Showtime Confirm Mayweather-McGregor did 4.3 million buys

[Ruthless-RKO]

According to an announcement by Showtime, Floyd Mayweather's money-spinning clash with Conor McGregor generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys – making it the second biggest fight in PPV history.

TOP FIVE BOXING PPVs OF ALL TIME

1) Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - 4.6m

2) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor - 4.3m

3) Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather - 2.4m

4) Floyd Mayweather v Canelo Alvarez - 2.2m

5) Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson 2 - 1.99m

[Ricky_]

Are these figures ever independently corroborated?

[Tanzio]

Has an independent counsel investigated?

[Enlightened-One]

Are these figures ever independently corroborated?

I don't know, but aren't Nielsen involved in the US TV audience figures? Also, what does it matter? The event obviously drew huge figures.

[SmoothStyle1]

According to an announcement by Showtime, Floyd Mayweather's money-spinning clash with Conor McGregor generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys – making it the second biggest fight in PPV history.

TOP FIVE BOXING PPVs OF ALL TIME

1) Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - 4.6m

2) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor - 4.3m

3) Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather - 2.4m

4) Floyd Mayweather v Canelo Alvarez - 2.2m

5) Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson 2 - 1.99m

No real surprise there, if anything it's a bit lower than I expected. I thought it could eclipse the 5m PPV buy mark. The buzz here in the States for that fight was insane.

[Enlightened-One]

According to an announcement by Showtime, Floyd Mayweather's money-spinning clash with Conor McGregor generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys – making it the second biggest fight in PPV history.

TOP FIVE BOXING PPVs OF ALL TIME

1) Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - 4.6m

2) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor - 4.3m

3) Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather - 2.4m

4) Floyd Mayweather v Canelo Alvarez - 2.2m

5) Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson 2 - 1.99m

No real surprise there, if anything it's a bit lower than I expected. I thought it could eclipse the 5m PPV buy mark. The buzz here in the States for that fight was insane.

I'm not sure if I'm overly-shocked by the reported figures.

Boxing purists aggressively lambasted the May-Mac spectacle - they hated it, whilst the UFC crowd relished the opportunity to see their man compete against the best boxer of the current generation.

Had both target audiences possessed an appetite to watch this bout (instead of only one of them), then it would have almost certainly exceeded 5m PPV buys.

[SmoothStyle1]

According to an announcement by Showtime, Floyd Mayweather's money-spinning clash with Conor McGregor generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys – making it the second biggest fight in PPV history.

TOP FIVE BOXING PPVs OF ALL TIME

1) Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao - 4.6m

2) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor - 4.3m

3) Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather - 2.4m

4) Floyd Mayweather v Canelo Alvarez - 2.2m

5) Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson 2 - 1.99m

No real surprise there, if anything it's a bit lower than I expected. I thought it could eclipse the 5m PPV buy mark. The buzz here in the States for that fight was insane.

I'm not sure if I'm overly-shocked by the reported figures.

Boxing purists aggressively lambasted the May-Mac spectacle - they hated it, whilst the UFC crowd relished the opportunity to see their man compete against the best boxer of the current generation.

Had both target audiences possessed an appetite to watch this bout (instead of only one of them), then it would have almost certainly exceeded 5m PPV buys.

The online and social media illegal streams probably took away a million or more buys as well.

[Enlightened-One]

No real surprise there, if anything it's a bit lower than I expected. I thought it could eclipse the 5m PPV buy mark. The buzz here in the States for that fight was insane.

I'm not sure if I'm overly-shocked by the reported figures.

Boxing purists aggressively lambasted the May-Mac spectacle - they hated it, whilst the UFC crowd relished the opportunity to see their man compete against the best boxer of the current generation.

Had both target audiences possessed an appetite to watch this bout (instead of only one of them), then it would have almost certainly exceeded 5m PPV buys.

The online and social media illegal streams probably took away a million or more buys as well.

Agreed.

[man]

smartest thing a retired boxer
ever did.

[greg]

good for them.. what do these numbers prove from boxing perspective? ..had they replaced one of these boxers with a kangoroo and invested in the whole circus just as much, I bet the results would have been just about the same..

[Best Coast]

No real surprise there, if anything it's a bit lower than I expected. I thought it could eclipse the 5m PPV buy mark. The buzz here in the States for that fight was insane.

I'm not sure if I'm overly-shocked by the reported figures.

Boxing purists aggressively lambasted the May-Mac spectacle - they hated it, whilst the UFC crowd relished the opportunity to see their man compete against the best boxer of the current generation.

Had both target audiences possessed an appetite to watch this bout (instead of only one of them), then it would have almost certainly exceeded 5m PPV buys.

The online and social media illegal streams probably took away a million or more buys as well.

Goes to show combat sports are not mutually exclusive. UFC/MMA fans now seem more willing to watch crossover bouts and hopefully we can see some crossover bouts in the future that will draw in boxing fans in a big way.

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Shutup BI, Floyd isn't THE draw, it's his opponents.
People don't wanna watch Floyd or boring boxing.
- 99% of the Boxrec forum (2010)

[jamamb]

floyd atg p4p king

[jamamb]

btw i saw that 147 prospect magomed Kurbanov has floyds name tatooed on him. watch all the euro boys turn on him now

[Kalan]

btw i saw that 147 prospect magomed Kurbanov has floyds name tatooed on him. watch all the euro boys turn on him now

Why would they??? ... They could GAF less about anybody's tattoos... Who has time to worry about what somebody else does with their stupid looking tattoos??? Nobody even notices tattoos anymore because everybody's got 'em... 99% of tattoos look like shitt and in a few years they'll begin to fade... It's curious that Floyd never got any... You kind of notice people who don't have them nowadays because every idiot has to mark up his body.

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Why would they???

Wait and see.

[Jip]

All 5 fights sucked.