Pay-per-view


Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television service by which a subscriber of a television service provider can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it (as opposed to video-on-demand systems, which allow viewers to see recorded broadcasts at any time). Events can be purchased using an on-screen guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. Events often include feature films, sporting events, and other entertainment programs. With the rise of the Internet, the term Internet pay-per-view (iPPV) has been used to describe pay-per-view services accessed online. PPV is most commonly used to distribute combat sports events, such as boxing and mixed martial arts, and sports entertainment such as professional wrestling.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 United States

      • 1.1.1 Professional boxing during 1960s–1970s


      • 1.1.2 1980s–2000s


      • 1.1.3 HBO PPV (professional boxing)


      • 1.1.4 UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)


      • 1.1.5 Professional wrestling


      • 1.1.6 Other events



    • 1.2 United Kingdom and Ireland


    • 1.3 Canada


    • 1.4 Mainland Europe


    • 1.5 South America


    • 1.6 Australia and the Pacific Islands


    • 1.7 Asia



  • 2 List of pay-per-view bouts

    • 2.1 Boxing

      • 2.1.1 Worldwide


      • 2.1.2 United States (closed-circuit theatre TV)


      • 2.1.3 United States (PPV home television)


      • 2.1.4 United Kingdom



    • 2.2 Mixed martial arts (United States)

      • 2.2.1 UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)



    • 2.3 Professional wrestling (United States)

      • 2.3.1 PPV home television




  • 3 List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




History


The earliest form of pay-per-view was closed-circuit television, also known as theatre television, where professional boxing telecasts were broadcast live to a select number of venues, mostly theaters, where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live.[1][2] The first fight with a closed-circuit telecast was Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott in 1948.[3] Closed-circuit telecasts peaked in popularity with Muhammad Ali in the 1960s and 1970s,[1][2] with "The Rumble in the Jungle" fight drawing 50 million buys worldwide in 1974,[4] and the "Thrilla in Manila" drawing 100 million buys worldwide in 1975.[5] Closed-circuit television was gradually replaced by pay-per-view home television in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]



United States


The Zenith Phonevision system became the first home pay-per-view system to be tested in the United States. Developed in 1951, it used telephone lines to take and receive orders, as well as to descramble a television broadcast signal. The field tests conducted for Phonevision lasted for 90 days and were tested in Chicago, Illinois. The system used IBM punch cards to descramble a signal broadcast during the broadcast station's "off-time". Both systems showed promise, but the Federal Communications Commission denied them the permits to operate.[6]


One of the earliest pay-per-view systems on cable television, the Optical Systems-developed Channel 100, first began service in 1972 in San Diego, California through Mission Cable[7] (which was later acquired by Cox Communications) and TheaterVisioN, which operated out of Sarasota, Florida. These early systems quickly went out of business, as the cable industry adopted satellite technology and as flat-rate pay television services such as Home Box Office (HBO) became popular.


While most pay-per-view services were delivered via cable, there were a few over-the-air pay TV stations that offered pay-per-view broadcasts in addition to regularly scheduled broadcasts of movies and other entertainment. These stations, which operated for a few years in Chicago, Los Angeles and some other cities, broadcast "scrambled" signals that required descrambler devices to convert the signal into standard broadcast format. These services were marketed as "ON-TV."
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Professional boxing during 1960s–1970s


The first home pay-per-view cable television broadcast was the Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson rematch in 1960, when 25,000 TelePrompTer subscribers mailed $2 to watch Patterson regain the heavyweight title.[9] The third Patterson–Johansson match in 1961 was later viewed by 100,000 paid cable subscribers.[10] Muhammad Ali had several fights on early pay-per-view home television, including Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones in 1963,[11] and Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston[12] which drew 250,000 buys on cable television in 1964.[13]


Professional boxing was largely introduced to pay-per-view cable television with the "Thrilla in Manila" fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in September 1975. The fight sold 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO.[14] There was also another major title fight aired on pay-per-view in 1980, when Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard. Cable companies offered the match for $10, and about 155,000 customers paid to watch the fight.[15][16]



1980s–2000s


A major pay-per-view event[citation needed] occurred on September 16, 1981, when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Thomas "Hitman" Hearns for the World Welterweight Championship. Viacom Cablevision in Nashville, Tennessee – the first system to offer the event – saw over 50 percent of its subscriber base purchase the fight.[citation needed] Leonard visited Nashville to promote the fight, and the event proved such a success that Viacom themed its annual report for that year around it.[citation needed] Viacom marketing director Pat Thompson put together the fight, and subsequently put together additional PPV fights, wrestling matches, and even a televised Broadway play.[citation needed]


After leaving Viacom, Thompson became head of Sports View and produced the first pay-per-view football game on October 16, 1983, a college football game between the University of Tennessee and the University of Alabama from Birmingham, Alabama.[citation needed] Sports View played a role in building pay-per-view networks,[citation needed] and became the early pioneer in developing TigerVision for Louisiana State University, TideVision for Alabama and UT Vol Seat for Tennessee. Sports View also produced the Ohio State-Michigan football game for pay-per-view in November 1983.


In 1985, the first pay-per-view cable channels in the United States – Viewer's Choice (now In Demand), Cable Video Store, First Choice and Request TV – began operation within days of each other.[citation needed] Viewer's Choice serviced both home satellite dish and cable customers, while Request TV, though broadcasting to cable viewers, would not become available to satellite subscribers until the 1990s.[citation needed] First Choice PPV was available on Rogers Cablesystems in the United States and Canada. After Paragon Cable acquired the Rogers Cablesystems franchise in San Antonio, Texas, First Choice continued to be carried until Time Warner Cable bought Paragon in 1996. In the United States, pay-per-view broadcasters transmit without advertisements, similar to conventional flat-rate pay television services.


The term "pay-per-view" did not come into general use until the late 1980s[citation needed] when companies such as Viewer's Choice, HBO and Showtime started using the system to show movies and some of their productions. Viewer's Choice carried movies, concerts and other events, with live sporting events such as WrestleMania being the most predominant programming. Prices ranged from $3.99 to $49.99, while HBO and Showtime, with their event production legs TVKO and SET Pay Per View, would offer championship boxing matches ranging from $14.99 to $54.99.[citation needed]


ESPN later began to televise college football and basketball games on pay-per-view through its services ESPN GamePlan and ESPN Full Court, which were eventually sold as full-time out-of-market sports packages.[citation needed] The boxing undercard Latin Fury, shown on June 28, 2003, became ESPN's first boxing card on pay-per-view and also the first pay-per-view boxing card held in Puerto Rico.[citation needed] Pay-per-view has provided a revenue stream for professional wrestling circuits such as WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA).


