Pay-per-view ( PPV ) es un tipo de televisión de pago o servicio de transmisión por Internet mediante el cual un espectador puede comprar eventos para verlos a través de transmisión privada. La emisora muestra el evento al mismo tiempo a todos los que lo solicitan.
Los eventos se pueden comprar a través de una plataforma de televisión multicanal utilizando su guía de programación electrónica , un sistema telefónico automatizado o mediante un representante de servicio al cliente en vivo . Ha habido un número creciente de pagos por visión distribuidos a través de transmisión de video en línea, ya sea al lado o en lugar del transporte a través de proveedores de televisión. En 2012, el popular servicio para compartir videos YouTube comenzó a permitir a los socios organizar eventos PPV en vivo en la plataforma. [1]
Los eventos distribuidos a través de PPV generalmente incluyen eventos de deportes de combate como boxeo y artes marciales mixtas (centrándose principalmente en tarjetas que incluyen una o más peleas de título importantes), entretenimiento deportivo como lucha libre profesional y conciertos. En el pasado, PPV se usaba a menudo para distribuir transmisiones de largometrajes, así como contenido para adultos, como películas pornográficas , pero el crecimiento del cable digital y los medios de transmisión hizo que estos casos de uso fueran subsumidos por sistemas de video a pedido (que permiten a los espectadores para comprar y ver contenido pregrabado en cualquier momento), dejando que PPV se centre principalmente en programas de eventos en vivo y deportes de combate.
Historia
La primera forma de pago por evento fue la televisión de circuito cerrado , también conocida como televisión de teatro , donde las transmisiones de boxeo profesional se transmitían en vivo a un número selecto de lugares, en su mayoría teatros, donde los espectadores pagaban boletos para ver la pelea en vivo. [2] [3] La primera pelea con una transmisión de circuito cerrado fue Joe Louis contra Jersey Joe Walcott en 1948. [4] Las transmisiones de circuito cerrado alcanzaron su máxima popularidad con Muhammad Ali en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, [2] [3 ] con la pelea " The Rumble in the Jungle " atrayendo 50 millones de compras en todo el mundo en 1974, [5] y " Thrilla in Manila " atrayendo 100 millones de compras en todo el mundo en 1975. [6] La televisión de circuito cerrado fue reemplazada gradualmente por pay-per -ver televisión en casa en las décadas de 1980 y 1990. [3]
Estados Unidos
El sistema Zenith Phonevision se convirtió en el primer sistema de pago por evento para el hogar que se probó en los Estados Unidos. Desarrollado en 1951, utilizaba líneas telefónicas para recibir y recibir pedidos, así como para descifrar una señal de transmisión de televisión. Las pruebas de campo realizadas para Phonevision duraron 90 días y se probaron en Chicago , Illinois . El sistema utilizó tarjetas perforadas de IBM para decodificar una señal transmitida durante el " tiempo de inactividad " de la estación de transmisión . Ambos sistemas se mostraron prometedores, pero la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones les negó los permisos para operar. [7]
Uno de los primeros sistemas de pago por visión en televisión por cable , el Canal 100 desarrollado por Optical Systems , comenzó a funcionar en 1972 en San Diego , California a través de Mission Cable [8] (que luego fue adquirido por Cox Communications ) y TheaterVisioN. que operaba en Sarasota , Florida . Estos primeros sistemas cerraron rápidamente cuando la industria del cable adoptó la tecnología satelital y los servicios de televisión de pago de tarifa plana como Home Box Office ( HBO ) se hicieron populares.
Si bien la mayoría de los servicios de pago por evento se ofrecían por cable, había algunas estaciones de televisión de pago por aire que ofrecían transmisiones de pago por evento además de las transmisiones programadas regularmente de películas y otros entretenimientos. Estas estaciones, que operaron durante algunos años en Chicago, Los Ángeles y algunas otras ciudades, transmitían señales "codificadas" que requerían dispositivos decodificadores para convertir la señal en un formato de transmisión estándar. Estos servicios se comercializaron como ON-TV .
Boxeo profesional durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970
La primera transmisión de televisión por cable de pago por evento en casa fue la revancha de Floyd Patterson contra Ingemar Johansson en 1960, cuando 25,000 suscriptores de TelePrompTer enviaron $ 2 para ver a Patterson recuperar el título de peso pesado. [9] El tercer partido Patterson-Johansson en 1961 fue visto más tarde por 100.000 suscriptores de cable de pago. [10] Muhammad Ali tuvo varias peleas en la televisión casera de pago por visión, incluyendo Cassius Clay contra Doug Jones en 1963, [11] y Muhammad Ali contra Sonny Liston [12] que atrajo 250.000 compras en televisión por cable en 1964. . [13]
El boxeo profesional se introdujo en gran medida en la televisión por cable de pago por evento con la pelea " Thrilla in Manila " entre Muhammad Ali y Joe Frazier en septiembre de 1975. La pelea vendió 500,000 compras de pago por evento en HBO. [14] También hubo otra gran pelea por el título transmitida en PPV en 1980, cuando Roberto Durán derrotó a Sugar Ray Leonard . Las compañías de cable ofrecieron el partido por $ 10 y alrededor de 155,000 clientes pagaron para ver la pelea. [15] [16]
Década de 1980 a 2000
Un evento importante de PPV [ cita requerida ] ocurrió el 16 de septiembre de 1981, cuando Sugar Ray Leonard luchó contra Thomas "Hitman" Hearns por el Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter . Viacom Cablevision en Nashville , Tennessee , el primer sistema en ofrecer el evento, vio a más del 50 por ciento de su base de suscriptores comprar la pelea. [ cita requerida ] Leonard visitó Nashville para promover la pelea, y el evento tuvo tanto éxito que Viacom diseñó su informe anual para ese año en torno a él. [ cita requerida ] El director de marketing de Viacom, Pat Thompson, armó la pelea y, posteriormente, organizó peleas de PPV adicionales, luchas e incluso una obra de teatro televisada en Broadway. [ cita requerida ]
Después de dejar Viacom, Thompson se convirtió en director de Sports View y produjo el primer juego de fútbol de pago por evento el 16 de octubre de 1983: un juego de fútbol americano universitario entre la Universidad de Tennessee y la Universidad de Alabama de Birmingham , Alabama . [ cita requerida ] Sports View jugó un papel en la construcción de redes de pago por evento, [ cita requerida ] y se convirtió en el pionero en el desarrollo de TigerVision para Louisiana State University , TideVision para Alabama y UT Vol Seat para Tennessee. Sports View también produjo el juego de fútbol americano Ohio State - Michigan para pay-per-view en noviembre de 1983.
En 1985, los primeros canales de cable de pago por evento en los Estados Unidos, Viewer's Choice (ahora In Demand ), Cable Video Store , First Choice y Request TV , comenzaron a operar con unos días de diferencia. [ cita requerida ] Viewer's Choice prestó servicio tanto a los clientes domésticos de antena parabólica como de cable, mientras que Request TV, aunque transmitía para televidentes por cable, no estaría disponible para los suscriptores de satélite hasta la década de 1990. [ cita requerida ] First Choice PPV estaba disponible en Rogers Cablesystems en los Estados Unidos y Canadá . Después de que Paragon Cable adquiriera la franquicia de Rogers Cablesystems en San Antonio , Texas , First Choice continuó funcionando hasta que Time Warner Cable compró Paragon en 1996. En los Estados Unidos, las emisoras de pago por visión transmiten sin publicidad, similar a la tarifa plana convencional. Servicios de televisión de pago.
