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Sales from De La Hoya-Pacquiao produce boxing's second-biggest gate

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Golden Boy continues to have the golden touch. Oscar De La Hoya's welterweight showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 sold out almost instantly after tickets went on sale Wednesday. Organizers announced that all of the approximately 16,000 tickets to "The Dream Match" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (HBO PPV) sold out for a gate of almost $17 million. The total makes De La Hoya-Pacquiao the second-biggest gate in boxing history, surpassed only by the $18,41 ...

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