PPV Figures In
The rematch between Sugar Ray Robinson and Pernell Whitaker has smashed the original contests non-heavyweight pay-per-view fight record.
With 1.2 million buys the only contest not featuring Mike Tyson to exceed that figure is the 1991 heavyweight title fight between Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman.
It ranks as the sixth highest brought contest.
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Sugar Ray Robinson end is expected to be in the region of $23.5 million and Whitaker's $7.5 million.
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
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