It has been over three decades since boxing was featured in movie theaters, and now it is coming back in HIGH DEFINITION too!! And of course, the main feature will be that of the September 19 welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez, this was announced on 8/31/2009.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than 170 screens will have the fight and its undercard from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Among the circuits participating are AMC, Cinemark, Cobb, Kerasotes, Malco, Marcus, National Amusements and Regal. Thirty-second previews for the bout, much like film trailers, will be shown on about 1,500 screens during the next several weeks.
Tickets for the fight are expected to be about $15; the bout also will air on HBO PPV.
The 'Mayweather-Marquez' matchup will mark the first boxing event in movie theaters since the famous "No Mas Fight" between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran in November 1980. The first match shown across the U.S. in theaters was Joe Louis vs. Lee Savold in June 1951.
*Reported by The Hollywood Reporter
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