million
10/2 Tito-Mayorga: 470,000
11/13 Ruiz-Golota
Byrd-McCline: 120,000
11/27 MAB-Morales 3: 325,000
12/11 Vitali-Williams: 80,000 approx
(less than 100,000, closer to 75K then 120K)- HBO lost around $2 million

• 2005:
3/19 Morales-Pac: 340,000
4/9 Barrera-Fana: 75,000
4/23 ESPN card: 150,000 (lower price at $30)
5/19 Winky-Tito: 510,000
6/11 Tyson-McBride: 325,000 (my original number was 250K)
Chavez-Robinson: 100,000
6/25 Mayweather-Gatti: 340,000
7/12 Hopkins-Taylor: 370,000
8/24 Rahman-Barret: 30,000
Sep. Briggs-Mercer 9,500-10,000
9/17 Barrera-Peden 125,000
10/1 Tarver-Jones 3 405,000 (150,000 satellite, 255,000 cable)
10/8 Corrales-Castillo 2 200,000-250,000
Hatton-Maussa ???
12/2 Taylor Hopkins 2 410,000 (245,000 cable, 165,000 satellite)

• 2006:

1/21 Morales-Pac 2: 350,000
2/25 Mosley vs. Vargas 410,000
4/8 Floyd vs. Zab 350,000 $15.7 Million in revenue
5/6 DLH vs. Mayorga 875,000 $43.8 million in revenue
** Later the numbers were: 925,000-975,00 $46.3 million
6/16 Hopkins vs. Tarver 330,000 $16.5 million of revenue
7/15 Mosley-Vargas 2 350,000 $17.5 million (180k cable, 170k sat)
8/12 Rahman-Maskaev 2 60,000
9/06 Barrera-Juarez II 165,000
11/11 Floyd v Baldomir 325,000

• 2007

3/21 Marquez-Barrera 225,000 $10.1 million in revenue
5/5 DLH-Mayweather set all new records
-- Television in 176 countries
-- 2.4 million pay-per-view buys
-- Approx 1.225 million units from cable systems and 925,000 satellite homes
-- $120 million in pay-per-view revenue
-- 2000+ U.S. closed circuit locations
-- 28,000 closed circuit sales in Las Vegas
-- $19 million live gate at the MGM Grand
--$134 million in revenue
De La Hoya was guaranteed $23.3 million and Mayweather $10 million for the fight. With the overwhelming success of the event, De La Hoya could take home upwards of $50 million with Mayweather earning around $20 million.
6/9 Cotto vs. Judah 225,000 approx
Top Rank will no longer officially release its pay-per-view numbers, but Arum said he needed about 150,000 to break even.
7/21 Hopkins – Winky 305,000 $15.3 million
12/8 Floyd-Hatton 850,000 $47 million in PPV revenue

That total caps off the highest performing year in HBO Pay-Per-View history. In 2007, HBO PPV recorded 4.8 million buys and more than $255 million in revenue across eight boxing events. The previous high for HBO PPV in boxing was in 1999 with four million buys and $200 million in revenue. In 2006, HBO PPV registered 3.7 million buys and $177 million in revenue..

• 2008

1/19 Roy Jones v Tito 500,000 $25 million in domestic tv revenue. 300,000 cable subscriptions and 200,000 satellite buys.

2/16 Pavlik vs. Taylor 2 225,000
3/15 Pacquiao v JMM 2 400,000 $20.2 million in sales
First fight at 140 or below to reach such numbers
5/17 Mijares vs. Munoz
6/28 Pac vs. David Diaz 250,000
7/26 Margarito vs. Cotto 475,000
11/8 Calzaghe vs. Jones Jr 250,000

Top 10 PPV's for 2008

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000
3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul "Big Show" Wight, March 30, 670,000
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000
8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000

• 2009
9/19 Mayweather vs. JMM 1.05 million buys
11/14 Pac vs. Cotto 1.25 million buys

• 2010
3/13 Pac vs. Clottey 700,000
5/1 Mayweather vs. Mosley 1.4 million buys $78 million Revenue
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/h...ather-ppv_N.htm
11/13 Pav vs. Margarito 1.15 million


• 2011

5/3 Pac vs. Mosley 1.3 million
9/17 Mayweather vs. Ortiz 1.25 million
11/12 Pac vs. JMM 3 1.45 million

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/984047-...time-with-video

http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/livegates.htm


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Boxing's Biggest Saleries

3/1999:
Holyfield had earlier rejected a $16 million offer to fight Lewis.Holyfield feels he is the real champion and s should not have to accept anything less than the $20 million he received last November for his defense against Michael Moorer. Holyfield took $8 million for his first fight with Mike Tyson and then got $35 million for rematch.


