Yes sir!!! The numbers are in & they are higher than what analysts thought! Did the Mayweather-Alvarez fight break the PPV record?!
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Via ESPN:
The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez junior middleweight unification fight last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas indeed lived up to its billing as “The One.”
Showtime, which broadcast the fight on pay-per-view, announced Thursday, along with promoters Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, that Mayweather’s dominant decision victory shattered the all-time record for highest-grossing pay-per-view fight of all-time, generating $150 million in revenue from 2.2 million pay-per-view buys.
“This is what we anticipated when we formed our partnership with CBS/Showtime (in early 2013) — record breaking results,” Mayweather Promotions chief executive Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN.com. “We’re just ecstatic and we want to thank the fans for supporting this promotion. It was a lot of hard work.
“Everybody busted their behinds but Floyd has tremendous star power and the ability to attract new fans with the support of Showtime and CBS with their plethora of platforms that we were able to utilize. It’s just been remarkable. It’s the best working with the best.”
The $150 million in pay-per-view haul broke the record set by Mayweather’s decision victory against Oscar De La Hoya in 2007. That fight generated $136 million from an all-time record 2.48 million pay-per-view buys. Adjusted for inflation, Mayweather-De La Hoya would be worth $153 million in today’s dollars.
The $150 million and 2.2 million buys will likely increase as all of the buys are accounted for, giving the fight an outside chance to also break the buy record. Mayweather-De La Hoya was initially announced at 2.15 million buys and then amended a couple of months later when more of the numbers were tallied.
The only pay-per-view events to top 2 million buys are Mayweather-De La Hoya and Mayweather-Alvarez.
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