LAS VEGAS — NFL coaches are renowned for being workaholics, for sleeping on the couches in their offices during the season, going over video to try to find the slightest edge.
for him to peruse. It will be the same fighters in the same arena, but after that, so much is changed that Banks said the video of the first two fights isn't all that helpful.
Affirmed won the 1978 Triple Crown by narrowly besting Alydar in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont States by a total of roughly two lengths. The 1978 Belmont is considered by many the greatest race of all time, with the horses running even for the last half-mile before Affirmed got under the wire by a neck.
Mark Taffet was the HBO Sports executive in charge of pay-per-view for their first two fights. The 2017 fight sold 22,358 tickets, had a gate of $27.1 million and sold 1.3 million pay-per-views. The 2018 rematch had an attendance of 21,965 with a $23.5 million gate and 1.1 million pay-per-views sold.
A potentially great fight is required to stir the passions and get interest, but it’s not all that is required to make an event massive.
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