“The Money Fight” came up a little bit short of record breaking.
According to a release from Showtime Sports, the Aug. 26 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor sold 4.3 million pay-per-view buys in North America. That figure includes television distribution as well as online platforms such as the Showtime PPV app, ShowtimePPV.com and UFC.TV.
That makes the bout the second-largest grossing pay-per-view event ever behind only Mayweather’s May 2015 showdown with Manny Pacquiao, which did 4.6 million buys. “The Money Fight” exceeds the third-best seller by a significant margin, as Mayweather vs.