11/1999:
Lennox made $15 million when he beat Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight championship in Las Vegas.

3/2000:
Trinidad earned $3.5 million. David Reid earned $1.67 million.

4/2000:
The Golota fight earned Grant a $4 million payday for the championship shot. Lewis will make $7.5 million;

11/2000:
Tua (No. 2 USA TODAY), a mandatory challenger, wants $4 million, the same amount Michael Grant received to fight No. 1 Lewis in April. Lewis' camp was offering $2.5 million until Tuesday, when it was raised to $3.25 million

6/2002:
Tyson-Lewis- Both made $20 million

7/27/2002:
Norfolk, VA: Larry Holmes $250,000 vs Butterbean $100,000
New Orleans: Frans Botha $100,000 vs Clifford Etienne $600,000
Las Vegas: John Ruiz $1,500,000 vs Kirk Johnson $1,000,000
Las Vegas: Tim Austin $225,000 vs Adan Vargas $25,000

9/14/2002
DLH v Vargas in Vegas- Vargas: 6 million, DLH: 15 million
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Oscar_De...Fernando_Vargas


4/26/2003:
Tarver v Griffin- Tarver: $150,000

12/6/03
Vitali Klitschko: $968,000 . . . Kirk Johnson: $280,000 . . .
Joe Mesi: $450,000 . . . Monte Barrett $125,000.

12/13/2003:
Joppy-Hopkins: Joppy: $150,000

5/15/2004:
Tarver v Jones II- Tarver signed for $2 million
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-san-dieg...-antonio-tarver


10/2004:
Tito-Mayorga: Tito- $10 million and a % of the gate…Mayorga-approx $3 million, not sure about the gate… produced enough adrenaline to lift the 17,046 fans in attendance to their feet, grossed the third largest gate in Madison Square Garden history, with $4.65 million

May 2005: Corrales earned $525,000 and Castillo $300,000 for their first meeting. They will both earn substantially more the second time around.

6/2005:
Mayweather go $3.5 mill for Gatti

8/2005:
Purses: Mercer - $15,000, Briggs - $22,000, McCline - $15,000, Whitaker - $12,000, Tua - $7,500, Tua’s scrub opponent - $3,500

10/2005:
Byrd-Williamson- Byrd $425,000
Jones and Tarver III - 5 million each
Maddalone-minto- 40,000 for madd, 20,000 for minto

1/2006:
Morales-Pac 2: Morales- $2.5 million and Pacquiao $1.75 million

2/2006:
Vargas, from Oxnard, Calif., is slated to earn $4.7 million, plus a share of pay-per-view. Mosley, from Pomona, Calif., will get $3 million and part of the TV money.

4/2006:
Mayweather got $5 million for the fight with Judah, and Judah got $1 million.

11/2006:
Pac-Morales 3: Pacquiao is guaranteed $3 million and Morales is guaranteed $2.75 million. Both also have an upside from pay-per-view sales.


5/2007:
• DLH vs. Floyd
o DLH’s boxer purse is $20 million. Floyd’s a purse of at least $10 million that will probably increase to between $15 million and $18 million once the pay-per-view numbers are tallied.


12/2008:

Top Rank, which doesn't promote Klitschko or Rahman, shocked the boxing industry last week when it submitted a winning purse bid of $12.001 million for the mandatory fight. The Top Rank bid beat an $11 million offer from Rahman promoter Don King and a $10.7 million bid by K2 Promotions, Klitschko's company.

Because the promotional rights to Klitschko-Rahman were won on a purse bid, Arum is the beneficiary of an obscure WBC rule that gives the winning promoter one option on the winner of the fight in his next title defense. Under the purse bid terms, Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) is due 65 percent of the winning bid ($7,800,065) and Rahman (41-5-1, 33 KOs) gets 35 percent ($4,200,350).