El término "pago por visión" no se generalizó hasta finales de la década de 1980 [ cita requerida ] cuando empresas como Viewer's Choice, HBO y Showtime empezaron a utilizar el sistema para mostrar películas y algunas de sus producciones. Viewer's Choice llevó películas, conciertos y otros eventos, siendo los eventos deportivos en vivo como WrestleMania la programación más predominante. Los precios variaban entre $ 3,99 $ 49.99, mientras que HBO y Showtime, con sus eventos de producción piernas TVKO y SET pago por visión, ofrecerían campeonato de boxeo partidos que van desde $ 14.99 a $ 54.99. [ cita requerida ]
Más tarde, ESPN comenzó a transmitir partidos de baloncesto y fútbol universitario en pay-per-view a través de sus servicios ESPN GamePlan y ESPN Full Court , que finalmente se vendieron como paquetes deportivos fuera del mercado a tiempo completo . [ cita requerida ] La cartelera de boxeo Latin Fury , mostrada el 28 de junio de 2003, se convirtió en la primera cartelera de boxeo de ESPN en pay-per-view y también la primera cartelera de boxeo de pay-per-view celebrada en Puerto Rico . [ cita requerida ] Pay-per-view ha proporcionado un flujo de ingresos para circuitos de lucha profesional como WWE , Impact Wrestling , All Elite Wrestling (AEW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Ring of Honor (ROH) y Lucha Libre AAA World Ancho (AAA).
El presidente y director ejecutivo de WWE, Vince McMahon, es considerado por muchos como uno de los íconos de la promoción de pago por evento. McMahon posee el nombre de dominio payperview.com, que redirige al sitio web de WWE Network . [17]
Con el auge de los servicios de transmisión directa por satélite en la década de 1990, esto significó que aparecieron más servicios exclusivamente para usuarios de DBS. DirecTV tenía Direct Ticket (que, además de películas y eventos especiales, también incluía paquetes deportivos PPV, sobre todo NFL Sunday Ticket ), mientras que Dish Network tenía Dish On Demand . PrimeStar , por otro lado, utilizó servicios preexistentes como Viewer's Choice y Request TV (ya que era propiedad de varios de los principales proveedores de cable), aunque el material promocional incluía todos los servicios de PPV con el nombre de PrimeCinema .
HBO PPV (boxeo profesional)
En 2006, HBO generó 3.7 millones de compras de pago por evento con $ 177 millones en ventas brutas. El único año con más compras anteriormente, 1999, tuvo un total de 4 millones. El primer récord cayó en 2007 cuando HBO vendió 4,8 millones de compras de PPV con $ 255 millones en ventas. [18] PARA 2014, HBO había generado 59,3 millones de compras y $ 3,1 mil millones en ingresos desde su debut en 1991 con Evander Holyfield-George Foreman. [19]
1999 difirió radicalmente de 2006: 1999 vio cuatro grandes carteleras: De La Hoya-Trinidad (1,4 millones de compras), Holyfield-Lewis I (1,2 millones), Holyfield-Lewis II (850.000) y De La Hoya-Quartey (570.000). Por el contrario, en 2006 solo tuvo lugar una mega pelea de PPV: De La Hoya-Mayorga (925.000 compras). Rahman-Maskaev bombardeó con menos de 50.000. Las otras ocho tarjetas PPV de ese año cayeron en el rango de 325.000 a 450.000. Las peleas de pago por evento en ese rango casi siempre generan más dinero para el promotor y los peleadores de lo que HBO quiere pagar por una tarifa de licencia de HBO World Championship Boxing. [ cita requerida ]
En mayo de 2007, la pelea de boxeo de peso súper welter entre Oscar De La Hoya y Floyd Mayweather Jr. en HBO PPV se convirtió en la pelea por el título no pesado más vendida, con un poco más de 2.5 millones de compradores. [20] La pelea en sí generó aproximadamente $ 139 millones en ingresos nacionales de PPV, lo que la convierte en la pelea de premios más lucrativa de esa época. El récord se mantuvo hasta 2015 antes de que Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao lo rompiera en una pelea apodada como la "Pelea del Siglo" el 2 de mayo de 2015 que generó 4.6 millones de compras ppv y un ingreso de más de $ 400 millones. [21]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. , la principal atracción de PPV, ha generado aproximadamente 24 millones de compras y $ 1.6 mil millones en ingresos. Manny Pacquiao , que ocupa el segundo lugar, ha generado aproximadamente 20,1 millones de compras y $ 1,2 mil millones en ingresos. [22] [23] Oscar De La Hoya , ha "vendido" aproximadamente 14 millones de unidades en total, dando $ 700 millones en ingresos de televisión nacional y ocupa el tercer lugar. En cuarto lugar en compras, Evander Holyfield ha logrado 12,6 millones de unidades ($ 550 millones); y en quinto lugar, Mike Tyson ha alcanzado los 12,4 millones de unidades (545 millones de dólares). [24]
Ross Greenburg, entonces presidente de HBO Sports, calificó la expansión del pago por evento como "el mayor problema económico del boxeo", afirmando que "no puedo decirles que el pago por evento ayuda al deporte porque no lo hace. Daña el deporte porque reduce nuestra audiencia, pero es un hecho de la vida. Cada vez que intentamos hacer una pelea de Boxeo por el Campeonato Mundial de HBO, nos enfrentamos a números míticos de pago por evento. HBO no gana mucho de dinero del pago por visión. Por lo general, hay un límite en lo que podemos ganar. Pero los promotores y los luchadores insisten en el pago por visión porque ahí es donde se encuentran sus mayores ganancias ". [25]
"Es un gran problema", continúa Greenburg. "Cada vez es más difícil poner a peleadores como Manny Pacquiao en el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo de HBO . Si Floyd Mayweather vence a Oscar, es posible que nunca vuelva a pelear en el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo de HBO. Pero si HBO dejara de hacer pay-per-view, los promotores simplemente hágalo por su cuenta [como Bob Arum hizo con Cotto-Malignaggi en junio de 2006] o busque a alguien más que lo haga por ellos ". [25]
El ex presidente de HBO Sports, Seth Abraham, está de acuerdo y dice: "Creo que si Lou (DiBella) y yo todavía estuviéramos en HBO, estaríamos en el mismo aprieto en lo que respecta al éxodo de las peleas al pago por evento". " [26]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
El Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), una promoción de artes marciales mixtas , era relativamente nuevo en el mercado de PPV. Sin embargo, la promoción experimentó un aumento en popularidad a mediados de la década de 2000, atribuida inicialmente a la popularidad de un reality show asociado en el canal de cable Spike , The Ultimate Fighter . UFC 52 , el primer evento de UFC desde su estreno, rompió el récord de la promoción con casi 300,000 compras (en comparación con 250,000 para UFC 5 ). [27] [28] Las cifras de PPV aumentaron aún más en 2006, y sus eventos generaron un ingreso bruto de $ 222 millones. [29] En octubre de 2016, se informó que el 42% de los "ingresos por contenido" de UFC en 2015 provinieron de las compras de pago por visión, seguidas de los derechos de los medios de comunicación estadounidenses e internacionales.
En 2018, UFC 229 obtendría un récord histórico para la promoción, con estimaciones que indican que el evento atrajo casi 2.4 millones de compras, rompiendo el récord de 1.65 millones de compras establecido por UFC 202 . [30]
En marzo de 2019, como parte de un contrato más amplio con ESPN por derechos de medios en los Estados Unidos, se anunció que los futuros pagos por visión de UFC solo se venderán a los suscriptores del servicio de transmisión de la red ESPN + . [31]
Lucha libre profesional
La lucha libre profesional tiene una larga trayectoria en la realización de eventos de pago por evento. WWE (entonces WWF) lanzó su primer evento de pago por evento en 1985 con su evento insignia anual WrestleMania y ha realizado muchos otros a lo largo de los años. Aunque todavía ofrece sus eventos a través de los puntos de venta tradicionales de PPV, también se han incluido sin cargo adicional como parte de un servicio de transmisión por suscripción más grande conocido como WWE Network , que a partir de 2021 ahora es parte del servicio de transmisión NBCUniversal Peacock. en los Estados Unidos. El servicio también incluye programación original (como series de estilo documental y otros programas de lucha libre) y un archivo a pedido de eventos y episodios de televisión de la biblioteca de WWE. Después de WrestleMania 34 , el servicio tenía 2,12 millones de suscriptores. [32] [33] Otras organizaciones importantes como World Championship Wrestling , Extreme Championship Wrestling , Impact Wrestling , Ring of Honor y All Elite Wrestling también han organizado eventos de pago por evento.
