New Pay Per View Numbers for Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Released

New Pay Per View Numbers for Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Released

By Johnny Benz (Oct 25, 2007) Doghouse Boxing

The excellent Pay Per View Numbers that were reported by HBO shortly after Oscar De La Hoya lost a split decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr., back in the month of May, were $2.15 million pay-per-view buys. That related to $120 million in PPV revenue, plus a live gate just shy of $19 million and total gross receipts of about $150 million that shattered every boxing box office record.

Now Dan Rafael on behalf of ESPN is reporting in his Thursday column that the numbers have been revised by HBO

and the new numbers are even more impressive than first published, improving the record.

Rafael reports in his article: "HBO said with the buys now fully accounted for, the fight actually generated 2.4 million buys and $134.4 million in domestic PPV revenue, bringing the total revenue for the event to approximately $165 million."

Quoted by ESPN, HBO PPV chief Mark Taffet stated: "It is common for early pay-per-view tallies to rise once all the buys are counted, but the magnitude of the boost came as a surprise.

Taffet went on to add: "When you're talking about a record, with numbers that are so big, you want to get it exactly right, and it takes a long time to count to 2.4 million.".