Re: De la Hoya sets date for 'superfight' with Mayweather
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Originally Posted by chamiley
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Originally Posted by clean
eastside boxing's articles are written by guyz like you and me. Larry Merchant was the HBO broadcaster for that fight and he said in Legendary nights that cooney made $20 million, I think Larry is the more credible source. plus the fight drew huge attention worldwide. Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest closed-circuit/pay-per-view productions in history, broadcast to over 150 countries.
Chamiley, I have Legendary Nights on tape. Larry didn't say Cooney made $20 million. The commentator said the fight GROSSED more than $20 million. There was no ppv back then, only closed circuit, for which fighters did not get a percentage of. And just for the record, at that time the biggest single pay day for any athlete in history was Sugar Ray Leonard the year earlier, when he earned $12 million for his fight against Hearns. Sorry but Cooney didn't make no $20 mil. By the way, here's another source saying he didn't even make $3 mil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Cooney
Re: De la Hoya sets date for 'superfight' with Mayweather
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Originally Posted by Mr. Nightmare
Yeah Sal, why do you do stupid stuff like that that takes up a whole page?
cuz this fight is sickening
Re: De la Hoya sets date for 'superfight' with Mayweather
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Originally Posted by YounGun
Why criticize Mayweather for taking this fight? The money is remarkable. On top of that, I think DLH is his greatest challenge right now. Hatton and Margarito wouldn't give him as much trouble as DLH in my opinion. And this is fitting... the old master in DLH holding the torch, prepared to give it to PBF should he earn it.
Imagine if DLH knocks Floyd out, picks up the mic and says, "Thanks everyone, I retire"
That would be Huuuuuge
That would not only be huuuuge, and would be freaking awesome.
