Fight May Set PPV Record

[Nick]

De La Hoya-Mayweather Fight Could Eclipse PPV Record

By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/4/2007 1:01:00 AM

Thanks to the success of a four-episode HBO series and an extensive promotional push,
Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Oscar De La Hoya boxing match is looking more
and more like the mega-event HBO Sports and the sport of boxing was hoping for.

While no one at HBO wants to make predictions, the event between the sport’s best pound-
for-pound fighter in Mayweather and its most marketable in De La Hoya could make a run at
the all-time non-heavyweight PPV record of 1.4 million buys (De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad, 1999). ...

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[tdti1]

Ya to bad millions are going to be pirating it from Dish/Bell, I don't think those providers should even be allowed to have the PPV fight.