Boxing beats UFC (Old news but new to me)

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Boxing tops comeback year with strong PPV

By Kevin Iole


Floyd Mayweather Jr. just missed out on becoming the first non-heavyweight to sell more than 1 million pay-per-view units in consecutive fights in the same calendar year.

Mayweather's Dec. 8 bout with Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas sold 850,000 and generated $47 million in pay-per-view revenue, said Mark Taffet, HBO's Senior Vice President of Sports Operations and PPV.

Mayweather's May 5 fight with Oscar De La Hoya did a record 2.4 million pay-per-view sales and generated a record $134 million in pay-per-view revenue.

Fueled by Mayweather's two fights, HBO Pay-Per-View had a record year in which it sold 4.8 million PPV units.

"Mayweather-Hatton was one of boxing's most memorable nights of the past decade and was the perfect ending to a resurgent year for the sport," Taffet said. "Also, in becoming the highest-grossing PPV fight ever in which neither a heavyweight nor a Latino superstar was featured, Mayweather-Hatton blazed a new trail which opens new doors and bodes very well for the future."

Boxing rebounded in a major way in 2007 after it was beaten in pay-per-view sales for the first time by the UFC in 2006. Though the UFC has one more pay-per-view remaining, on Dec. 29, it is not expected to be able to surpass the boxing sales in 2007.

[SigmaMu]

I loved this guys comments.

To all the boxing haters GET A CLUE BOXING AIN'T GOING NO WHERE. MMA/UFC is hillbilly trash and is nothing more than a drunken backyard brawl. Boxing made over 200 million at the gates on 2 events those two gates alone kicked MMA's ass for the whole year look it up. People were paying 2,000 a piece for nosebleeds not to mention the countless celebritys in the house UFC never has had that and never will-GUARANTEED-. Not 2 mention all the UFC fighters on steroids. Hey if 2 sweaty juiced up guys rolling around on the ground floats your boat then whatever. UFC has one demographic American white males aged 18-28 thats it where as boxing has every ethinic group and is the worlds second biggest sport behind soccer. UFC is a fad that is on par with the WWE not on par with Boxing
Sitting Bull posted on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 7:03 pm EST

[SigmaMu]

The Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather fight has shattered all previous pay-per-view records. In the process, The Golden Boy has become boxing's all-time highest grossing PPV attraction.

Boxing's Top Pay Per View Attractions

1. Oscar De La Hoya - $610.6 million on 12.6 million buys (18 events)

2. Mike Tyson - $545 million on 12.4 million buys (12 events)

3. Evander Holyfield - $543 million on 12.6 million buys (14 events)

PPV Records eclipsed by De La Hoya - Mayweather

Highest Revenue for a Single Pay-Per-View Event
New Record: $120.0 million for the May 5, 2007 Oscar De La Hoya - Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight.

Old Record: $106.9 million for the June 8, 2002 Mike Tyson - Lennox Lewis fight.

Old Record (non-heavyweight):
$71.4 million for the Sept. 18, 1999 Oscar De La Hoya - Felix Trinidad fight.


Most Purchases for a Single Pay-Per-View Event
New Record: 2.15 million purchases for the May 5, 2007 Oscar De La Hoya - Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight.

Old Record: 1.99 million purchases for the June 28, 1997 Mike Tyson - Evander Holyfield "Bite Fight".

Old Record (non-heavyweight): 1.4 million purchases for the Sept. 18, 1999 Oscar De La Hoya - Felix Trinidad fight.

Oscar De La Hoya's Pay-Per-View History

1. Rafael Ruelas (5/95) 330,000 buys = $9.9 million
2. Genaro Hernandez (9/95) 220,000 buys = $6.6 million
3. Miguel Angel Gonzalez (1/97) 345,000 buys = $12.1 million
4. Pernell Whitaker (4/97) 720,000 buys = $28.8 million
5. Hector Camacho (9/97) 560,000 buys = $22.4 million
6. Wilfredo Rivera (12/97) 240,000 buys = $9.6 million
7. Julio Cesar Chavez II ( 9/9 525,000 buys = $23.6 million
8. Ike Quartey ( 2/99) 570,000 buys =$25.7 million
9. Felix Trinidad (9/99) 1.4 million buys = $71.4 million
10. Shane Mosley (6/00) 590,000 buys = $29.5 million
11. Javier Castillejo (6/01) 400,000 buys = $16.0 million
12. Fernando Vargas (9/02) 935,000 buys = $47.8 million
13. Yory Boy Campas (5/03) 350,000 buys = $17.5 million
14. Shane Mosley II (9/03) 950,000 buys = $48.4 million
15. Felix Sturm (6/04) 380,000 buys = $19.0 million
16. Bernard Hopkins (9/04) 1 million buys = $56.0 million
17. Ricardo Mayorga (5/06) 935,000 buys = $46.3 million
18. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (5/07) 2.15 million buys = $120.0 million

Totals: 12.6 million buys = $610.6 million

[RP33]

haha i loved that guys comment also..

To be honest, I can BARELY watch UFC/MMA.. A buddy of mine does not stop talking how boxing is 'boring' and how even when UFC fans hate when guys are wrestling on the mat, he finds it interesting..

As i could go on forever about how much i hate MMA and all of the flaws i find within it, the major one would be the whole upset factor.. In MMA a lot of fighters records are something like 14-8, you know with a number of losses.. My point is that in MMA, I feel that it is so much easier to upset your opponent because you are more susceptible to getting hit with that lucky punch.. Any huge bulked up guy with no coordination could go in and KO someone if he was lucky enough.. In boxing, upsets are MUCH more exciting because I feel the fighter REALLY had to work hard for that upset.. Quintana/Williams is fresh in my mind as an example.. Quintana had to come out round after round and continue to push himself to his limits to defeat the champ.. now THAT is exciting..

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not discrediting any of the MMA guys talents or physical gifts or anything like that, i'm just criticizing the sport itself.

[Mar]

Both sports have their supporters, i don't know why this silly comparison even came up but it's like everything else...boxing will win some and loose some depending on the card. To say mma or whatever it's called now will get rid of boxing is just plain crazy.....they both have thier popularity but are two totally different things.