March 12, 2011: Cotto ($1 million) vs. Mayorga ($50K); Lenny Zappa ($65K) vs. Miguel Vasquez ($150K); Tommy Z ($50K) v Bryant ($1,500), Foreman ($100K) vs. Pawal Wolek ($75K)

April 9, 2011: Katsidis 200K, Guerrero 125K, Malignaggi 75K, Cotto 30K, Kirkland 35K, Ishida 35K, Garcia 20K, Campbll 35K, Chakhkiev 25K, Jolley 5K

4/2011:
Maidana: $500K, Morales: $250K (plus upside and Mexico TV)

May 1 2010: Mayweather guaranteed $22.5 million, Mosley $7 million. May to get up to $40 million total w/ PPV revenue.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/04/29/floyd-ma...-million-purse/

[MaxPayne]

How did Pacquiao vs. Hatton do on PPV ?

[Cshel86]

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Good list Jack!

***I already know that 2011 PPV bracket is gonna start some shit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Jack 1000]

How did Pacquiao vs. Hatton do on PPV ?

Sup Max?

I'll ask my friend what his figures are for that fight.

Jack

[Cheesey1]

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Good list Jack!

***I already know that 2011 PPV bracket is gonna start some shit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

That was a long list and I started losing focus after a while, but your mentioning the 2011 numbers made me go back to look at them. Ha! Good stuff, but of course I'm disputing that, not because I have proof, just because I wonder where Bleacher Report got their numbers from.
If that's the case then the Saint doesn't need Floyd, he should just fight Marquez again, go lead his people and dodge some more taxes. He can find Freddie Roach a spot in his cabinet and hopefully I'll never hear a peep from them again.

[Cshel86]

That was a long list and I started losing focus after a while, but your mentioning the 2011 numbers made me go back to look at them. Ha! Good stuff, but of course I'm disputing that, not because I have proof, just because I wonder where Bleacher Report got their numbers from.
If that's the case then the Saint doesn't need Floyd, he should just fight Marquez again, go lead his people and dodge some more taxes. He can find Freddie Roach a spot in his cabinet and hopefully I'll never hear a peep from them again.

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I remember that thread where that bozo was trying to "out research" us, and kept giving us flimsy evidence. Too funny!

This list was great though! I saw that some of those guys that we give a bunch of credit to, didn't really start making bigger money until the latter part of their careers. Fact is, they were headlining PPVs earlier in their careers, and were much more marketable back then, than what what we have today. Now everybody wants to pull the whole "Im undefeated" bullshit, but fail to impress in the ring, let alone, sell tickets.

Oscar was pulling in decent numbers back in the day, and that whopping $30M from the back end money in the Mayweather fight was CRAZY! Shit!

Just to think about it, he kept most, if not all of that money. Funny how guys thought Oscar was keeping all of that money back in the day when they thought he left Arum, but he really left about 2 years before the Mayweather fight, so the Bobfather was still milking the cow.

Those Pacquiao fights at the lower weights, along those Barrera and Morales war would've given me the notion they got over the 500,000 hump with PPV numbers, but maybe it was the packed out arenas that fooled me. Those live gates must have been serious!

Now, the thing that got me was the enormous numbers pulled in for those HW back in the early 90's! Geez! Those guys were making a killing, though Im sure PPVs were damn near $70 back then, or even $50 (just guessing on the $50 part). The HW division reigned for decades, but that Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Gollata (sp), Lewis, era was ridiculous!!!

[flazi]

Damn Tyson and De la Hoya owned ppv.

[daprofessor]

the funny part of it all is that ppl will point to selling out venues as something important. it's nice....but i'd rather get that ppv money as a fighter/manager/promoter. far more to be made than selling out a venue.

[Cshel86]

the funny part of it all is that ppl will point to selling out venues as something important. it's nice....but i'd rather get that ppv money as a fighter/manager/promoter. far more to be made than selling out a venue.

Exactly! No way in hell FMJ would want the "megafight" to happen anywhere outside of Vegas. If Manny was smart about his money, then he wouldn't want it anywhere outside of the MGM Grand.

Seriously, there are close to 17k seats at the MGM Grand, so where does that leave the rest viewers who want to see it? Yep, you got it...on a damn tv for about $70+. Pac could have sold more PPVs in the Clottey and Margarito fight, had he not fought in a 100k seat stadium.

Sounds like the point though...sell out seat in a smaller venue, and make the rest of the people watch it from home, and gain more money for PPV sells. Just my theory though...

[MaxPayne]

Sup Max?

I'll ask my friend what his figures are for that fight.

Jack

Thanks bro ! I was always curious because I wanted to match the 850K that Floyd did with him to what Manny was able to muster.