Updated: May 11, 2010, 3:32 PM ET
Mayweather win draws 1.4 million buys
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. calls himself "Money," and the welterweight star sure knows how to generate it.
Mayweather's lopsided decision victory against Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated 1.4 million domestic pay-per-view buys and $78.3 million in television revenue, HBO announced on Tuesday.
That makes the fight the second-biggest pay-per-view in history.
The buy total ties the fight with the 1999 welterweight unification showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. However, Mayweather-Mosley generated more money because the pay-per-view cost more. Trinidad-De La Hoya grossed $70.6 million.
Mayweather's 2007 decision win for the junior middleweight title against the now-retired De La Hoya, the reigning pay-per-view king in terms of total dollars, set the all-time pay-per-view record with 2.446 million buys and nearly $137 million in revenue.
The pay-per-view buy total for Mayweather-Mosley was derived from 740,000 buys from cable homes and 660,000 from satellite and broadband homes, HBO announced.
Mayweather win draws 1.4 million buys
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Archive
Floyd Mayweather Jr. calls himself "Money," and the welterweight star sure knows how to generate it.
Mayweather's lopsided decision victory against Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated 1.4 million domestic pay-per-view buys and $78.3 million in television revenue, HBO announced on Tuesday.
That makes the fight the second-biggest pay-per-view in history.
The buy total ties the fight with the 1999 welterweight unification showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. However, Mayweather-Mosley generated more money because the pay-per-view cost more. Trinidad-De La Hoya grossed $70.6 million.
Mayweather's 2007 decision win for the junior middleweight title against the now-retired De La Hoya, the reigning pay-per-view king in terms of total dollars, set the all-time pay-per-view record with 2.446 million buys and nearly $137 million in revenue.
The pay-per-view buy total for Mayweather-Mosley was derived from 740,000 buys from cable homes and 660,000 from satellite and broadband homes, HBO announced.
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