American Dream Promotions released a statement indicating that the November 6 pay-per-view featuring the ring returns of former world champions Zab Judah and Joel Casamayor had a pretty strong showing on pay-per-view, cracking 100,000 buys.

Ron Johnson of ADP said, "This just goes to show what happens when you put two champions, Zab Judah and Joel Casamayor on the same card. We are very pleased with the results and will have another show in the near future."

For a reference point, the 2008 fight between Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez did about 100,000 buys. That event was distributed by HBO and promoted and produced by Golden Boy. This was more or less completely independent. American Dream and Super Judah and the other small promoters worked with iNDemand and sold what HBO and Golden Boy sold together a year ago, and with a far less compelling card.

If you've been here any length of time, you know Zab Judah is not exactly my favorite fighter. But this certainly speaks to the idea that people still want to see him. Maybe Judah's one of those guys that doesn't have to win or be relevant or make a great showing for himself. Maybe he just is, you know what I'm saying? I mean, I'm sure Casamayor helped a little bit with the sales of this show, but not a lot. He's never been a major star outside of the boxing cocoon. Judah has stirred up some mainstream coverage before.

All in all, what more can you say besides "job well done"? They sold a far higher amount of PPVs than I figured they would. Frankly if they were being honest with themselves, they probably at least doubled their own expectations. All due respect to the promoters and the fighters. They sold a show that was a step down from your average Friday Night Fights.