Conciertos
En 2009, la transmisión en vivo del espectáculo del 40 aniversario de The Allman Brothers Band, en vivo desde el Beacon Theatre en Nueva York, fue el evento de conciertos de pago por evento más grande en línea, recaudando más de $ 300,000. El evento fue producido por Onstream Media para Moogis.com. [34]
En 2015, las transmisiones de PPV de la gira Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead establecieron un récord de compras para un evento musical, con más de 400,000. [35]
Reino Unido e Irlanda
Los espectadores en el Reino Unido e Irlanda pueden acceder a servicios de televisión de pago por visión a través de satélite, cable y por Internet , principalmente para películas, boxeo, artes marciales mixtas y lucha libre profesional estadounidense a través de servicios como Sky Box Office y BT Sport. Taquilla . En los últimos años, la cantidad de eventos de boxeo de pago por evento ha aumentado significativamente y actualmente todas las peleas más importantes del Reino Unido solo están disponibles a través de pago por evento. Los organismos de radiodifusión (sobre todo PremPlus ) han abandonado sus aspiraciones de introducir el PPV en otros mercados deportivos debido al escaso interés del público.
En octubre de 2020, durante la temporada 2020-21 , la Premier League experimentó con las transmisiones de PPV de los partidos de fútbol no seleccionados para transmisiones de sus principales titulares de derechos (que por lo general están oscurecidas 3:00 pm patadas de salida, en medio de la COVID-19 pandemia en el Reino Unido , que impide la asistencia a los partidos). Sin embargo, los partidos resultaron impopulares, y los grupos de seguidores del equipo instaron a los fanáticos a hacer donaciones a organizaciones benéficas, y la Premier League anunció que asignaría los partidos adicionales entre sus titulares de derechos existentes (BT y Sky, así como Amazon Prime Video y BBC). Sport , con algunos en televisión en abierto) hasta al menos el final de 2020, como lo había hecho durante la conclusión de la temporada anterior. [36] [37] [38] [39]
Canadá
En Canadá , la mayoría de los proveedores de televisión especializados ofrecen programación de pago por visión a través de uno o más servicios. En todos los casos, los precios suelen oscilar entre 4,99 dólares canadienses (para películas) y 50 dólares o más para eventos especiales.
Inicialmente, había tres proveedores principales de PPV en Canadá; Viewers Choice operaba en el este de Canadá como una empresa conjunta de Astral Media , Rogers Communications y TSN . Western International Communications operaba un servicio separado en el oeste inicialmente conocido como Home Theatre; Más tarde fue rebautizado como Viewers Choice bajo licencia.
Viewers Choice Canada era socio de un servicio de PPV en francés conocido como Canal Indigo , que ahora es propiedad exclusiva de Videotron . Bell Canada lanzó un servicio PPV para su proveedor de televisión ExpressVu conocido como Vu! en 1999.
Más tarde, el Home Theater fue adquirido por Shaw Communications ; después de obtener el permiso para operar a nivel nacional, cambió su marca como un PPV de marca blanca conocido internamente como Shaw PPV en diciembre de 2007. En 2014, debido a la propiedad mayoritaria de Bell Media de Viewers Choice debido a su adquisición de Astral, y porque ambos Bell y Rogers ahora dirigían sus propias operaciones de PPV internas (Vu! Y Sportsnet PPV ), Viewers Choice se cerró. [40]
Europa continental
En Rumanía , el operador de comunicaciones por cable UPC Romania ha notificado al Consejo Nacional del Audiovisual (CNA) la intención de introducir en enero, febrero de 2014 a más tardar, un servicio de medios audiovisuales bajo demanda denominado Agerpres. Según el gerente de la UPC Smaranda Radoi UPC, propiedad de UPC Rumania, permitirá a los clientes ver películas a pedido o eventos en vivo; así como retransmisiones de actuaciones, conciertos y eventos deportivos.
En noviembre de 2008, el pago por visión hizo su debut en Albania a través de Digitalb en televisión terrestre y satelital, con el canal DigiGold. [41]
En Francia , lanzado a finales de la década de 1990, Canalsat (Ciné +) y TPS (Multivision) operan su propio servicio de pago por evento. Si bien CanalSat tiene los derechos de los partidos de fútbol en vivo de la Ligue 1 de Francia, TPS tenía los derechos de los partidos de Boxe. En 2007, el servicio Multivision cesó al final del servicio TPS que se fusionó con Canalsat. Hoy en día, Ciné + es el único servicio de pago por evento existente en Francia.
En Croacia , Fight Channel está transmitiendo eventos de artes marciales organizados por las organizaciones de lucha más destacadas del mundo, como UFC , K-1 , HBO Boxing , Dream, Glory WS, World Series of Boxing, etc. y su servicio de pago por evento. cubre la región de los Balcanes .
Sky Deutschland , accesible en Alemania, Austria y parcialmente en Suiza, proporcionó nueve canales PPV llamados "Sky Select", donde sus clientes habituales de TV paga pueden ver películas o varios eventos deportivos como boxeo o fútbol. [42] A partir del 1 de octubre de 2020, solo los eventos deportivos y de lucha permanecieron en PPV, ya que las películas se cambiaron a un servicio de transmisión. [43]
Sudamerica
Por países con sistema Pay-Per-View o PPV en América del Sur:
En Argentina , Torneos y Competencias es una productora y organización de eventos deportivos que transmite en vivo los principales partidos del fútbol argentino en cuatro categorías en TyC Sports, TyC Max (seis canales), TyC Sports 2, TyC Sports 4 y TyC Sports 5.
En Brasil , los principales partidos de fútbol de la Serie A (seis partidos por jornada) y la Serie B (cuatro partidos por jornada) en dos categorías del fútbol brasileño se transmiten en vivo por Premiere FC y SporTV . El Campeonato de la Serie C se retransmite en directo por SporTV con dos partidos por jornada en TV de pago. En otros deportes se transmiten en vivo por NBB TV (Canal exclusivo de la Liga Brasileña de Baloncesto en sistema Premium).
En Chile , los derechos exclusivos del fútbol chileno son propiedad de TV Fútbol y se transmiten en vivo en un canal llamado Canal Del Fútbol ( The Soccer Channel ), también conocido como CDF . Sports Field SA tiene los derechos exclusivos de los juegos de la liga de baloncesto profesional de Chile, los cuales se transmiten en vivo vía CDO (Premium Signal).
En Paraguay , la empresa productora de Teledeportes tiene derechos exclusivos para transmitir en vivo los principales partidos del Fútbol Paraguayo en cuatro categorías vía Tigo Max y Tigo Sports. Los Teledeportes tienen transmisión en vivo de la Liga Paraguaya de Baloncesto y se transmiten en vivo los martes a las 9:00 pm en Tigo Sports (KO 21:15) y los miércoles a las 8:55 pm en Tigo Max (KO 21:10).
En Uruguay , la organización de eventos deportivos y empresariales de productores de Tenfield tiene los derechos exclusivos televisivos de los campeonatos uruguayos de clubes de fútbol y baloncesto, que se transmiten por VTV y VTV Plus.
Australia y las islas del pacifico
Foxtel y Optus Vision introdujeron el pago por visión directo a la televisión doméstica en Australia a mediados y finales de la década de 1990. Foxtel tenía Event TV (hasta que se transformó en su forma actual; Main Event ) mientras que Optus Vision tenía Main Attraction Pay-Per-View como su proveedor. A partir de 2005, Main Event es el proveedor actual de pago por evento a través de la suscripción de cable / satélite Foxtel y Optus.
Sky Pacific inició un servicio en Fiji en 2005 y luego se expandió a Samoa Americana, Islas Cook, Fiji, Kiribati (Este), Nauru, Nueva Caledonia, Niue, Papua Nueva Guinea, Samoa, Islas Salomón, Tonga y Vanuatu, con uno, fuera de sus 25 canales, siendo Pay-Per-View. [44]
Asia
En Malasia , Astro 's Astro taquilla servicio lanzado en 2000 bajo la forma de la señal abierta 'Astro escaparate'.
En Japón , los suscriptores de SkyPerfecTV pueden recibir acceso de pago por evento con un solo clic a cientos de canales que ofrecen eventos deportivos nacionales e internacionales (incluidos los eventos de la WWE), películas y programación especializada, ya sea en vivo o posteriormente en repetición continua en su canal.
