Mayweather-Alvarez fight brings in $150 million in PPV buys
The Floyd Mayweather-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez championship fight was a knock-out for Showtime.
The fight, which Mayweather won by decision, took in almost $150 million in pay-per-view revenue. That tops the $136 million that Mayweather’s 2007 defeat of Oscar De La Hoya made.
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Showtime said early estimates from pay-TV distributors show that 2.2 million bought the fight. However, that number could grow and perhaps challenge the 2.48 million pay-per-view buys for Mayweather-De La Hoya. Showtime is a unit of CBS.
The fight will be rerun on Showtime starting Saturday.
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