Mayweather's 2007 win over Oscar De La Hoya still holds that record at $137 million (on 2.4 million buys). Mayweather-Cotto took in an additional $12 million - the ninth-biggest gate ever in Nevada - from 14612 tickets sold. Mayweather has fought on
25.05.12 - ESPN (blog)
By Dan Rafael | ESPN.com LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya, the former 10-time titleholder in six weight classes, lost his junior middleweight title to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007 in a fight that smashed all box office records for a fight, including
25.05.12 - FOX 4 News
The figure is second all-time among non-heavyweight pay-per-view fights, behind Mayweather's May 2007 victory over Oscar De La Hoya, which tallied $137 million on 2.5 million buys. Overall, Saturday's hard-fought unanimous decision win by Mayweather
Sturm: A unification would be a dream come true
Last Friday night, WBA Middleweight Super Champion Felix Sturm successfully defended his crown for the twelvth time against former WBC titlelist Sebastian Zbik in an All-German mega-fight at the Lanxess Arena In Cologne, Germany. The champion looked much better than in his previous outings against Matthew Macklin (a close split decision win) and Martin Murray (a draw) in scoring a ninth round stoppage win over his former stablemate Zbik. After an even start, Sturm got untracked in the third round and battered his challenger with his left jab and explosive combinations until Zbik and his corner decided to stop the bout after the ninth.
FightNews.com caught up with Sturm at his gym in Cologne. The longtime WBA kingpin was in a good mood and eager to talk about the Zbik bout, the week after the fight, his future as a boxer and a promoter, mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin, a possible title unification and a return to America eight years after he came in as a huge underdog against living legend Oscar de la Hoya only to lose a hotly disputed and controversial twelve round decision. Sturm: I was a bit surprised when learning that the fight was over but everybody has to make such a decision himself and he did call it a day. He has to live with the loss and if he can, it’s fine. I felt that he became weaker round after round, especially from round five or six on. I gave him too much time in some situations because I didn’t want to make any big mistakes. If I had just continued to land clean and hard, the fight might have been over even sooner. The stoppage was important to me. That way, there is no need for a discussion about the verdict. Well, I had the fight in control after the fifth, so I don’t think there would have been an argument about the...
25.05.12 - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Oscar De La Hoya's company took this action because of the strong possibility Peterson wouldn't be able to get a license to box in Nevada because of this week's revelation that he recently tested positive for a banned substance - testosterone pellets
25.05.12 - FOXSports.com
Cotto to the second highest-grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event of all time, with Mayweather's May 5, 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya sitting at first place with a reported 2.4 million buys. De La Hoya vs. Mayweather raked in $137 million at
