Boxing - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Andrew | May 28, 2008
The richest and most-awaited fight in boxing history is on the brink of getting a follow-up. News is Oscar De La Hoya is in a mood to back off the scheduled match for May with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He wishes to have a big money rematch with latter in September. If you can recall, last spring Hoya succeeded in banging the box office records and is now moving close to schedule a rematch. But when? Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said:”Discussions are happening but we have almost finalized things and only announcement is impending.
It is being said that the prospective day for fight would be 13-20 Sept on HBO pay-per-view. Schaefer revealed that the venue for Mayweather-De La Hoya II is not yet decided but he is holding the September dates at the Home Depot Center that can accommodate around 27,000 people. This center is an outdoor home to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. I suggest you to buy Mayweather/De La Hoya tickets as early as possible once the site is finalized.
If figures can define for you how crucial would be this rematch then here I have: Supported by five-months of promotion across 11-city cross-country tour and HBO’s reality series “De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7,” the first fight broke generated a total gross of $165 million, hence breaking box office records and inviting pay-per-view subscriptions of 2.4 million; pay-per-view gross at $134.4 million and live gate ($18,419,200).
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