WWE chairman and chief executive officer Vince McMahon is considered by many as one of the icons of pay-per-view promotion. McMahon owns the domain name payperview.com, which redirects to the WWE Network website.[17]



HBO PPV (professional boxing)


In 2006, HBO generated 3.7 million pay-per-view buys with $177 million in gross sales. The only year with more buys previously, 1999, had a total of 4 million. The former record fell in 2007 when HBO sold 4.8 million PPV buys with $255 million in sales.[18] In 2014, HBO generated 59.3 million buys and $3.1 billion in revenue since its 1991 debut with Evander Holyfield-George Foreman.[19]


1999 differed radically from 2006: 1999 saw four major fight cards: De La Hoya-Trinidad (1.4 million buys), Holyfield-Lewis I (1.2 million), Holyfield-Lewis II (850,000) and De La Hoya-Quartey (570,000). By contrast, only one pay-per-view mega-fight took place in 2006: De La Hoya-Mayorga (925,000 buys). Rahman-Maskaev bombed with under 50,000. The other eight PPV cards that year all fell in the 325,000–450,000 range. Pay-per-view fights in that range almost always generate more money for the promoter and fighters than HBO wants to pay for an HBO World Championship Boxing license-fee.[citation needed]


In May 2007, the super-welterweight boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on HBO PPV became the biggest-selling non-heavyweight title fight, with a little more than 2.5 million buyers.[20] The fight itself generated roughly $139 million in domestic PPV revenue, making it the most lucrative prizefight of that era. The record stood until 2015 before it was broken by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao in a fight dubbed as the "Fight of the Century" on May 2, 2015 which generated 4.6 million ppv buys and a revenue of over $400 million.[21]


The leading PPV attraction, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has generated approximately 24 million buys and $1.6 billion in revenue. Manny Pacquiao, ranked second, has generated approximately 19.2 million buys and $1.2 billion in revenue.[22][23]Oscar De La Hoya, has "sold" approximately 14 million units in total, giving $700 million in domestic television receipts and stands third. In fourth place in buys, Evander Holyfield has achieved 12.6 million units ($550 million); and at fifth, Mike Tyson has reached 12.4 million units ($545 million).[24]


Ross Greenburg, then president of HBO Sports, called the expansion of pay-per-view "the biggest economic issue in boxing", stating "I can't tell you that pay-per-view helps the sport because it doesn't. It hurts the sport because it narrows our audience, but it's a fact of life. Every time we try to make an HBO World Championship Boxing fight, we're up against mythical pay-per-view numbers. HBO doesn't make a lot of money from pay-per-view. There's usually a cap on what we can make. But the promoters and fighters insist on pay-per-view because that's where their greatest profits lie."[25]


"It's a big problem," Greenburg continues. "It's getting harder and harder to put fighters like Manny Pacquiao on HBO World Championship Boxing. If Floyd Mayweather beats Oscar, he might never fight on HBO World Championship Boxing again. But if HBO stopped doing pay-per-view, the promoters would simply do it on their own [like Bob Arum did with Cotto-Malignaggi in June 2006] or find someone else who will do it for them."[25]


Former HBO Sports President Seth Abraham concurs, saying, "I think, if Lou (DiBella) and I were still at HBO, we'd be in the same pickle as far as the exodus of fights to pay-per-view is concerned."[26]



UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)


Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a relative newcomer on the pay-per-view scene, matched the once-dominant World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. in pay-per-view revenues during 2006 and surpassed boxing titan HBO. The three companies make up the bulk of the pay-per-view business. According to Deana Myers, a senior analyst at Kagan Research LLC (which tracks the PPV industry), "UFC has reinvigorated the pay-per-view category."[27]



Professional wrestling


Professional wrestling has a long history of running pay-per-view events. WWE (then WWF) launched its first pay-per-view event in 1985 with The Wrestling Classic and has run numerous others throughout the years. Other major organisations such as WCW, ECW and TNA have also run pay-per-view events.


Although it still offers its events via traditional pay-per-view outlets, since 2014 WWE has offered all of its PPV events at no additional charge as part of a subscription-based streaming service known as WWE Network—which features on-demand access to library content and other exclusive programming. Following WrestleMania 34, the service had 2.12 million subscribers.[28][29]



Other events


In 2015, with the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead the pay-per-view set a new record for a music event with more than 400,000 subscriptions, surpassing a 1999 simulcast by the Backstreet Boys which drew 160,000 subscriptions.[30]



United Kingdom and Ireland


Viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland can access pay-per-view via satellite, cable and over-the-internet television services, mainly for films, boxing and American professional wrestling via services such as Sky Box Office and more recently ITV Box Office and BT Sport Box Office. The last couple of years has seen the number of pay-per-view boxing events significantly increase and currently all of the UK's top fights are only available via pay-per-view. Broadcasters (most notably PremPlus) have abandoned their aspirations to introduce PPV into other sports market due to poor take-up.



Canada


In Canada, most specialty television providers provide pay-per-view programming through one or more services. In all cases, prices typically range from around C$4.99 (for movies) up to $50 or more for special events.


Initially, there were three major PPV providers in Canada; Viewers Choice Canada operated in Eastern Canada as a joint venture of Astral Media, Rogers Communications, and TSN, while Western International Communications operated a separate service also branded as Viewers Choice, which used the brand under licence after previously operating as Home Theatre.


Viewers Choice Canada was a partner in a French-language PPV service known as Canal Indigo, which is now entirely owned by Videotron. Bell Canada also launched a PPV service for its ExpressVu television provider known as Vu! in 1999.


