As of May 2022, the 2015 'Fight of the Century' between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao had the most most boxing pay-per-view (PPV) buys of all time, with 4.6 million buys in total. Mayweather features in five of the top ten boxing matches with the most PPV buys.
Boxing matches with the most pay-per-view buys worldwide as of May 2022
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of PPV buys in millions
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao (May 2015)
4.6
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor (August 2017)
4.3
Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya (May 2007)
2.44
Floyd Mayweather vs Canelo Álvarez (September 2013)
2.2
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II (June 1997)
1.99
Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson (June 2002)
1.97
Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield I (November 1996)
1.59
Mike Tyson vs Peter McNeely (August 1995)
1.55
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Miguel Cotto (May 2012)
1.5
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez III (November 2011)
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