En India opera un servicio de pago por evento; sin embargo, se encuentran disponibles transmisiones deportivas de pago por evento. Ahora también eventos en vivo como WWE. [ cita requerida ]
Lista de combates de pago por evento
Boxing
Worldwide
The following is a list of boxing fights that have generated over 1 million pay-per-view buys worldwide. These figures include closed-circuit theatre television is(CCTV), pay-per-view home television (PPV), and pay-per-view online streaming (iPPV).
Date | Fight | Network(s) | Sales | Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est. inflation) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 8, 1971 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier |
| 2,590,000[45][46] | $45,750,000[47][48] | $300,000,000 |
October 30, 1974 | Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman |
| 50,000,000[5] | $100,000,000[49][50] | $500,000,000 |
October 1, 1975 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III |
| 100,000,000[6] | $100,000,000 | $500,000,000 |
September 27, 1976 | Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III |
| 1,500,000[51] | $33,500,000[52][53] | $150,000,000 |
June 20, 1980 | Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard |
| 1,655,000[54][15] | $30,000,000[55] | $90,000,000 |
June 11, 1982 | Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney |
| 2,000,000[56] | $20,000,000[3] | $50,000,000 |
April 6, 1987 | Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler |
| 3,150,000[3] | $60,000,000[57] | $140,000,000 |
June 27, 1988 | Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks |
| 1,500,000[58][59] | $70,000,000[57] | $150,000,000 |
April 19, 1991 | Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman |
| 1,400,000[60] | $75,000,000[61] | $140,000,000 |
June 28, 1991 | Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II |
| 1,250,000[62] | $49,142,000[63][64] | $90,000,000 |
August 19, 1995 | Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley |
| 1,600,000[65] | $110,000,000[66][67] | $180,000,000 |
March 16, 1996 | Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II |
| 2,060,000[65][68] | $98,000,000[69] | $162,000,000 |
September 7, 1996 | Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon |
| 1,150,000[60] | $63,810,000[65] | $105,000,000 |
November 9, 1996 | Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield |
| 1,600,000[65] | $94,200,000[65] | $160,000,000 |
June 28, 1997 | Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II |
| 2,670,000[3][70][71] | $180,000,000[72] | $290,000,000 |
September 18, 1999 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad |
| 1,400,000[60] | $74,100,000[73] | $120,000,000 |
June 8, 2002 | Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson |
| 2,720,000[60][74] | $112,000,000[75] | $161,000,000 |
May 5, 2007 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
| 2,450,000[60][76] | $165,000,000[77] | $200,000,000 |
December 8, 2007 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton |
| 2,400,000[78] | $134,000,000[78] | $170,000,000 |
December 6, 2008 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao |
| 1,250,000[60] | $100,000,000[77] | $120,000,000 |
May 2, 2009 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton |
| 1,750,000[79][80] | $80,200,000[a] | $96,000,000 |
September 19, 2009 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez |
| 1,060,000[81] | $58,810,000[82] | $71,000,000 |
November 14, 2009 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto |
| 1,250,000[83] | $78,850,000[84] | $95,000,000 |
May 1, 2010 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley |
| 1,400,000[60] | $89,330,000[85][67] | $106,000,000 |
November 13, 2010 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito |
| 1,150,000[86] | $69,400,000[87] | $80,000,000 |
May 7, 2011 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley |
| 1,340,000[88] | $83,900,000[89] | $97,000,000 |
September 17, 2011 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz |
| 1,250,000[90] | $87,440,000[91][67] | $101,000,000 |
November 13, 2011 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III |
| 1,400,000[92] | $88,580,000[93][67] | $100,000,000 |
May 5, 2012 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto |
| 1,500,000[94] | $94,000,000[66] | $106,000,000 |
December 8, 2012 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV |
| 1,150,000[95] | $80,400,000[96] | $90,000,000 |
September 14, 2013 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez |
| 2,200,000[97] | $150,000,000[21] | $170,000,000 |
May 2, 2015 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao |
| 5,773,000[98][99][100] | $500,000,000[101] | $500,000,000 |
April 29, 2017 | Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko |
| 1,631,000[102][103] | $64,000,000[104] | $64,000,000 |
August 26, 2017 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor |
| 5,174,000 | $500,000,000[105] | $500,000,000 |
September 16, 2017 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin |
| 1,300,000[106] | $100,000,000[106] | $100,000,000 |
March 31, 2018 | Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker |
| 1,832,000[107][103] | $56,000,000[108][109] | $60,000,000 |
August 25, 2018 | KSI vs. Logan Paul |
| 1,300,000[110] | $16,500,000[111][112] | $16,500,000 |
Sep 15, 2018 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II |
| 1,100,000[113] | $117,000,000[113] | $117,000,000 |
Sep 22, 2018 | Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin |
| 1,247,000[114][103] | $52,000,000[115][116][109] | $53,000,000 |
December 7, 2019 | Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II |
| 1,575,000[117] | ||
February 22, 2020 | Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II |
| 1,200,000[118] | $112,900,000[119] | |
December 5, 2020 | Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. | 1,600,000[120] | $80,000,000[120] | $80,000,000[120] |
United States (closed-circuit theatre TV)
Select boxing buy rates at American closed-circuit theatre television venues between 1951 and 2015:
Date | Fight | Buys | Revenue | Revenue (inflation) |
---|---|---|---|---|
June 15, 1951 | Joe Louis vs. Lee Savold | 81,022[121] | $100,000[122] | $1,000,000 |
September 12, 1951 | Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randolph Turpin II | 100,000[123] | $200,000[123] | $1,990,000 |
September 23, 1952 | Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Walcott | 40,000[124] | $192,000[125] | $1,870,000 |
September 21, 1955 | Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore | 300,000[126] | $1,125,000[127] | $10,870,000 |
September 23, 1957 | Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio | 500,000[128] | $1,750,000[129] | $13,820,000 |
March 25, 1958 | Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio II | 400,000[130] | $2,000,000[131] | $17,940,000 |
August 18, 1958 | Floyd Patterson vs. Roy Harris | 192,762[132] | $763,437[132] | $6,780,000 |
June 26, 1959 | Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson | 244,000[133] | $1,032,000[133] | $9,160,000 |
June 20, 1960 | Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II | 500,000[134] | $3,000,000[135] | $26,240,000 |
March 13, 1961 | Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III | 500,000[136] | $2,500,000[136] | $21,650,000 |
September 25, 1962 | Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston | 600,000[137] | $3,200,000[45] | $27,380,000 |
March 13, 1963 | Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones | 150,000[138] | $500,000[11] | $4,230,000 |
July 22, 1963 | Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston II | 563,000[45] | $4,747,690[139] | $40,620,000 |
February 25, 1964 | Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston | 700,000[140] | $5,000,000[140] | $41,700,000 |
January 2, 1965 | Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo | 300,000[141] | $800,000[142] | $6,570,000 |
May 25, 1965 | Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II | 630,000[143] | $4,300,000[2] | $35,310,000 |
November 22, 1965 | Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson | 500,000[144] | $4,000,000[2] | $32,800,000 |
November 14, 1966 | Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams | 500,000[145] | $3,750,000[145] | $30,800,000 |
February 6, 1967 | Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell | 800,000[146] | $4,000,000[146] | $31,910,000 |
October 26, 1970 | Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry | 630,000[147][148] | $3,500,000[149] | $23,320,000 |
March 8, 1971 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier | 2,500,000[45] | $45,000,000[47] | $288,000,000 |
October 30, 1974 | Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman | 3,000,000[3] | $60,000,000[3] | $310,000,000 |
October 1, 1975 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III | 3,000,000[3] | $60,000,000[3] | $300,000,000 |
September 27, 1976 | Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III | 1,500,000[51] | $30,000,000[52] | $140,000,000 |
Jun 20, 1980 | Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard | 1,500,000[54] | $22,000,000[150] | $69,100,000 |
June 11, 1982 | Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney | 2,000,000[56] | $20,000,000[3] | $53,630,000 |
April 15, 1985 | Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns | 700,000[151] | $10,500,000[152] | $25,270,000 |
April 6, 1987 | Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler | 3,000,000[3] | $40,000,000[153] | $91,120,000 |
June 27, 1988 | Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks | 800,000[58] | $32,000,000[58] | $70,020,000 |