Home Theatre was later acquired by Shaw Communications; after gaining permission to operate nationally, it re-branded as a white-label PPV known internally as Shaw PPV in December 2007. In 2014, due to Bell Media's majority ownership of Viewers Choice because of its acquisition of Astral, and because both Bell and Rogers now ran their own in-house PPV operations (Vu! and Sportsnet PPV), Viewers Choice was shut down.[31]



Mainland Europe


In Romania, cable communications operator UPC Romania has notified the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) on the intention to introduce in January, February 2014 at the latest, an on-demand audiovisual media service called Agerpres. According to the manager of UPC Romania-owned Smaranda Radoi UPC, will allow customers to watch movies on demand or live events; as well as broadcasts of performances, concerts and sporting events.


In November 2008, pay-per-view made its debut in Albania through Digitalb on terrestrial and satellite television, with the channel DigiGold.[32]


In France, launched in the late 1990s, Canalsat (Ciné+) and TPS (Multivision) operate their own pay-per-view service. While CanalSat holds the rights to live soccer matches for France's Ligue 1, TPS had the rights for Boxe matches. In 2007, Multivision service ceased by the end of TPS service which merged with Canalsat. Nowadays, Ciné+ is the only existing pay-per-view service in France.


In Croatia, Fight Channel is broadcasting martial arts events organized by the world's most prominent fighting organizations, such as the UFC, K-1, HBO Boxing, Dream, Glory WS, World Series of Boxing etc. and its pay-per-view service covers the Balkans region.



South America


Per nations with Pay-Per-View or PPV system in South América:


In Argentina, Torneos y Competencias is a producer and sports events organization that broadcasts live main matches of Argentine Soccer in four categories on TyC Sports and TyC Max


In Brazil, in the soccer main matches of Serie A (Six games per matchday) and Serie B (Four games per matchday) in two categories of Brazilian Soccer are broadcast live on Premiere FC and SporTV. The Serie C Championship are broadcast live on SporTV with two games per matchday in Pay TV. In other sports are broadcast live on NBB TV (Exclusive channel of Brazilian Basketball League in Premium system)


In Chile, the exclusive rights of Chilean Soccer are owned by TV Fútbol and broadcast live on a channel called Canal Del Fútbol (The Soccer Channel), also known CDF. Sports Field S.A. has exclusive rights to games on the Chilean professional basketball league, which are broadcast live vía CDO (Premium Signal)


In Paraguay, the Teledeportes business have exclusive rights to broadcast live main matches of Paraguayan Soccer in four categories vía Tigo Max and Tigo Sports. Teledeportes have live broadcast live of Paraguayan Basketball League is broadcast live Monday at 7:55 pm on Tigo Max (K.O 20:10) and Thursday at 8:00 pm on Tigo Sports (K.O 20:15).


In Uruguay, the Tenfield producer business and sports events organization have television exclusive rights for the main matches of Uruguayan soccer and basketball, which are broadcast on VTV Max and VTV Sports.



Australia and the Pacific Islands


Foxtel and Optus Vision introduced pay-per-view direct to home television in Australia in the mid-to-late 1990s. Foxtel had Event TV (until it transformed into its current form; Main Event) while, Optus Vision had Main Attraction Pay-Per-View as its provider. As of 2005, Main Event is the current pay-per-view provider through Foxtel and Optus cable/satellite subscription.


Sky Pacific started a service in Fiji in 2005 and then expanded into American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati (East), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, with one, out of their 25 channels, being Pay-Per-View.[33]


Netflix is available in Australia.



Asia


In Malaysia, Astro's Astro Box Office service launched in 2000 in the form of the free-to-air "Astro Showcase".


In Japan, SkyPerfecTV subscribers can receive one-click pay-per-view access to hundreds of channels supplying domestic and international sporting events (including WWE events), movies, and specialty programming, either live or later on continuous repeat on its channel.


In India a pay-per-view service operates; however, pay-per-view sports broadcasts are available.Now also live events like wwe.[citation needed]



List of pay-per-view bouts



Boxing



Worldwide


The following is a list of boxing fights that have generated over 1 million pay-per-view buys worldwide. These figures include closed-circuit theatre television (CCTV), pay-per-view home television (PPV), and pay-per-view online streaming (iPPV).



   — Fights which held the worldwide record in terms of sales and/or revenue

















































































































































































































































DateFightNetwork(s)SalesRevenueRevenue (inflation)

March 8, 1971

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

7006259000000000000♠2,590,000[34][35]

$45,750,000[36][37]

$300,000,000

October 30, 1974

Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[4]
$100,000,000[38][39]
$510,000,000

October 1, 1975

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

  • HBO


7008100000000000000♠100,000,000[40]
$100,000,000

$500,000,000

September 27, 1976

Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[41]

$33,500,000[42][43]

$147,000,000

June 20, 1980

Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

  • HBO


7006165500000000000♠1,655,000[44][15]
$30,000,000[45]
$90,000,000

June 11, 1982

Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[46]
$20,000,000[2]
$52,000,000

April 6, 1987

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

  • HBO


7006315000000000000♠3,150,000[2]
$60,000,000[47]
$130,000,000

June 27, 1988

Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV

  • HBO


7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[48][49]
$70,000,000[47]
$150,000,000

April 19, 1991

Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman

  • HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]
$75,000,000[51]
$138,000,000

June 28, 1991

Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II

  • Showtime

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[52]

$49,142,000[53][54]

$90,000,000

August 19, 1995

Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley

  • Showtime

7006160000000000000♠1,600,000[55]

$110,000,000[56][57]

$177,000,000

March 16, 1996

Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II

  • Showtime

  • Sky Box Office


7006206000000000000♠2,060,000[55][58]
$98,000,000[59]
$157,000,000

September 7, 1996

Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon

  • Showtime

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[50]

$63,810,000[55]

$102,000,000

November 9, 1996

Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield

  • Showtime

7006160000000000000♠1,600,000[55]

$94,200,000[55]

$150,000,000

June 28, 1997

Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II

  • Showtime

  • Sky Box Office

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV


7006267000000000000♠2,670,000[2][60][61]
$180,000,000[62]
$281,000,000

September 18, 1999

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

  • HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]
$74,100,000[63]
$110,000,000

June 8, 2002

Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson

  • HBO

  • Showtime

  • Sky Box Office


7006272000000000000♠2,720,000[50][64]
$112,000,000[65]
$156,000,000

May 5, 2007

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

  • HBO

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV


7006245000000000000♠2,450,000[50][66]
$165,000,000[67]
$200,000,000

December 8, 2007

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton

  • HBO

  • Sky Box Office


7006240000000000000♠2,400,000[68]
$134,000,000[68]
$160,000,000

December 6, 2008

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao

  • HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[50]
$100,000,000[67]
$116,000,000

