Alvarez vs. Golovkin, By The Numbers The Day After

There was a day when boxing, baseball and horse racing ruled this country’s sporting world, and for one night, boxing’s luster returned at T-Mobile Arena Saturday. The boxing purists celebrated the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin fight — less than a month after the combat fight industry went Hollywood with Mayweather-McGregor.   LVSportsBiz.com goes by the numbers.

 

 

5,000,000

The amount in dollars received by Alvarez for his purse.

 

 

3,000,000

Amount in dollars for Gennady Golovkin’s purse

 

 

22,358

Attendance for Alvarez-Golovkin bout

 

16,219

Attendance for Mayweather-Pacquaio bout in 2015

 

14,623

Attendance for Mayweather-McGregor fight in August

 

 

7,735

The difference in attendance from Alvarez-Golovkin over Mayweather-McGregor

 

118-110

Judge Adalaide Byrd’s score total of Alvarez over Golovkin

 

 

79.99

HBO pay-per-view charge

 

1

Number of people who publicly supported Adalaide Byrd’s judging (Bob Bennett, NSAC executive director)