GooseVision to Take Flight on Mancini-Haugen Bout April 3

GooseVision can’t be far away for the Goossens now.

When Ten Goose Boxing chief Dan Goossen pondered a deal in which he would become a partner with New York pay-per-view syndicator Lou Falcigno on a Ray Mancini-Greg Haugen fight, there were sleepless nights.

There would be no major corporations backing this deal, no Time-Warners or Showtimes to lean on.

“We looked at the downside and the upside, and we liked the odds,” said Goossen, who plans to call the pay-per-view service “GooseVision.”

“First, Mancini and Haugen both liked the deal we showed them ($500,000 for each), and we liked our chances to do a good number on the pay-per-view side. So we did it. Lou’s doing the telecast, and I’m doing the boxing side of it.”

The fight is scheduled for April 3 in Reno.

Goossen said the one factor that influenced him was the pay-per-view numbers Mancini and Hector Camacho had in their Reno fight three years ago. Mancini-Camacho had a buy rate of 2.5%, or roughly 300,000 homes, which still ranks 11th in pay-per-view boxing revenue.

It came to nearly $6 million in gross pay-per-view revenue, and Goossen believes he might have another success with Mancini-Haugen.

“Mancini has shown he can put up big numbers, and with Haugen we have the only guy to beat Camacho,” Goossen said. “And they’re both busy, aggressive guys who figure to give you a great fight. Today, they are 18-million plus addressable cable households. If we do a 1% with this, I’m going to be very happy.”