May 2, 2009

Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton

  • HBO

  • Sky Box Office


7006175000000000000♠1,750,000[69][70]
$80,200,000[a]
$93,000,000

September 19, 2009

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez

  • HBO

7006106000000000000♠1,060,000[71]

$58,810,000[72]

$69,000,000

November 14, 2009

Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto

  • HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[73]

$78,850,000[74]

$92,000,000

May 1, 2010

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley

  • HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]

$89,330,000[75][57]

$103,000,000

November 13, 2010

Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito

  • HBO

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[76]

$69,400,000[77]

$80,000,000

May 7, 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley

  • Showtime

7006134000000000000♠1,340,000[78]

$83,900,000[79]

$93,000,000

September 17, 2011

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz

  • HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[80]

$87,440,000[81][57]

$97,000,000

November 13, 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III

  • HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[82]

$88,580,000[83][57]

$100,000,000

May 5, 2012

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto

  • HBO

7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[84]
$94,000,000[56]
$103,000,000

December 8, 2012

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV

  • HBO

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[85]

$80,400,000[86]

$90,000,000

September 14, 2013

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez

  • Showtime

7006220000000000000♠2,200,000[87]
$150,000,000[21]
$160,000,000

May 2, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao

  • HBO

  • Showtime

  • Sky Box Office

  • Closed-circuit theatre TV


7006577300000000000♠5,773,000[88][89][90]
$500,000,000[91]$500,000,000

April 29, 2017

Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko

  • Sky Box Office

7006153200000000000♠1,532,000[92]

$64,000,000[93]

$64,000,000

August 26, 2017

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor

  • Showtime

  • Sky Box Office


7006600000000000000♠6,000,000[94]
$500,000,000[95]$500,000,000

September 16, 2017

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin

  • HBO

7006130000000000000♠1,300,000[96]
$100,000,000[96]$100,000,000

March 31, 2018

Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker

  • Sky Box Office

7006145700000000000♠1,457,000[97]

$50,000,000[98][99]
$50,000,000

August 25, 2018

KSI vs. Logan Paul

  • YouTube

7006105000000000000♠1,050,000[100][101]

$14,000,000[102][103]
$14,000,000

Sep 15, 2018

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II

  • HBO

7006110000000000000♠1,100,000[104]
$117,000,000[104]$117,000,000

Sep 22, 2018

Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin

  • Sky Box Office

7006111300000000000♠1,113,000[105]

$50,000,000[106][107][99]
$50,000,000


United States (closed-circuit theatre TV)


Select boxing buy rates at American closed-circuit theatre television venues between 1951 and 2015:



   — Fights which held the US closed-circuit sales record in terms of buys and/or revenue






































































































































































DateFightBuysRevenueRevenue (inflation)

June 15, 1951

Joe Louis vs. Lee Savold

7004810220000000000♠81,022[108]
$100,000[109]$970,000

September 12, 1951

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randolph Turpin II

7005100000000000000♠100,000[110]
$200,000[110]$1,930,000

September 23, 1952

Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Walcott

7004400000000000000♠40,000[111]
$192,000[112]$1,810,000

September 21, 1955

Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore

7005300000000000000♠300,000[113]
$1,125,000[114]$10,520,000

September 23, 1957

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio

7005500000000000000♠500,000[115]
$1,750,000[116]$13,380,000

March 25, 1958

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio II

7005400000000000000♠400,000[117]
$2,000,000[118]$17,370,000

August 18, 1958

Floyd Patterson vs. Roy Harris

7005192762000000000♠192,762[119]
$763,437[119]$6,560,000

June 26, 1959

Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson

7005244000000000000♠244,000[120]
$1,032,000[120]$8,870,000

June 20, 1960

Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II

7005500000000000000♠500,000[121]
$3,000,000[122]$25,410,000

March 13, 1961

Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III

7005500000000000000♠500,000[123]
$2,500,000[123]$20,960,000

September 25, 1962

Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston

7005600000000000000♠600,000[124]
$3,200,000[34]$26,500,000

March 13, 1963

Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones

7005150000000000000♠150,000[125]
$500,000[11]$4,090,000

July 22, 1963

Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston II

7005563000000000000♠563,000[34]
$4,747,690[126]$39,320,000

February 25, 1964

Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston

7005700000000000000♠700,000[127]
$5,000,000[127]$40,400,000

January 2, 1965

Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo

7005300000000000000♠300,000[128]
$800,000[129]$6,360,000

May 25, 1965

Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II

7005630000000000000♠630,000[130]
$4,300,000[1]$34,190,000

November 22, 1965

Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson

7005500000000000000♠500,000[131]
$4,000,000[1]$31,800,000

November 14, 1966

Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams

7005500000000000000♠500,000[132]
$3,750,000[132]$29,810,000

February 6, 1967

Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell

7005800000000000000♠800,000[133]
$4,000,000[133]$30,890,000

October 26, 1970

Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry

7005630000000000000♠630,000[134][135]
$3,500,000[136]$22,580,000

March 8, 1971

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier

7006250000000000000♠2,500,000[34]
$45,000,000[36]$278,000,000

October 30, 1974

Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman

7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[2]
$60,000,000[2]$300,000,000

October 1, 1975

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III

7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[2]
$60,000,000[2]$300,000,000

September 27, 1976

Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III

7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[41]
$30,000,000[42]$130,000,000

Jun 20, 1980

Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[44]
$22,000,000[137]$66,900,000

June 11, 1982

Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney

7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[46]
$20,000,000[2]$51,920,000

April 15, 1985

Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns

7005700000000000000♠700,000[138]
$10,500,000[139]$24,460,000

April 6, 1987

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler

7006300000000000000♠3,000,000[2]
$40,000,000[140]$88,210,000

June 27, 1988

Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks

7005800000000000000♠800,000[48]
$32,000,000[48]$67,790,000

June 28, 1997

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II

7005120000000000000♠120,000[61]
$9,000,000[2]$14,050,000

May 5, 2007

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

7004500000000000000♠50,000[66]
$2,750,000[141]$3,320,000

May 2, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao

7005173000000000000♠173,000[90]
$25,900,000[90]$27,380,000


United States (PPV home television)