June 28, 1997 | Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II | 120,000[71] | $9,000,000[3] | $14,510,000 |
May 5, 2007 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 50,000[76] | $2,750,000[154] | $3,430,000 |
May 2, 2015 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao | 173,000[100] | $25,900,000[100] | $28,280,000 |
United States (PPV home television)
Select PPV boxing buy-rates (mainly from HBO, Showtime and Top Rank) between 1960 and 2020:
Date | Fight | Result | Carrier | Buy rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
June 20, 1960 | Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II | Patterson wins by KO in round 5 | TelePrompTer | 25,000[9] |
March 13, 1961 | Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III | Patterson wins by KO in round 6 | TelePrompTer | 100,000[10] |
September 25, 1962 | Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston | Liston wins by KO in round 1 | TelePrompTer | 100,000[155] |
February 25, 1964 | Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston | Ali wins by RTD in round 6 | WHCT[12] | 250,000[13] |
Oct 1, 1975 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III | Ali wins by TKO in round 14 | HBO | 500,000[14] |
Jun 20, 1980 | Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán | Durán wins by UD (145-144, 148-147, 146-144) | HBO | 155,000[15] |
Sep 16, 1981 | Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns | Leonard wins by TKO in round 14 | HBO | 583,200[156] |
Apr 15, 1985 | Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns | Hagler wins by TKO in round 3 | HBO | 100,000[151] |
Apr 6, 1987 | Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard | Leonard wins by SD (118-110, 113-115, 115-113) | HBO | 150,000[3] |
Jun 27, 1988 | Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks | Tyson wins by KO in round 1 | HBO | 700,000[59] |
Nov 7, 1988 | Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard | Leonard wins by TKO in round 9 | HBO | 700,000[157] |
Oct 25, 1990 | Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield | Holyfield wins by KO in round 3 | Showtime | 1,000,000[59] |
March 18, 1991 | Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock | Tyson wins by TKO in round 7 | Showtime | 960,000[158] |
Apr 19, 1991 | Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman | Holyfield wins by UD (116–111, 117–110, 115–112) | HBO | 1,400,000[60] |
Jun 28, 1991 | Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II | Tyson wins by UD (113–109, 114–108, 114–108) | Showtime | 1,250,000[62] |
Oct 18, 1991 | Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison | Mercer wins by KO in round 5 | HBO | 200,000[159] |
Jun 19, 1992 | Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes | Holyfield wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112) | HBO | 730,000[160] |
Nov 13, 1992 | Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe | Bowe wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 115–112) | HBO | 900,000[161] |
Jun 7, 1993 | George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison | Morrison wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 118–108) | HBO | 600,000[162] |
Sep 10, 1993 | Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez | Majority draw (115–113, 115–115, 115–115) | Showtime | 740,000[163] |
Nov 6, 1993 | Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II | Holyfield wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114) | HBO | 950,000[164] |
Nov 18, 1994 | James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Jones Jr. wins by UD (119–108, 118–109, 117–110) | HBO | 300,000[165] |
May 6, 1995 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas | De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 2 | HBO | 330,000[166] |
Aug 19, 1995 | Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley | Tyson wins by DQ in round 1 | Showtime | 1,600,000[65] |
Nov 4, 1995 | Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III | Bowe wins by TKO in round 8 | HBO | 650,000[167] |
Mar 16, 1996 | Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II | Tyson wins by TKO in round 3 | Showtime | 1,400,000[65] |
Sep 7, 1996 | Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon | Tyson wins by TKO in round 1 | Showtime | 1,150,000[60] |
Nov 9, 1996 | Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield | Holyfield wins by TKO in round 11 | Showtime | 1,600,000[65] |
Apr 12, 1997 | Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya | De La Hoya wins by UD (115–111, 116–110, 116–110) | HBO | 720,000[168] |
Jun 28, 1997 | Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II | Holyfield wins by DQ in round 3 | Showtime | 1,990,000[60] |
Sep 13, 1997 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho | De La Hoya wins by UD (120–106, 120–105, 118–108) | HBO | 560,000[168] |
Oct 4, 1997 | Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota | Lewis wins by KO in round 1 | HBO | 300,000[169] |
Nov 8, 1997 | Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II | Holyfield wins by RTD in round 8 | Showtime | 550,000[170] |
Jan 16, 1999 | Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha | Tyson wins by KO in round 5 | Showtime | 750,000[171] |
Mar 13, 1999 | Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis | Split draw (116–113, 113–115, 115–115) | HBO | 1,200,000[172] |
Sep 18, 1999 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad | Trinidad wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114) | HBO | 1,400,000[60] |
Nov 13, 1999 | Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II | Lewis wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 115–113) | HBO | 850,000[172] |
Apr 29, 2000 | Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant | Lewis wins by KO in round 2 | HBO | 340,000[172] |
Jun 17, 2000 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley | Mosley wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115) | HBO | 590,000[168] |
Sep 9, 2000 | Roy Jones Jr. vs. Eric Harding | Jones Jr. wins by RTD in round 10 | HBO | 125,000[173] |
Oct 20, 2000 | Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota | Tyson wins by TKO in round 3 (later changed to an NC) | Showtime | 450,000[174] |
Nov 11, 2000 | Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua | Lewis wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 117–111) | HBO | 420,000[172] |
Mar 3, 2001 | Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II | Ruiz wins by UD (116–110, 115–111, 114–111) | Showtime | 185,000[175] |
Apr 7, 2001 | Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera | Barrera wins by UD (116–111, 115–112, 115–112) | HBO | 310,000[176] |
Jun 8, 2001 | Laila Ali vs. Jacqui Frazier-Lyde | Ali wins by MD (73–79, 75–77, 76–76) | ? | 125,000[177] |
Nov 17, 2001 | Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II | Lewis wins by KO in round 4 | HBO | 460,000[178] |
Jun 8, 2002 | Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson | Lewis wins by KO in round 8 | HBO/Showtime | 1,970,000[60] |
Sep 14, 2002 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas | De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 11 | HBO | 935,000[168] |
Feb 22, 2003 | Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne | Tyson wins by KO in round 1 | Showtime | 100,000[175] |
Mar 1, 2003 | John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Jones Jr. wins by UD (118–110, 117–111, 116–112) | HBO | 525,000[175] |
Sep 13, 2003 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II | Mosley wins by UD (113–115, 113–115, 113–115) | HBO | 950,000[168] |
Oct 4, 2003 | James Toney vs. Evander Holyfield | Toney wins by TKO in round 9 | Showtime | 150,000[179] |
Nov 8, 2003 | Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Jones Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114) | HBO | 302,000[180] |
May 15, 2004 | Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II | Tarver wins by KO in round 2 | HBO | 360,000[181] |
Sep 18, 2004 | Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya | Hopkins wins by KO in round 9 | HBO | 1,000,000[168] |
Dec 11, 2004 | Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams | Klitschko wins by TKO in round 8 | HBO | 120,000[182] |
Mar 19, 2005 | Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao | Morales wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113) | HBO | 345,000[183] |
Jun 11, 2005 | Mike Tyson vs. Kevin McBride | McBride wins by TKO in round 7 | Showtime | 250,000[184] |
Jun 25, 2005 | Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Mayweather Jr. wins by RTD in round 6 | HBO | 340,000[183] |
Oct 1, 2005 | Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III | Tarver wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112) | HBO | 405,000[185] |
Jan 21, 2006 | Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales II | Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 10 | HBO | 360,000[186] |
Feb 25, 2006 | Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas | Mosley wins by TKO in round 10 | HBO | 415,000[187] |
Apr 8, 2006 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 119–109) | HBO | 375,000[186] |
May 6, 2006 | Ricardo Mayorga vs. Oscar De La Hoya | De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 6 | HBO | 925,000[188] |
May 6, 2006 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios | Pacquiao wins by UD (117–110, 118–108, 120–106) | Top Rank | 120,000[189] |
Jul 15, 2006 | Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas II | Mosley wins by TKO in round 6 | HBO | 350,000[187] |
