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[DiscoPants]

After all the ticket sales were tallied, the May 1st Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Shane Mosley mega-fight produced the 10th largest paid gate in Nevada history. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the final paid figure was $11,032,100. The official paid attendance was 14,038. Closed circuit sales of an additional 12,879 seats generated another million dollars in revenue. Mike Tyson's rematch with Frank Bruno was bumped from Nevada's top ten. It produced a gate of $10,673,700 in 1996.


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[DiscoPants]

NEVADA'S LARGEST GROSSING GATES
THE TOP 35
 
 
MAIN EVENT/VENUE/PROMOTER/TV/DATE
PAID ATTENDANCE
GROSS SALES
 
1 FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA MGM, Golden Boy, Don Chargin, PPV  05/05/07
 17,078
 $ 18,419,200.00
 
2 LENNOX LEWIS vs. EVANDER HOLYFIELD II
Thomas and Mack, Don King, PPV 11/13/99
 17,078
 $ 16,860,300.00
 
3  EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 12/06/08
14,468
 $ 14,380,300.00
 
4 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs. MIKE TYSON II
MGM, Don King, PPV  06/28/97
 16,279
 $ 14,277,200.00
 
5  EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs. MIKE TYSON I
MGM, Don King, PPV  11/09/96
 16,103
 $ 14,150,700.00
 
6  MIKE TYSON vs. PETER MC NEELEY
MGM, Don King, PPV  08/19/95
 16,113
 $ 13,965,600.00
 
7  FELIX TRINIDAD vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Mandalay Bay, Top Rank, Don King, PPV  09/18/99
 11,184
 $ 12,949,500.00
 
8  BERNARD HOPKINS vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA MGM, Top Rank, Golden Boy, PPV  09/18/04
 15,672
 $12,782,650.00 
 
9 JOE CALZAGHE vs. BERNARD HOPKINS
Thomas & Mack, Golden Boy, Don Chargin, HBO 04/19/08
14,345
 $ 11,636,400.00
 
10 FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. SHANE MOSLEY
MGM, Golden Boy,  Don Chargin, PPV  05/01/10
14,038
 $ 11,032,100.00
 
11 MIKE TYSON vs. FRANK BRUNO II
MGM, Don King, PPV  03/16/96
 16,143
 $ 10,673,700.00
 
12  FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. RICKY HATTON
MGM, Golden Boy, PPV  12/08/07
15,488
 $ 10,393,950.00
 
13  SHANE MOSLEY vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
MGM, Top Rank, PPV  09/13/03
 16,074
 $  9,840,000.00
 
14 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs. FERNANDO VARGAS
Mandalay Bay, Top Rank, Main Events, PPV  09/14/02
 10,984
 $ 8,871,300.00
 
15 EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO
MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 11/14/09
15,470
 $ 8,847,550.00
 
16 EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. RICHARD HATTON
MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 05/02/09
15,368
 $ 8,832,950.00
 
17 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs. RICARDO MAYORGA
MGM, Golden Boy, Don King, Don Chargin, PPV  05/06/06
 12,276
 $  7,636,000.00
 
18 OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs. JULIO C. CHAVEZ I
Caesars Palace, Top Rank, Don King, Close Circuit  06/07/96
 14,738
 $  7,579,100.00
 
19 LENNOX LEWIS vs. HASIM RAHMAN
Mandalay Bay, Don King, Main Events, Lion, PPV  11/17/01
   9,830
 $  7,537,400.00
 
20 FELIX TRINIDAD vs. FERNANDO VARGAS
Mandalay Bay, Don King, Main Events, PPV  12/02/00
   9,309
 $  7,486,400.00
 
21 FELIX TRINIDAD vs. DAVID REID
Caesars Palace, Don King, America Presents, PPV  03/03/00
   9,584
 $  7,329,500.00
 
22 MIKE TYSON vs. FRANCOIS BOTHA
MGM, America Presents, PPV  01/16/99
 10,221
 $  7,055,800.00
 
23 FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
MGM, Golden Boy, PPV  09/19/09
12,009
 $  6,865,250.00
 
24 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs. JAMES DOUGLAS
Mirage, Mirage, PPV  10/25/90
 10,117
 $  6,546,441.00
 
25 ROY JONES JR vs. JOHN RUIZ
Mirage, Mirage, PPV  03/01/03
 11,490
 $  6,526,350.00
 
26 LENNOX LEWIS vs. DAVID TUA
Mandalay Bay, Main Events, America Presents, Panix, PPV  11/11/00
 10,809
 $  6,508,500.00
 
27 RAY LEONARD vs. THOMAS HEARNS II
Caesars Palace, Top Rank, PPV  06/12/89
 12,064
 $  6,468,600.00
 
28 RAY LEONARD vs. ROBERTO DURAN
Mirage, Top Rank, Victory Promotions, PPV  12/07/89
 11,904
 $  6,448,700.00
 
29 RONALD "WINKY" WRIGHT vs. FELIX TRINIDAD
MGM, Don King, Gary Shaw, Guilty, PPV  05/14/05
 13,590
 $  6,433,500.00
 
30 MIKE TYSON vs. BRUCE SELDON
MGM, Don King, PPV  09/07/96
   9,511
 $  6,305,900.00
 
31 **LARRY HOLMES vs. GERRY COONEY
Caesars Palace, Don King, Tiffany, Close Circuit  06/11/82
 29,214
**Also highest attendance
 $  6,239,050.00
 
32 RAY LEONARD vs. MARVIN HAGLER
Caesars Palace, Top Rank, Victory Promotions, Close Circuit  04/06/87
 12,379
 $  6,215,400.00
 
33 MIKE TYSON vs. DONOVAN RUDDOCK II
Mirage, Don King, 3M Productions, PPV  06/28/91
 13,047
 $  6,200,276.50
 
34 EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs. RIDDICK BOWE II
Caesars Palace, Spencer Promotions, Main Events, PPV  11/06/93
 10,923
 $  5,792,838.50
 
35 LARRY HOLMES vs. MUHAMMAD ALI
Caesars Palace, Don King, NBC 10/02/80
 24,570
 $  5,766,125.00
 
 

[Flo]

Arena had quite a few pretty empty sections. Mayweather fans would obviously rather pay to watch it on telly at the CCTV venues!

[jaff_no1]

Reading that who would you say was the biggest draw in Las Vegas?
Oscar De La Hoya
Holyfield
Mayweather
Tyson
Whats peoples thoughts taking into account inflation over the years?

[Gavin]

Im affraid im going to have to call bullshit on number 8 on that list. I was there and there is no way it made that much! My tickets got upgraded TWICE! I was even able to get down to ringside at one point!

[motoriser]

Haha Number 9 is wrong figures and wrong Venue Big time.
The Hopkins vs Calzaghe fight was not staged at the Thomas and Mack Centre.
It was staged at a smaller Venue and there was still plenty of empty seats.
The fight was somewhat a Box Office Flop coz they did not Generate what they had hoped for even by humble estimates.

[IrishPaddy]

Haha Number 9 is wrong figures and wrong Venue Big time.
The Hopkins vs Calzaghe fight was not staged at the Thomas and Mack Centre.
It was staged at a smaller Venue and there was still plenty of empty seats.
The fight was somewhat a Box Office Flop coz they did not Generate what they had hoped for even by humble estimates.

Haha your wrong. (Well, about the venue anyway)

[Gavin]

Sorry, I meant 9!! It was at the Thomas and Mack tho