Select PPV boxing buy-rates (mainly from HBO, Showtime and Top Rank) between 1960 and 2018:



   — Fights which held the US sales record on PPV home television










































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































DateFightResultCarrierBuy rate

June 20, 1960

Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II
Patterson wins by KO in round 5

TelePrompTer

7004250000000000000♠25,000[9]

March 13, 1961

Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III
Patterson wins by KO in round 6
TelePrompTer

7005100000000000000♠100,000[10]

September 25, 1962

Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston
Liston wins by KO in round 1
TelePrompTer

7005100000000000000♠100,000[142]

February 25, 1964

Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
Ali wins by RTD in round 6

WHCT[12]

7005250000000000000♠250,000[13]

Oct 1, 1975

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
Ali wins by TKO in round 14

HBO

7005500000000000000♠500,000[14]

Jun 20, 1980

Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
Durán wins by UD (145-144, 148-147, 146-144)
HBO

7005155000000000000♠155,000[15]

Sep 16, 1981

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
Leonard wins by TKO in round 14
HBO

7005583200000000000♠583,200[143]

Apr 15, 1985

Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
Hagler wins by TKO in round 3
HBO

7005100000000000000♠100,000[138]

Apr 6, 1987

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler
Leonard wins by SD (118-110, 113-115, 115-113)
HBO

7005150000000000000♠150,000[2]

Jun 27, 1988

Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
Tyson wins by KO in round 1
HBO

7005700000000000000♠700,000[49]

Oct 25, 1990

Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield
Holyfield wins by KO in round 3

Showtime

7006100000000000000♠1,000,000[49]

March 18, 1991

Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock
Tyson wins by TKO in round 7
Showtime

7005960000000000000♠960,000[144]

Apr 19, 1991

Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
Holyfield wins by UD (116–111, 117–110, 115–112)
HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]

Jun 28, 1991

Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II
Tyson wins by UD (113–109, 114–108, 114–108)
Showtime

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[52]

Oct 18, 1991

Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison
Mercer wins by KO in round 5
HBO

7005200000000000000♠200,000[145]

Jun 19, 1992

Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes
Holyfield wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
HBO

7005730000000000000♠730,000[146]

Nov 13, 1992

Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe
Bowe wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 115–112)
HBO

7005900000000000000♠900,000[147]

Jun 7, 1993

George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison
Morrison wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 118–108)
HBO

7005600000000000000♠600,000[148]

Nov 6, 1993

Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II
Holyfield wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)
HBO

7005950000000000000♠950,000[149]

Nov 18, 1994

James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.
Jones Jr. wins by UD (119–108, 118–109, 117–110)
HBO

7005300000000000000♠300,000[150]

May 6, 1995

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas
De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 2
HBO

7005330000000000000♠330,000[151]

Aug 19, 1995

Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley
Tyson wins by DQ in round 1
Showtime

7006160000000000000♠1,600,000[55]

Nov 4, 1995

Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III
Bowe wins by TKO in round 8
HBO

7005650000000000000♠650,000[152]

Mar 16, 1996

Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II
Tyson wins by TKO in round 3
Showtime

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[55]

Sep 7, 1996

Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon
Tyson wins by TKO in round 1
Showtime

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[50]

Nov 9, 1996

Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
Holyfield wins by TKO in round 11
Showtime

7006160000000000000♠1,600,000[55]

Apr 12, 1997

Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya
De La Hoya wins by UD (115–111, 116–110, 116–110)
HBO

7005720000000000000♠720,000[153]

Jun 28, 1997

Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
Holyfield wins by DQ in round 3
Showtime

7006199000000000000♠1,990,000[50]

Sep 13, 1997

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho
De La Hoya wins by UD (120–106, 120–105, 118–108)
HBO

7005560000000000000♠560,000[153]

Oct 4, 1997

Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota
Lewis wins by KO in round 1
HBO

7005300000000000000♠300,000[154]

Nov 8, 1997

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
Holyfield wins by RTD in round 8
Showtime

7005550000000000000♠550,000[155]

Jan 16, 1999

Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha
Tyson wins by KO in round 5
Showtime

7005750000000000000♠750,000[156]

Mar 13, 1999

Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis

Split draw (116–113, 113–115, 115–115)
HBO

7006120000000000000♠1,200,000[157]

Sep 18, 1999

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad
Trinidad wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)
HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]

Nov 13, 1999

Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
Lewis wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 115–113)
HBO

7005850000000000000♠850,000[157]

Apr 29, 2000

Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant
Lewis wins by KO in round 2
HBO

7005340000000000000♠340,000[157]

Jun 17, 2000

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley
Mosley wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)
HBO

7005590000000000000♠590,000[153]

Sep 9, 2000

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Eric Harding
Jones Jr. wins by RTD in round 10
HBO

7005125000000000000♠125,000[158]

Oct 20, 2000

Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota
Tyson wins by TKO in round 3 (later changed to an NC)
Showtime

7005450000000000000♠450,000[159]

Nov 11, 2000

Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua
Lewis wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 117–111)
HBO

7005420000000000000♠420,000[157]

Mar 3, 2001

Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II
Ruiz wins by UD (116–110, 115–111, 114–111)
Showtime

7005185000000000000♠185,000[160]

Apr 7, 2001

Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera
Barrera wins by UD (116–111, 115–112, 115–112)
HBO

7005310000000000000♠310,000[161]

Nov 17, 2001

Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II
Lewis wins by KO in round 4
HBO

7005460000000000000♠460,000[162]

Jun 8, 2002

Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
Lewis wins by KO in round 8
HBO/Showtime

7006197000000000000♠1,970,000[50]

Sep 14, 2002

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas
De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 11
HBO

7005935000000000000♠935,000[153]

Feb 22, 2003

Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne
Tyson wins by KO in round 1
Showtime

7005100000000000000♠100,000[160]

Mar 1, 2003

John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.
Jones Jr. wins by UD (118–110, 117–111, 116–112)
HBO

7005525000000000000♠525,000[160]

Sep 13, 2003

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II
Mosley wins by UD (113–115, 113–115, 113–115)
HBO

7005950000000000000♠950,000[153]

Oct 4, 2003

James Toney vs. Evander Holyfield
Toney wins by TKO in round 9
Showtime

7005150000000000000♠150,000[163]

