Mayweather-Judah Fight Draws 350K Buys

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Home Box Office’s April 8 Floyd Mayweather-Zab Judah welterweight-championship event punched out 350,000 pay-per-view buys.

The fight -- in which Mayweather defeated Judah in a unanimous decision to win the International Boxing Federation welterweight belt -- garnered $15.7 million in revenue, according to the network.

"We are very pleased with boxing fans' support of Mayweather-Judah,” HBO senior vice president of sports operations and PPV Mark Taffet said. “The fight performed particularly well in major urban markets across the country."

HBO also said Thursday that it has scheduled a July 15 PPV rematch between Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. Mosley defeated Vargas in their Feb. 25 PPV event, which generated a surprising 415,000 buys.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.