Aug 12, 2006 | Hasim Rahman vs. Oleg Maskaev II | Maskaev wins by TKO in round 12 | HBO | 60,000[190] |
Nov 4, 2006 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 118–110) | HBO | 325,000[186] |
Nov 18, 2006 | Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales III | Pacquiao wins by KO in round 3 | HBO | 350,000[186] |
Apr 14, 2007 | Manny Pacquiao vs Jorge Solís | Pacquiao wins by KO in round 8 | Top Rank | 150,000[191] |
May 5, 2007 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Mayweather Jr. wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115) | HBO | 2,400,000[60] |
Oct 10, 2007 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II | Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 115–112) | HBO | 350,000[192] |
Dec 8, 2007 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton | Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10 | HBO | 920,000[81] |
Jan 19, 2008 | Félix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Jones Jr. wins by UD (116-110, 117-109, 116-110) | HBO | 500,000[193] |
Feb 16, 2008 | Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor II | Pavlik wins by UD (115-113, 117-111, 116-112) | HBO | 250,000[193] |
Mar 15, 2008 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez II | Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 114–113, 112–115) | HBO | 400,000[194] |
Jun 28, 2008 | David Díaz vs. Manny Pacquiao | Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 9 | HBO | 206,000[195] |
Jul 26, 2008 | Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito | Margarito wins by TKO in round 11 | HBO | 450,000[196] |
Nov 8, 2008 | Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Calzaghe wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 118–109) | HBO | 225,000[196] |
Dec 6, 2008 | Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao | Pacquiao wins by RTD in round 8 | HBO | 1,250,000[60] |
May 2, 2009 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton | Pacquiao wins by KO in round 2 | HBO | 850,000[79] |
Sep 19, 2009 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 119–108, 118–109) | HBO | 1,060,000[81] |
Nov 14, 2009 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto | Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 12 | HBO | 1,250,000[83] |
Mar 13, 2010 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey | Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 119–109, 120–108) | HBO | 700,000[197] |
Apr 3, 2010 | Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II | Hopkins win by UD (118–109, 117–110, 117–110) | HBO | 150,000[198] |
May 1, 2010 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 119–109) | HBO | 1,400,000[60] |
Nov 13, 2010 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito | Pacquiao wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 119–109) | HBO | 1,150,000[86] |
May 7, 2011 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley | Pacquiao wins by UD (119–108, 120–108, 120–107) | Showtime | 1,340,000[88] |
Sep 17, 2011 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz | Mayweather Jr. wins by KO in round 4 | HBO | 1,250,000[90] |
Nov 13, 2011 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III | Pacquiao wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 116–112) | HBO | 1,400,000[92] |
Dec 3, 2011 | Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II | Cotto wins by RTD in round 9 | HBO | 600,000[199] |
May 5, 2012 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 118–110) | HBO | 1,500,000[94] |
Jun 9, 2012 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley | Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113) | HBO | 890,000[200] |
Sep 15, 2012 | Sergio Martínez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. | Martínez wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110) | HBO | 475,000[201] |
Dec 8, 2012 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV | Márquez wins by KO in round 6 | HBO | 1,150,000[95] |
May 4, 2013 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 117–111) | Showtime | 1,000,000[202] |
Sep 14, 2013 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez | Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114) | Showtime | 2,200,000[97] |
Oct 12, 2013 | Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez | Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 116–112, 113–115) | HBO | 375,000[203] |
Nov 24, 2013 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Ríos | Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 120–108, 118–110) | HBO | 475,000[204] |
Mar 8, 2014 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo | Álvarez wins by TKO in Round 10 | Showtime | 350,000[205] |
Apr 12, 2014 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II | Pacquiao wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110) | HBO | 800,000[206] |
May 3, 2014 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana | Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (114–114, 117–111, 116–112) | Showtime | 900,000[207] |
Jun 7, 2014 | Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martínez | Cotto wins by RTD in round 10 | HBO | 315,000[208] |
Jul 12, 2014 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Erislandy Lara | Álvarez wins by SD (115–113, 117–111, 113–115) | Showtime | 300,000[209] |
Sep 13, 2014 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–111, 116–111, 115–112) | Showtime | 925,000[207] |
Nov 23, 2014 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri | Pacquiao wins by UD (119–103, 119–103, 120–102) | HBO | 400,000[210] |
May 2, 2015 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110) | HBO/Showtime | 4,600,000[98] |
Sep 12, 2015 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto | Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 117–111) | Showtime | 400,000[211] |
Oct 17, 2015 | Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux | Golovkin wins by TKO in round 8 | HBO | 150,000[212] |
Nov 21, 2015 | Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez | Álvarez wins by UD (117–111, 119–109, 118–110) | HBO | 900,000[213] |
Apr 9, 2016 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III | Pacquiao wins by UD (116–110, 116–110, 116–110) | HBO | 400,000[214] |
May 7, 2016 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan | Álvarez wins by KO in round 6 | HBO | 600,000[215] |
July 23, 2016 | Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol | Crawford wins by UD (118–107, 118–107, 117–108) | HBO | 55,000[216] |
Sep 17, 2016 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Liam Smith | Álvarez wins by TKO in round 9 | HBO | 300,000[217] |
Nov 5, 2016 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas | Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 114–113) | Top Rank | 300,000[218] |
Nov 19, 2016 | Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward | Ward wins by UD (114–113, 114–113, 114–113) | HBO | 165,000[219] |
Mar 18, 2017 | Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs | Golovkin wins by UD (115–112, 115–112, 114–113) | HBO | 170,000[220] |
May 6, 2017 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. | Álvarez wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 120–108) | HBO | 1,000,000[221] |
Jun 17, 2017 | Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev II | Ward wins by TKO in round 8 | HBO | 130,000[222] |
Aug 26, 2017 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor | Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10 | Showtime | 4,300,000[223] |
Sep 16, 2017 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin | Split draw (118–110, 115–113, 114–114) | HBO | 1,300,000[106] |
Sep 15, 2018 | Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II | Álvarez wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 115–113) | HBO | 1,100,000[113] |
Dec 1, 2018 | Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury | Split draw (115–111, 113–113, 112–114) | Showtime | 325,000[224] |
Jan 19, 2019 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner | Pacquiao wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112) | Showtime | 400,000[225] |
Mar 16, 2019 | Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia | Spence Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 120–108, 120–108) | Fox | 375,000[226] |
Apr 20, 2019 | Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan | Crawford wins by TKO in round 6 | ESPN | 150,000[227] |
Jul 20, 2019 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman | Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 115–112, 113–114) | Fox | 500,000[228] |
Sep 28, 2019 | Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter | Spence wins by SD (116–111, 116–111, 112–115) | Fox | 350,000[229] |
Nov 23, 2019 | Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II | Wilder wins by KO in round 7 | Fox | 275,000[230] |
Feb 22, 2020 | Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II | Fury wins by TKO in round 7 | ESPN/Fox | 1,200,000[118] |
Sep 26, 2020 | Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko | Charlo wins by UD (116-112, 118-110, 117-111) | Showtime | 120,000[231] |
Oct 31, 2020 | Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz | Davis wins by KO in round 6 | Showtime | 225,000[232] |
Nov 28, 2020 | Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. | Split draw (76-76, 79-73, 76-80) | Triller | 1,600,000[120] |
Dec 5, 2020 | Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny García | Spence wins by US (117-111, 116-112, 116-112) | Fox | 250,000[233] |
United Kingdom
Select boxing pay-per-view figures (mainly from Sky Box Office) between 1966 and 2018. Many of these figures are based on BARB weekly viewing data figures.[234]