Nov 8, 2003

Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr.
Jones Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)
HBO

7005302000000000000♠302,000[164]

May 15, 2004

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II
Tarver wins by KO in round 2
HBO

7005360000000000000♠360,000[165]

Sep 18, 2004

Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya
Hopkins wins by KO in round 9
HBO

7006100000000000000♠1,000,000[153]

Dec 11, 2004

Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams
Klitschko wins by TKO in round 8
HBO

7005120000000000000♠120,000[166]

Mar 19, 2005

Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao
Morales wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)
HBO

7005345000000000000♠345,000[167]

Jun 11, 2005

Mike Tyson vs. Kevin McBride
McBride wins by TKO in round 7
Showtime

7005250000000000000♠250,000[168]

Jun 25, 2005

Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather Jr. wins by RTD in round 6
HBO

7005340000000000000♠340,000[167]

Oct 1, 2005

Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III
Tarver wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
HBO

7005405000000000000♠405,000[169]

Jan 21, 2006

Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales II
Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 10
HBO

7005360000000000000♠360,000[170]

Apr 8, 2006

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 119–109)
HBO

7005375000000000000♠375,000[170]

May 6, 2006

Ricardo Mayorga vs. Oscar De La Hoya
De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 6
HBO

7005925000000000000♠925,000[171]

May 6, 2006

Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios
Pacquiao wins by UD (117–110, 118–108, 120–106)

Top Rank

7005120000000000000♠120,000[172]

Aug 12, 2006

Hasim Rahman vs. Oleg Maskaev II
Maskaev wins by TKO in round 12
HBO

7004600000000000000♠60,000[173]

Nov 4, 2006

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 118–110)
HBO

7005325000000000000♠325,000[170]

Nov 18, 2006

Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales III
Pacquiao wins by KO in round 3
HBO

7005350000000000000♠350,000[170]

Apr 14, 2007

Manny Pacquiao vs Jorge Solís
Pacquiao wins by KO in round 8
Top Rank

7005150000000000000♠150,000[174]

May 5, 2007

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather Jr. wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)
HBO

7006240000000000000♠2,400,000[50]

Oct 10, 2007

Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II
Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 115–112)
HBO

7005350000000000000♠350,000[175]

Dec 8, 2007

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton
Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10
HBO

7005920000000000000♠920,000[71]

Mar 15, 2008

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez II
Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 114–113, 112–115)
HBO

7005400000000000000♠400,000[176]

Jun 28, 2008

David Díaz vs. Manny Pacquiao
Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 9
HBO

7005206000000000000♠206,000[177]

Nov 8, 2008

Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr.
Calzaghe wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 118–109)
HBO

7005225000000000000♠225,000[178]

Dec 6, 2008

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
Pacquiao wins by RTD in round 8
HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[50]

May 2, 2009

Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
Pacquiao wins by KO in round 2
HBO

7005850000000000000♠850,000[69]

Sep 19, 2009

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 119–108, 118–109)
HBO

7006106000000000000♠1,060,000[71]

Nov 14, 2009

Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 12
HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[73]

Mar 13, 2010

Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey
Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 119–109, 120–108)
HBO

7005700000000000000♠700,000[179]

Apr 3, 2010

Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II
Hopkins win by UD (118–109, 117–110, 117–110)
HBO

7005150000000000000♠150,000[180]

May 1, 2010

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 119–109)
HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[50]

Nov 13, 2010

Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito
Pacquiao wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 119–109)
HBO

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[76]

May 7, 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
Pacquiao wins by UD (119–108, 120–108, 120–107)
Showtime

7006134000000000000♠1,340,000[78]

Sep 17, 2011

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz
Mayweather Jr. wins by KO in round 4
HBO

7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[80]

Nov 13, 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III
Pacquiao wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 116–112)
HBO

7006140000000000000♠1,400,000[82]

Dec 3, 2011

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II
Cotto wins by RTD in round 9
HBO

7005600000000000000♠600,000[181]

May 5, 2012

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 118–110)
HBO

7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[84]

Jun 9, 2012

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley
Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)
HBO

7005890000000000000♠890,000[182]

Sep 15, 2012

Sergio Martínez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.
Martínez wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110)
HBO

7005475000000000000♠475,000[183]

Dec 8, 2012

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV
Márquez wins by KO in round 6
HBO

7006115000000000000♠1,150,000[85]

May 4, 2013

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 117–111)
Showtime

7006100000000000000♠1,000,000[184]

Sep 14, 2013

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez
Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)
Showtime

7006220000000000000♠2,200,000[87]

Oct 12, 2013

Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez
Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 116–112, 113–115)
HBO

7005375000000000000♠375,000[185]

Nov 24, 2013

Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Ríos
Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 120–108, 118–110)
HBO

7005475000000000000♠475,000[186]

Mar 8, 2014

Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo
Álvarez wins by TKO in Round 10
Showtime

7005350000000000000♠350,000[187]

Apr 12, 2014

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II
Pacquiao wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)
HBO

7005800000000000000♠800,000[188]

May 3, 2014

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (114–114, 117–111, 116–112)
Showtime

7005900000000000000♠900,000[189]

Jun 7, 2014

Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martínez
Cotto wins by RTD in round 10
HBO

7005315000000000000♠315,000[190]

Jul 12, 2014

Canelo Álvarez vs. Erislandy Lara
Álvarez wins by SD (115–113, 117–111, 113–115)
Showtime

7005300000000000000♠300,000[191]

Sep 13, 2014

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–111, 116–111, 115–112)
Showtime

7005925000000000000♠925,000[189]

Nov 23, 2014

Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri
Pacquiao wins by UD (119–103, 119–103, 120–102)
HBO

7005400000000000000♠400,000[192]

May 2, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)
HBO/Showtime

7006460000000000000♠4,600,000[88]

Sep 12, 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto
Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 117–111)
Showtime

7005400000000000000♠400,000[193]

Oct 17, 2015

Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux
Golovkin wins via TKO in round 8
HBO

7005150000000000000♠150,000[194]

Nov 21, 2015

Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez
Álvarez wins by UD (117–111, 119–109, 118–110)
HBO

7005900000000000000♠900,000[195]

Apr 9, 2016

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III
Pacquiao wins by UD (116–110, 116–110, 116–110)
HBO

7005400000000000000♠400,000[196]

