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The fight generated 1.25 million buys and 70 million dollars in domestic pay-per-view revenue, making it the most watched boxing event of 2009. [11] Pacquiao earned around 22 million dollars for his part in the fight, whilst Cotto earned around 12 million dollars. [ 11 ]
With a 10-1 fight record, mostly against mixed martial artists and other pro-boxing newcomers under his belt, Paul, a former child star and YouTube prankster who began his boxing career in 2018 ...
The fight was also very successful on pay-per-view (PPV), surpassing expectations. The event garnered over 1.6 million buys to become the biggest Boxing pay-per-view event of 2020 and raking in over $80 million in pay-per-view revenue alone. [35] [36] [37]
Jake Paul added another win to his record on Saturday night after he beat former MMA fighter Nate Diaz in Dallas. Though Paul failed to knock Diaz out, he eventually won a decision victory over ...
Professional boxing was largely introduced to pay-per-view cable television with the "Thrilla in Manila" fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in September 1975. The fight sold 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO. [16] There was also another major title fight aired on pay-per-view in 1980, when Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard. Cable ...
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The fight was held at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey U.S., it was at the time the richest fight in boxing history, grossing some $70 million, [4] of which Tyson earned a record purse of around $22 million and Spinks $13.5 million. [5] Tyson won the fight, knocking out Spinks in 91 seconds. [6]
The fight purses were $90,000 ($895,696 inflation adjusted) for Clay and $75,000 for Jones. [9] The fight had a closed-circuit theatre television broadcast, which drew 150,000 pay-per-view buys, [10] including 9,000 in Texas [11] and 1,500 at Syria Mosque. [12] The fight grossed $500,000 ($4,976,087 inflation adjusted) in closed-circuit ...