Date | Fight | Network | Buys | Source(s) | Announcers |
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21 May 1966 | Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II | Pay TV | 40,000 | [235] | |
16 March 1996 | Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II | Sky Box Office | 660,000 | [68] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
9 November 1996 | Naseem Hamed vs. Remigio Molina | Sky Box Office | 420,000 | [68][236] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
8 February 1997 | Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson | Sky Box Office | 720,000 | [68][237] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
3 May 1997 | Naseem Hamed vs. Billy Hardy | Sky Box Office | 348,000 | [68][238] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
28 June 1997 | Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II | Sky Box Office | 550,000 | [70] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
13 March 1999 | Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis | Sky Box Office | 400,000 | [239] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
29 January 2000 | Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis | Sky Box Office | 500,000 | [70] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
19 August 2000 | Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez | Sky Box Office | 300,000 | [240] | Adam Smith and Jim Watt |
8 June 2002 | Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson | Sky Box Office | 750,000 | [74] | Ian Darke and Glenn McCrory |
8 December 2007 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton | Sky Box Office | 1,150,000 | [241] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
2 May 2009 | Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton | Sky Box Office | 900,000 | [80] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
18 July 2009 | Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik | Sky Box Office | 100,000 | [242] | Adam Smith and Jim Watt |
7 November 2009 | Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye | Sky Box Office | 469,000 | [243] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
3 April 2010 | David Haye vs. John Ruiz | Sky Box Office | 253,000 | [244][103] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
24 April 2010 | Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler | Primetime | 50,000 | [245] | John Rawling and Duke McKenzie |
18 September 2010 | Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings | Sky Box Office | 15,000 | [246] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
13 November 2010 | David Haye vs. Audley Harrison | Sky Box Office | 304,000 | [243][103] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
11 December 2010 | Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana | Sky Box Office | 164,000 | [247] | Adam Smith and Jim Watt |
16 April 2011 | Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey | Primetime | 200,000 | [248][245] | Benny Ricardo and Duke McKenzie |
21 May 2011 | George Groves vs. James DeGale | Sky Box Office | 43,000 | [249] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
2 July 2011 | Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye | Sky Box Office | 1,170,000 | [250][251] | John Rawling and Jim Watt |
25 May 2013 | Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II | Sky Box Office | 32,000 | [252] | Ian Darke and Jim Watt |
23 November 2013 | Carl Froch vs. George Groves | Sky Box Office | 47,000 | [253] | Nick Halling and Jim Watt |
31 May 2014 | Carl Froch vs. George Groves II | Sky Box Office | 355,000 | [254] | Nick Halling, Jim Watt and Paulie Malignaggi |
2 May 2015 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao | Sky Box Office | 942,000 | [99][255] | Nick Halling and Jim Watt |
30 May 2015 | Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin | Sky Box Office | 139,000 | [256] | Nick Halling, Jim Watt and Paulie Malignaggi |
28 November 2015 | Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury | Sky Box Office | 655,000 | [257][103] | Adam Smith, Glenn McCrory and Carl Froch |
12 December 2015 | Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte | Sky Box Office | 699,000 | [258][259] | Nick Halling, Jim Watt and Paulie Malignaggi |
27 February 2016 | Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg | Sky Box Office | 220,000 | [260][261] | Nick Halling and Jim Watt |
9 April 2016 | Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin | Sky Box Office | 1,368,000 | [258][262] | Nick Halling and Glenn McCrory |
25 June 2016 | Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale | Sky Box Office | 617,000 | [263] | Nick Halling, Jim Watt and David Haye |
10 September 2016 | Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook | Sky Box Office | 752,000 | [264][265] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Paulie Malignaggi |
10 December 2016 | Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina | Sky Box Office | 764,000 | [258][266] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and David Haye |
4 February 2017 | Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Renold Quinlan | ITV Box Office | 86,000 | [267] | Ronald McIntosh and Richie Woodhall |
4 March 2017 | David Haye vs. Tony Bellew | Sky Box Office | 1,515,000 | [268][103] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Paulie Malignaggi |
29 April 2017 | Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko | Sky Box Office | 1,542,000 | [102][103] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Deontay Wilder |
27 May 2017 | Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. | Sky Box Office | 405,000 | [269] | Adam Smith and Carl Froch |
26 August 2017 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor | Sky Box Office | 1,007,000 | [270] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Dan Hardy |
28 October 2017 | Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam | Sky Box Office | 1,009,000 | [271] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Tony Bellew |
31 March 2018 | Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker | Sky Box Office | 1,832,000 | [107][103] | Adam Smith and Carl Froch |
5 May 2018 | David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II | Sky Box Office | 1,048,000 | [272][103] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Paulie Malignaggi |
28 July 2018 | Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker | Sky Box Office | 571,000 | [273][274] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Tony Bellew |
22 September 2018 | Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin | Sky Box Office | 1,247,000 | [114][103] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch, Paulie Malignaggi and David Haye |
10 November 2018 | Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew | Sky Box Office | 819,000 | [275] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch, Paulie Malignaggi and David Haye |
1 December 2018 | Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury | BT Sport Box Office | 450,000 | [276] | John Rawling and Barry Jones |
22 December 2018 | Dillian Whyte vs. Derek Chisora II | Sky Box Office | 532,000 | [277] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch and Anthony Joshua |
1 June 2019 | Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. | Sky Box Office | 652,000 | [278] | Adam Smith, Paulie Malignaggi and Matthew Macklin |
20 July 2019 | Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas | Sky Box Office | 368,000 | [279] | Adam Smith, Paulie Malignaggi and Matthew Macklin |
31 August 2019 | Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell | Sky Box Office | 205,000 | [280] | Adam Smith, Paulie Malignaggi and Matthew Macklin |
26 October 2019 | Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis | Sky Box Office | 176,000 | [281] | Adam Smith, Carl Froch & Matthew Macklin |
9 November 2019 | KSI vs. Logan Paul II | Sky Box Office | 216,000 | [282] | Adam Smith, Joe Weller, Ethan Payne and AnEsonGib |
7 December 2019 | Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II | Sky Box Office | 1,540,000 | [117][103] | Adam Smith, Matthew Macklin and Tony Bellew |
22 August 2020 | Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin | Sky Box Office | 222,000 | [283] | Adam Smith and Matthew Macklin |
31 October 2020 | Oleksandr Usyk vs. Dereck Chisora | Sky Box Office | 1,059,000 | [284][285][286] | Adam Smith and Matthew Macklin |
12 December 2020 | Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev | Sky Box Office | 930,000 | [287][288] | Adam Smith and Matthew Macklin |
27 March 2021 | Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II | Sky Box Office | 197,000 | [289][290] | Adam Smith and Matthew Macklin |
Mixed martial arts (MMA)
The first pay-per-view mixed martial arts bout was Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, which took place in Japan on June 26, 1976. It sold at least 2 million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV.[291] At a ticket price of $10,[292] the fight grossed at least $20 million (inflation-adjusted $90 million) or more from closed-circuit theatre TV revenue in the United States.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
The highest buy rates for the UFC as of January 2021[update] are as follows.[293]
Note: The UFC does not release official PPV statistics, and the following PPV numbers are as reported by industry insiders. As of April 2019, all PPV's are iPPV's, with distribution on the internet exclusively via Disney and BAMTech's streaming service.
