Floyd Mayweather is the king of Pay Per View, World Boxing Information can revealed after crunching the numbers.
Mayweather stands above Tyson because the generational PPV ruler for house field workplace gross sales.
Nevertheless, Mayweather will get dwarfed by outdated greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier for general purchases and display time.
As WBN breaks down the Prime Ten Pay PPV sellers from the boxing world, Mayweather’s inclusion in fourth comes on the worth of closed-circuit TV.
Many would immediately suppose Floyd Mayweather had offered probably the most Pay Per Views in historical past. Nevertheless, a number of elements come into play whenever you have a look at the statistics.
If whole gross sales from all platforms the place followers pay to look at the game on a display get thought-about, Ali is method out in entrance on 160 million and alter.
That was when most individuals had to purchase a ticket to a theater to look at the struggle reside. That might change with Dwelling Field Workplace [HBO] PPV added into the combination.
This format would quickly take over.
With Ali method out in entrance within the paid punter stakes, no one will get close to ‘The Biggest’ till closest rival Joe Frazier sixty million again on 100 million.
George Foreman is third on over 50 million because of his struggle with Ali in 1974 and subsequent comeback within the Eighties.
Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather is fourth as a result of this period being primarily broadcast on house Pay Per View with closed-circuit a mere further because of cable.
Manny Pacquiao comes fifth, with knockout icon Mike Tyson coming in sixth. Conor McGregor, Oscar De La Hoya, Anthony Joshua, and Evander Holyfield are Rounding off the highest ten.
Now, if we take these ten superstars and take away the closed-circuit gross sales, that’s the place Floyd Mayweather comes into his component.
As an illustration, ‘Cash’ is 9 million forward of Tyson on each lists. Pacquiao is second, in entrance of “The Baddest Man on the Planet.’
McGregor, De La Hoya, Joshua, and Holyfield give the highest seven positions a definite taste of the post-Nineteen Seventies.
Attributable to his run to turn out to be the oldest heavyweight champion ever, Foreman is subsequent. Ali is ninth, and Frazier is tenth.
Subsequently, on the Pay Per View entrance, as we all know it immediately, there’s little doubt that Floyd Mayweather is the final word PPV fighter.
Boxer Pay Per View gross sales
All-time / All Platforms
Muhammad Ali 162,944,000
Joe Frazier 100,500,000
George Foreman 52,000,000
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 29,090,000
Manny Pacquiao 22,214,000
Mike Tyson 20,700,000
Conor McGregor 18,400,000
Oscar De La Hoya 14,140,000
Anthony Joshua 13,441,000
Evander Holyfield 12,720,000
All-time PPV gross sales
Solely Dwelling Gross sales
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 28,867,000
Manny Pacquiao 22,041,000
Mike Tyson 19,780,000
Conor McGregor 18,400,000
Anthony Joshua 14,641,000
Oscar De La Hoya 14,090,000
Evander Holyfield 12,600,000
George Foreman 2,000,000
Muhammad Ali 790,000
Joe Frazier 500,000
