January 25, 2023
Knockout: HBO's De La Hoya Match Generates Big Revs
- by David Goetzl @dgoetzl, May 10, 2007
HBO's high-profile De La Hoya-Mayweather boxing match Saturday was a knockout--money-wise. It generated record numbers with 2.15 million purchases of its pay-per-view feed and $120 million in revenue.
The company said it marked the most-ever purchases of a PPV match by 160,000 and the highest revenue, estimated at $8 million. …