Date | Event | Headline | Buy rate | Revenue (est.) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 6, 2018 | UFC 229 | Khabib vs. McGregor | 2,400,000[294] | $180 million[295][296] |
Aug 20, 2016 | UFC 202 | Diaz vs. McGregor 2 | 1,650,000[293] | $90 million[297][298] |
Jan 24, 2021 | UFC 257 | Poirier vs. McGregor 2 | 1,600,000[299] | |
Jul 11, 2009 | UFC 100 | Lesnar vs. Mir | 1,600,000[293] | $82 million |
Mar 5, 2016 | UFC 196 | McGregor vs. Diaz | 1,317,000[294] | $80 million[300][298] |
Jul 11, 2020 | UFC 251 | Usman vs. Masvidal | 1,300,000[301] | $78 million[302] |
Nov 12, 2016 | UFC 205 | Alvarez vs. McGregor | 1,300,000[294] | $83 million[303][296] |
Jul 9, 2016 | UFC 200 | Tate vs. Nunes | 1,200,000[293] | $71 million[304][305] |
Dec 12, 2015 | UFC 194 | Aldo vs. McGregor | 1,200,000[294] | $80 million[306][298] |
Jul 3, 2010 | UFC 116 | Lesnar vs. Carwin | 1,160,000[293] | $55 million |
Nov 15, 2015 | UFC 193 | Rousey vs. Holm | 1,100,000 | $60 million |
Dec 30, 2016 | UFC 207 | Nunes vs. Rousey | 1,100,000[293] | $60 million[307][308] |
Dec 30, 2006 | UFC 66 | Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 | 1,050,000[293] | $53 million |
May 29, 2010 | UFC 114 | Rampage vs. Evans | 1,050,000[293] | $51 million[309][310] |
Oct 23, 2010 | UFC 121 | Lesnar vs. Velasquez | 1,050,000[293] | $45 million |
Dec 28, 2013 | UFC 168 | Weidman vs. Silva II | 1,025,000[293] | $57 million[311][312] |
Nov 15, 2008 | UFC 91 | Couture vs. Lesnar | 1,010,000[293] | $47 million |
Jan 18, 2020 | UFC 246 | McGregor vs. Cowboy | 1,000,000[313] | $65 million[314] |
Dec 27, 2008 | UFC 92 | Evans vs. Griffin | 1,000,000[293] | $48 million[315][298] |
Mar 16, 2013 | UFC 158 | St-Pierre vs. Diaz | 950,000[293] | |
Jul 7, 2012 | UFC 148 | Silva vs. Sonnen II | 925,000 | |
Jan 31, 2009 | UFC 94 | St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 | 920,000 | |
Aug 1, 2015 | UFC 190 | Rousey vs. Correia | 900,000 | |
Nov 4, 2017 | UFC 217 | Bisping vs. St-Pierre | 875,000 | |
Jul 29, 2017 | UFC 214 | Cormier vs. Jones 2 | 860,000 | |
Aug 8, 2009 | UFC 101 | Declaration | 850,000 | |
Jul 11, 2015 | UFC 189 | Mendes vs. McGregor | 825,000[316] | |
Mar 6, 2021 | UFC 259 | Błachowicz vs. Adesanya | 800,000[317] | |
Apr 30, 2011 | UFC 129 | St-Pierre vs. Shields | 800,000 | |
Jan 3, 2015 | UFC 182 | Jones vs. Cormier | 800,000 | |
Dec 11, 2010 | UFC 124 | St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 | 785,000 | |
Mar 27, 2010 | UFC 111 | St-Pierre vs. Hardy | 770,000 | |
Dec 30, 2011 | UFC 141 | Lesnar vs. Overeem | 750,000 | |
Feb 5, 2011 | UFC 126 | Silva vs. Belfort | 725,000 | |
Dec 29, 2007 | UFC 79 | Nemesis | 700,000 | |
Apr 21, 2012 | UFC 145 | Jones vs. Evans | 700,000 | |
Nov 17, 2012 | UFC 154 | St. Pierre vs. Condit | 700,000 | |
Dec 29, 2018 | UFC 232 | Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 700,000 | |
Apr 24, 2021 | UFC 261 | Usman vs. Masvidal 2 | 700,000[318] | |
May 9, 2020 | UFC 249 | Ferguson vs. Gaethje | 700,000[319] | |
Sep 26, 2020 | UFC 253 | Adesanya vs. Costa | 700,000[320] | |
Oct 24, 2020 | UFC 254 | Khabib vs. Gaethje | 675,000[321] | |
May 26, 2007 | UFC 71 | Liddell vs. Jackson | 675,000 |
Professional wrestling (United States)
WrestleMania I in March 1985 sold over 1 million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV in the United States, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event in the US at the time.[322]
PPV home television
The highest buy rates for professional wrestling events on pay-per-view home television as of June 2015[update] are as follows.[323]
No. | Date | Event | Buy rate |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Apr 1, 2012 | WrestleMania XXVIII | 1,300,000[324] |
2 | Apr 1, 2007 | WrestleMania 23 | 1,200,000 |
3 | Apr 3, 2005 | WrestleMania 21 | 1,085,000 |
4 | Apr 3, 2011 | WrestleMania XXVII | 1,059,000 |
5 | Mar 30, 2008 | WrestleMania XXIV | 1,058,000 |
6 | Apr 7, 2013 | WrestleMania 29 | 1,048,000 |
7 | Apr 1, 2001 | WrestleMania X-Seven | 1,040,000 |
8 | Mar 14, 2004 | WrestleMania XX | 1,007,000 |
9 | Apr 2, 2006 | WrestleMania 22 | 975,000 |
10 | Apr 5, 2009 | WrestleMania XXV | 960,000 |
11 | Mar 28, 2010 | WrestleMania XXVI | 885,000 |
12 | Mar 17, 2002 | WrestleMania X8 | 880,000 |
13 | Apr 2, 2000 | WrestleMania 2000 | 824,000 |
14 | Mar 28, 1999 | WrestleMania XV | 800,000 |
15 | Jul 22, 2001 | WWF Invasion | 770,000 |
16 | Apr 2, 1989 | WrestleMania V | 767,000 |
17 | Mar 24, 1991 | WrestleMania VII | 764,000[325][326] |
Lista de deportistas con mayores ventas de pago por evento
This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales, with at least 10 million buys. It includes sportsmen who have participated in combat sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts as well as sports entertainment such as professional wrestling.
Sportsman | Total sales (est.) | Closed-circuit theatre TV | PPV home television | Years | Sport(s) |
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Muhammad Ali | 162,944,000 | 162,154,000[b] | 790,000[b] | 1963–1985 | Professional boxing |
Mixed martial arts | |||||
Professional wrestling | |||||
Joe Frazier | 100,500,000 | 100,000,000[6] | 500,000[14] | 1965–1981 | Professional boxing |
George Foreman | 52,000,000 | 50,000,000[5] | 2,000,000[60][162] | 1974–1993 | |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 29,090,000 | 223,000[76][100] | 28,867,000[327][c] | 2005–2017 | Professional boxing |
Professional wrestling | |||||
Manny Pacquiao | 22,214,000 | 173,000[100] | 22,041,000[d] | 2005–2019 | Professional boxing |
Mike Tyson | 20,700,000 | 920,000[e] | 19,780,000[e] | 1988–2020 | Professional boxing |
Professional wrestling | |||||
Triple H | 20,329,000 | N/A | 20,329,000[f] | 1995–2019 | Professional wrestling |
Conor McGregor | 16,599,000 | N/A | 16,599,000[g] | 2008–2021 | Mixed martial arts |
Professional boxing | |||||
John Cena | 15,389,000 | N/A | 15,389,000[f] | 2002–2018 | Professional wrestling |
The Rock | 14,859,000 | N/A | 14,859,000[h] | 1998–2013 | Professional wrestling |
The Undertaker | 14,451,000 | N/A | 14,451,000[f] | 1990–2020 | |
Oscar De La Hoya | 14,140,000 | 50,000[76] | 14,090,000[i] | 1995–2008 | Professional boxing |
Brock Lesnar | 12,771,000 | N/A | 12,771,000[j] | 2002–2020 | Professional wrestling |
Mixed martial arts | |||||
Evander Holyfield | 12,720,000 | 120,000[71] | 12,600,000[328] | 1984–2003 | Professional boxing |
Anthony Joshua | 12,129,000 | N/A | 12,129,000[k] | 2015–2020 | Professional boxing |
Shawn Michaels | 10,160,000 | N/A | 10,160,000[f] | 1988–2018 | Professional wrestling |
Ver también
- Bel Air Circuit
- Conditional access
- DAZN
- List of Bellator events
- List of DREAM events
- List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
- List of K-1 events
- List of ROH pay-per-view events
- List of Strikeforce events
- List of TNA pay-per-view events
- List of UFC events
- List of WCW pay-per-view events
- List of WWE pay-per-view events
Notas
- ^ See Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton § Pay-per-view.
- ^ a b See Boxing career of Muhammad Ali § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ See Floyd Mayweather Jr. § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ See Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ a b See Mike Tyson § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ a b c d See "List of WWE pay-per-view events".
- ^ See Conor McGregor § UFC pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ See "Dwayne Johnson".
- ^ See Oscar De La Hoya § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ See Brock Lesnar § Pay-per-view bouts.
- ^ See Anthony Joshua § UK pay-per-view bouts.
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- Capsule history at sports 2/etv/P/htmlP/payperview/payperview.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications[permanent dead link]