Oscar 'n Floyd, by the numbers
HBO not only replays Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s 12-round split-decision victory over Oscar de la Hoya on Saturday at 10 p.m. but also Sunday at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. on HBO2.
For those who need to know the financials, HBO reported Wednesday that a record 2.15 million pay-per-view buys and $120 million in pay-per-view revenue was generated from the less-than-spectacular bout, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. It broke the PPV record of 1.99 million for the ’97 Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield bout on Showtime PPV, getting 1.2 million from cable systems and 925,000 from satellite homes. De La Hoya now has participated in the top six non-heavyweight pay-per view events in history -- including the 1.4 million buys for the Felix Trinidad fight in Sept. 1999; one million buys for the matchup with Bernard Hopkins in September 2004; the Sept. 2003 rematch with Shane Mosley, which generated 950,000 buys; and the Sept. 2002 showdown with Fernando Vargas and the May 2006 encounter with Ricardo Mayorga, both of which registered 935,000 buys. De La Hoya also becomes the highest-grossing boxing attraction in PPV history with $612 million in 18 PPV bouts.