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Mayweather-McGregor Earned 4.3 Million PPV Buys, Second All-Time

Showtime announced final numbers for the Aug. 26 Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor boxing match, showing that the fight generated 4.3 million domestic PPV buys and more than $600M in total revenue. Those figures are "good for second place all time" behind Mayweather's decision win against Manny Pacquiao in '15. The reason it took "so long to announce a solid number" was that Showtime Sports execs "were uncertain whether the fight would break the Mayweather-Pacquiao record, and they didn't want to announce a figure without being certain" (ESPN.com, 12/14).

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