May 7, 2016

Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan
Álvarez wins by KO in round 6
HBO

7005600000000000000♠600,000[197]

July 23, 2016

Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol
Crawford wins by UD (118–107, 118–107, 117–108)
HBO

7004550000000000000♠55,000[198]

Sep 17, 2016

Canelo Álvarez vs. Liam Smith
Álvarez wins by TKO in round 9
HBO

7005300000000000000♠300,000[199]

Nov 5, 2016

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas
Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 114–113)
Top Rank

7005300000000000000♠300,000[200]

Nov 19, 2016

Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward
Ward wins by UD (114–113, 114–113, 114–113)
HBO

7005165000000000000♠165,000[201]

Mar 18, 2017

Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs
Golovkin wins by UD (115–112, 115–112, 114–113)
HBO

7005170000000000000♠170,000[202]

May 6, 2017

Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.
Álvarez wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 120–108)
HBO

7006100000000000000♠1,000,000[203]

Jun 17, 2017

Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev II
Ward wins by TKO in round 8
HBO

7005130000000000000♠130,000[204]

Aug 26, 2017

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10
Showtime

7006430000000000000♠4,300,000[205]

Sep 16, 2017

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
Split draw (118–110, 115–113, 114–114)
HBO

7006130000000000000♠1,300,000[96]

Sep 15, 2018

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
Álvarez wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 115–113)
HBO

7006110000000000000♠1,100,000[104]

Dec 1, 2018

Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury
Split draw (115–111, 113–113, 114–112)
Showtime

7005325000000000000♠325,000[206]

Jan 19, 2019

Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner
Pacquiao wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
Showtime
TBA


United Kingdom


Select boxing pay-per-view figures (mainly from Sky Box Office) between 1966 and 2018:



   — Fights which held the UK PPV sales record












































































































































































































































DateFightNetworkBuysSource(s)

21 May 1966

Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II
Pay TV
40,000
[207]

16 March 1996

Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II
Sky Box Office
660,000
[58]

9 November 1996

Naseem Hamed vs. Remigio Molina
Sky Box Office
420,000

[58][208]

8 February 1997

Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson
Sky Box Office
720,000

[58][209]

3 May 1997

Naseem Hamed vs. Billy Hardy
Sky Box Office
348,000

[58][210]

28 June 1997

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
Sky Box Office
550,000
[60]

13 March 1999

Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis
Sky Box Office
400,000
[211]

29 January 2000

Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis
Sky Box Office
500,000
[60]

19 August 2000

Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez
Sky Box Office
300,000
[212]

8 June 2002

Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
Sky Box Office
750,000
[64]

8 December 2007

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton
Sky Box Office
1,150,000
[213]

2 May 2009

Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
Sky Box Office
900,000
[70]

18 July 2009

Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik
Sky Box Office
100,000
[214]

7 November 2009

Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye
Sky Box Office
469,000
[215]

3 April 2010

David Haye vs. John Ruiz
Sky Box Office
177,000
[216]

24 April 2010

Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler

Primetime
50,000
[217]

18 September 2010

Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings
Sky Box Office
15,000
[218]

13 November 2010

David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
Sky Box Office
223,000
[215]

11 December 2010

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
Sky Box Office
164,000
[219]

16 April 2011

Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey
Primetime
200,000

[220][217]

21 May 2011

George Groves vs. James DeGale
Sky Box Office
43,000
[221]

2 July 2011

Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye
Sky Box Office
1,143,000
[222]

25 May 2013

Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II
Sky Box Office
32,000
[223]

23 November 2013

Carl Froch vs. George Groves
Sky Box Office
47,000
[224]

31 May 2014

Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
Sky Box Office
355,000
[225]

30 May 2015

Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin
Sky Box Office
139,000
[226]

2 May 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
Sky Box Office
1,000,000
[89]

28 November 2015

Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury
Sky Box Office
545,000
[227]

12 December 2015

Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte
Sky Box Office
420,000
[228]

27 February 2016

Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg
Sky Box Office
220,000

[229][230]

9 April 2016

Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin
Sky Box Office
500,000
[228]

25 June 2016

Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale
Sky Box Office
512,000
[231]

10 September 2016

Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook
Sky Box Office
500,000
[232]

10 December 2016

Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina
Sky Box Office
450,000
[228]

4 February 2017

Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Renold Quinlan

ITV Box Office
86,000
[233]

4 March 2017

David Haye vs. Tony Bellew
Sky Box Office
890,000
[234]

29 April 2017

Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
Sky Box Office
1,532,000
[92]

27 May 2017

Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr.
Sky Box Office
275,000
[235]

26 August 2017

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
Sky Box Office
874,000
[236]

28 October 2017

Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam
Sky Box Office
887,000
[237]

31 March 2018

Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker
Sky Box Office
1,457,000
[97]

5 May 2018

David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II
Sky Box Office
775,000
[238]

28 July 2018

Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker
Sky Box Office
474,000

[239][240]

22 September 2018

Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin
Sky Box Office
1,113,000
[105]

10 November 2018

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew
Sky Box Office
603,000
[241]

22 December 2018

Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora II
Sky Box Office
438,000
[242]


Mixed martial arts (United States)


The first pay-per-view mixed martial arts bout was Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, which took place in Japan on June 26, 1976. It sold at least 2 million or more buys on closed-circuit theatre TV in the United States.[243] At a ticket price of $10,[244] the fight grossed at least $20 million (inflation-adjusted $90 million) or more from closed-circuit theatre TV revenue in the United States.



UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)


The highest buy rates for the UFC as of October 2018[update] are as follows:[245]


Note: The UFC does not release official PPV statistics, and the following PPV numbers are as reported by industry insiders.



