By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
The gate revenue for the Gennady “GGG” Golovkin-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez rematch Sept. 15 at T-Mobile Arena hit $23,473,500 — an impressive number for a prize fight in Nevada but still less than the gate from the first Golovkin-Alvarez fight in September 2017.
Tickets sold for this month’s GGG-Canelo fight were 16,732, while tickets comped were 1,451, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the state sanctioning body.
LVSportsBiz.com reported last week that Golovkin walked away with $4 million for a net contestant’s share, while Alvarez came away with $2,348,550 as his net contestant’s share. Here’s a breakdown of the contestants’ shares from the Sept. 15 fight event.
The Sept. 15 gate was less than the $27 million for the gate in Canelo-GGG I a year ago. The numbers from last year’s Sept. 16 first fight: Gate, $27,059,850; tickets sold, 17,318; tickets comped, 934, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The two highest gates in Nevada history were the 2015 Mayweather-Pacquiao mega-fight and 2017 Mayweather-McGregor spectacle event that took place in a boxing ring.
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There’s talk of a Mayweather-Pacquiao II fight, but nothing has been formally announced despite a Mayweather tweet.
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