Mayweather vs. McGregor / Photo Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Despite the reported millions of illegal steams, Mayweather vs. McGregor makes PPV history. Not exactly sure if UFC President Dana White knew he was being recorded. but during the final episode the Tuesday Night Contender Series, co-host and UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber leaked the announcement via social media. If you caught a glimpse of Faber’s Instagram story, you heard White telling Faber that the pay-per-view did an astounding 6.5 million buys. That is almost 2 million buys more than the previous record held by Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in 2015. Leading up to Saturday night’s mega-fight, Showtime Executives were skeptical if the fight would beat the previous record. Top 10 Highest Grossing Boxing PPV Fights According to TotalSportek.com, the rankings are as follows: NO# FIGHT PPV BUYS PPV REVENUE 1 Mayweather vs Pacquiao (May 2015) 4,600,000 $410 million 2 Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez (September 2013) 2,200,000 $150 million 3 Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya (May 2007) 2,480,000 $136 million 4 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II (June 1997) 1,990,000 $100.2 million 5 Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis (June 2002) 1,950,000 $112 million 6 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield I (November 1996) 1,590,000 $77.9 million 7 Mike Tyson vs Peter McNeeley (August 1995) 1,550,000 $96 million 8 Mayweather vs Shane Mosely (May 2010) 1,400,000 $94 million 9 Oscar De La Hoya vs Felix Trinidad (September 1999) 1,400,000 $64 million 10 Evander Holyfield vs George Foreman (April 1991) 1,400,000 $80 million 11 Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez III (November 2011) 1,250,000 $75 million The record-breaking announcement as not been officially made by Showtime Boxing or the UFC at time of posting. Post Views: 2,095 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Kristine Haugsjaa Kristine is a Managing Editor for DoubleGSports.com as well as UFC/MMA Lead Writer. She also hosts a column known as Fighting Words. Latest posts by Kristine Haugsjaa (see all) NJ’s Chookagian makes flyweight debut at UFC Charlotte - November 7, 2017 Fighting Words: Bellator is Giving Hardy the Credit She Deserves - October 20, 2017 Frankie Edgar to face Champion Max Holloway at UFC 218 - October 3, 2017 Boxing’s Amanda Serrano heading to MMA - September 21, 2017 Related TopicsBoxingConor McGregordana whiteFloyd Mayweather Jr.Mayweather v. McGregorPPV buysrecord breakingUrijah Faber 2 Comments 2 Comments You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. More in Feature You Know I’m Right, Episode 113: New York Post Columnist Phil Mushnick (Audio/Video) On the 113th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 111: New York Giants’ Insider John Schmeelk (Audio/Video) On the 111th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... John Cena v. Roman Reigns, WWE’s “Money Fight”, to take place at No Mercy McGregor Releases Statement Since TKO Loss