   — Fights which held the UFC PPV sales record in terms of buys and/or revenue























































































































































No.DateEventBuy rateRevenue
1

Oct 6, 2018

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor
2,400,000[246]
$180 million[247][248]
2

Aug 20, 2016

UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2
1,650,000[249]
$90 million[250][251]
3

Jul 11, 2009

UFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir
1,600,000[252]$82 million
4

Mar 5, 2016

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz
1,500,000[252]
$80 million[253][251]
5

Dec 12, 2015

UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor
1,400,000[252]
$80 million[254][251]
6
Nov 12, 2016UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor1,300,000[255]
$83 million[256][248]
7
Jul 9, 2016UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes1,200,000[257]
$71 million[258][259]
8
Jul 3, 2010UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin1,160,000$55 million
9
Nov 15, 2015UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm1,100,000$60 million
10
Dec 30, 2016UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey1,100,000[260]
$60 million[261][262]
11
Dec 30, 2006UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 21,050,000$53 million
12
May 29, 2010UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans1,050,000
$51 million[263][264]
13
Oct 23, 2010UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez1,050,000$45 million
14
Dec 28, 2013UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva II1,025,000[265]
$57 million[266][267]
15
Nov 15, 2008UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar1,010,000$47 million
16
Dec 27, 2008UFC 92: Evans vs. Griffins1,000,000
$48 million[268][251]
17
Mar 16, 2013UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz950,000
18
Jul 7, 2012UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II925,000
19
Jan 31, 2009UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2920,000
20
Aug 1, 2015UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia900,000
21
Nov 4, 2017UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre875,000
22
Jul 29, 2017UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2860,000
23
Aug 8, 2009UFC 101: Declaration850,000
24
Jul 11, 2015UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor825,000
25
Apr 30, 2011UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields800,000
26
Jan 3, 2015UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier800,000
27
Dec 11, 2010UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2785,000
28
Dec 30, 2011UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem780,000
29
Mar 27, 2010UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy770,000


Professional wrestling (United States)



WrestleMania I in March 1985 sold over 1 million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV in the United States, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event in the US at the time.[269]



PPV home television


The highest buy rates for professional wrestling events on pay-per-view home television as of June  2015[update] are as follows:[270][271]



   — Fights which held the professional wrestling PPV sales record









































































No.DateEventBuy rate
1
Apr 1, 2012WrestleMania XXVIII1,300,000[272]
2
Apr 1, 2007WrestleMania 231,200,000
3
Apr 3, 2005WrestleMania 211,085,000
4
Apr 3, 2011WrestleMania XXVII1,059,000
5
Mar 30, 2008WrestleMania XXIV1,058,000
6
Apr 7, 2013WrestleMania 291,048,000
7
Apr 1, 2001WrestleMania X-Seven1,040,000
8
Mar 14, 2004WrestleMania XX1,007,000
9
Apr 2, 2006WrestleMania 22975,000
10
Apr 5, 2009WrestleMania XXV960,000
11
Mar 28, 2010WrestleMania XXVI885,000
12
Mar 17, 2002WrestleMania X8880,000
13
Apr 2, 2000WrestleMania 2000824,000
14
Mar 28, 1999WrestleMania XV800,000
15
Jul 22, 2001WWF Invasion770,000
16
Apr 2, 1989WrestleMania V767,000[271]
17
Mar 24, 1991WrestleMania VII764,000[273][274]


List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales


This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales. It includes sportsmen who have participated in combat sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts as well as sports entertainment such as professional wrestling.

























































































Sportsman
Total sales
Closed-circuit theatre TV
PPV home television
Years
Sport(s)

United States Muhammad Ali

7008162944000000000♠162,944,000

7008162154000000000♠162,154,000[b]

7005790000000000000♠790,000[b]
1963–1985

Professional boxing

Mixed martial arts

Professional wrestling

United States Joe Frazier

7008100500000000000♠100,500,000

7008100000000000000♠100,000,000[40]

7005500000000000000♠500,000[14]
1965–1981

Professional boxing

United States George Foreman

7007520000000000000♠52,000,000

7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[4]

7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[50][148]
1974–1993

United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.

7007290900000000000♠29,090,000

7005223000000000000♠223,000[66][90]

7007288670000000000♠28,867,000[94][c]
2005–2017
Professional boxing

Professional wrestling

United States Triple H

7007203290000000000♠20,329,000
N/A

7007203290000000000♠20,329,000[d]
1995–2018

Professional wrestling

Philippines Manny Pacquiao

7007194140000000000♠19,414,000

7005173000000000000♠173,000[90]

7007192410000000000♠19,241,000[e]
2005–2016

Professional boxing

United States Mike Tyson

7007176400000000000♠17,640,000

7005920000000000000♠920,000[f]

7007167200000000000♠16,720,000[f]
1988–2005
Professional boxing

United States John Cena

7007153890000000000♠15,389,000
N/A

7007153890000000000♠15,389,000[d]
2002–2018
Professional wrestling

Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor

7007151750000000000♠15,175,000
N/A

7007151750000000000♠15,175,000[g][94]
2008–2018

Mixed martial arts

Professional boxing

United States The Rock

7007148590000000000♠14,859,000
N/A

7007148590000000000♠14,859,000[h]
1998–2013
Professional wrestling

United States The Undertaker

7007144510000000000♠14,451,000
N/A

7007144510000000000♠14,451,000[d]
1990–2018

United States Oscar De La Hoya

7007141400000000000♠14,140,000

7004500000000000000♠50,000[66]

7007140900000000000♠14,090,000[i]
1995–2008
Professional boxing

United States Evander Holyfield

7007127200000000000♠12,720,000

7005120000000000000♠120,000[61]

7007126000000000000♠12,600,000[275]
1984–2003

United States Shawn Michaels

7007101600000000000♠10,160,000
N/A

7007101600000000000♠10,160,000[d]
1988–2010
Professional wrestling


See also



  • Bel Air Circuit

  • Conditional access

  • List of Bellator events

  • List of DREAM events

  • List of ECW pay-per-view events

  • List of K-1 events

  • List of ROH pay-per-view events

  • List of Strikeforce events

  • List of TNA pay-per-view events

  • List of UFC events

  • List of WCW pay-per-view events

  • List of WWE pay-per-view events



Notes




  1. ^ See Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton § Pay-per-view.


  2. ^ ab See Muhammad Ali § Pay-per-view bouts.


  3. ^ See Floyd Mayweather Jr. § Pay-per-view bouts.


  4. ^ abcd See List of WWE pay-per-view events § Past pay-per-view events.


  5. ^ See Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao § Pay-per-view bouts.


  6. ^ ab See Mike Tyson § Pay-per-view bouts.


  7. ^ See Conor McGregor § UFC pay-per-view bouts.


  8. ^ See Dwayne Johnson § WWE pay-per-view events.


  9. ^ See Oscar De La Hoya § Pay-per-view bouts.




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