The Nevada Athletic Commission last week announced the official gate and attendance for the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Victor Ortiz fight. The fight received a $9 million gate with 13,364 tickets sold which made it the 14th largest fight in Las Vegas history. The Nevada Athletic Commission confirmed the numbers via email to MMA Payout. Gate – […]
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Mayweather-Ortiz: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective as we take a look back at Saturday’s fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas featuring Floyd Mayweather taking on Victor Ortiz. Mayweather wins via controversial TKO “Protect yourself at all times.” Oftentimes glossed over in instructions for MMA and boxing, Mayweather used this rule as […]
Mayweather really is Money with business dealings
The New York Times reports on the payout Floyd Mayweather is set to receive from his fight against Victor Ortiz Saturday. With all said and done, Mayweather could be paid $40 million. In addition to his reported $25 million payout for fighting Victor Ortiz, Mayweather will receive a portion of the gate, concessions, souvenirs and […]
Time Warner outlets assist promotion of Mayweather-Ortiz
The Sports Business Journal has a report on the Time Warner synergy in promoting the Mayweather-Ortiz fight set to go this Saturday. This was the first time that HBO received help from its other outlets to promote a PPV fight. Notably, CNN ran HBO’s 24/7 series over its network as well as having Victor Ortiz […]
White-Arum beef about competition Nov. 12th
Boxing promoter Bob Arum is not concerned about competition from the UFC on November 12th when his fighter, Manny Pacquiao fights Juan Manuel Marquez. Arum told ESPN that less than 5% of the UFC audience crosses over and that he’d be more concerned with competition if Fox aired a movie opposite the fights. Arum believed […]