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On May 11, HBO officially released that the fight generated $78.3 million in revenue. [11] According to initial inside sources the PPV buyrate was expected to be around 1.1 to 1.5 million. buys. [15] With Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, who sponsored the fight saying he first thought that the buyrate would be around 3.5 to 4 ...
In a non-title boxing match, welterweight champion Shane Mosley loses to Floyd Mayweather by unanimous decision. Bolivia nationalises four electricity companies. (Bangkok Post) [permanent dead link ]
5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (169 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Weight: 144.6 lb (66 kg) 150 lb (68 kg) Style: Southpaw: Orthodox: Recognition: WBO Welterweight Champion The Ring No. 2 Ranked Welterweight The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 7-division world champion: WBC No. 1 Ranked Super Welterweight WBC International super welterweight champion
1. On Oct. 1, 1975, heavyweights Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met for the third and final time in Manila, Philippines, of all places. It turned out to be, in my view, the greatest fight in boxing ...
This was the first boxing match held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, drawing more than 41,000 people. This was Pacquiao's first defense of his newly awarded WBO welterweight title. March 20 – Wladimir Klitschko knocks out Eddie Chambers with a fierce left to the temple with five seconds left in the fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
He watched boxing on TV and said, "I can do better than that," and soon the prison was bringing in boxers for him to fight. [7] "They had fight cards in prison. I sat around watching them for a while and finally said to myself, 'I can do that,'" Lyle said. [8] In his first match for the prison boxing team, Lyle was said to be defeated by Texas ...
Paul's main coach for the fight was two-time heavyweight champion, Shannon Briggs, while KSI trained under up-and-coming professional boxer, Viddal Riley, and Jeff Mayweather, uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr. [11] As a professional event, only fighters with professional boxing licences, and no other YouTubers, were allowed to participate; this decision was met with contention from some in the ...