Were the Real Fans Left Out?

Within three short hours of going on sale last Saturday, tickets for 2007's most anticipated event of the year between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather would completely sell out, producing a record gate of $19 million, surpassing the previous high in the state of Nevada of $16,860,300 that was tallied up for the rematch between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield in November of 1999.

Unfortunately, like many other big sporting events like the Super Bowl, Final Four and the NBA All-Star Game, the majority of the tickets did not get into the hands of 'Joe Six-pack' but instead to corporate interests, sponsors, A-list celebrities and VIPs.

It seems the real hardcore fan was victimized by the popularity of this fight.

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Oscar to drop Floyd Sr.!

In the coming days, WBC super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya will announce a new trainer for his May 5 superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd's dad, Floyd Mayweather Sr., had been Oscar's trainer for an eight-fight run starting in 2001, but his demand for $2 million to train Oscar to beat his son has been deemed excessive. "Oscar has always been very fair in what he pays to a trainer. But $2 million is way beyond what any trainer is ever paid," Golden Boy President Richard Schaefer told USA Today. Mayweather Sr., reportedly claimed he was offered a $500,000 guarantee with a $500,000 bonus if De La Hoya was victorious, an offer the elder Mayweather termed "insulting."

Source: www.fightnews.com