In-ring introductions are sometimes used for title matches or other major bouts, to add a "big fight feel".
The figure, greater than expected, is not remarkable by the standard of major heavyweight bouts, which produce more than a million purchase.
Ratner defines a major bout as one that will have a gate of $2 million.
That thought is hardly calculated to lift the spirits of a fighter readying for a major bout.
For Steele, it marked the second time in the last year a decision to halt a major bout had triggered questions about his judgment.
No major bouts take place in 1875.
Here was a news conference before a major heavyweight bout and everyone was so civil, it might have been mistaken for a lawn party.
Also in 1963 came his first major bout of depression.
Guests from around the world typically attend major bouts.
No major bouts take place in 1874.