News Revised List of The Highest Selling PPVs of All Time

[Brodie]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14695763/best-selling-fights-paul-askren/amp/

https://www.tapology.com/search/mma-event-figures/ppv-pay-per-view-buys-buyrate

I hate to say it, but Jake Paul did in the vicinity of sales of prime Tyson and Floyd despite fighting below amateur level boxers with decent name recognition. Him vs Conor Mcgregor might be the biggest fight in combat sports history.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Jack Paul is coming for Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson. What a time to be alive.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Thinly veiled McGregor nut hugging thread.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Just boxing I'm assuming because Conor Vs Khabib did enough to be on here.

 

[KingBarbozaGOAT]

just boxing? Mcgregor vs Khabib did 2.4, Mcgregor vs Poirier 2 did 1.6 etc

 

[Char Jawz]

When is he going to challenge someone in his own weight class? He's a 6'+, 191 lb guy who seems to only want to fight 155 & 170 lb guys that aren't actually boxers.

 

[Char Jawz]

Fake news...if 2 PPVs are tied for 10th place, that means it's the TOP 11 PPVs of all time.

Sorry TS, semantics guy here. lol

 

[cheesus]

As far as I'm aware those Paul vs Askren numbers haven't been confirmed yet ?

 

[xn7]

Jack Paul is coming for Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson. What a time to be alive.

race is a factor. just like it is with conor too.

 

[Brodie]

Just boxing I'm assuming because Conor Vs Khabib did enough to be on here.

just boxing? Mcgregor vs Khabib did 2.4, Mcgregor vs Poirier 2 did 1.6 etc

Updated OP sherbros

 

[Hellowhosthat]

race is a factor. just like it is with conor too.

I don't think race is a factor, the vast majority of the guys on that list are black.

 

[humdizzle]

jake paul vs floyd would be huge. big size difference though, would a commission sanction it ? i suppose with that type of money no one would care.

 

[xn7]

I don't think race is a factor, the vast majority of the guys on that list are black.

come on now. i mean the fact that the paul's are even famous is due to that in a large part.

the others on the list are up there DESPITE their race. not because of.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

come on now. i mean the fact that the paul's are even famous is due to that in a large part.

the others on the list are up there DESPITE their race. not because of.

He's one of only two white Americans on the list.

 

[infamouz ice]

What’s funny is how quick he has the Ppv buys. When it’s UFC or other events takes weeks to get the numbers

 

[Johnnny]

Millions? How cute.

• September 15, 1978: Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks II
  Estimated audience — 2 billion
• October 2, 1980: Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes: The Last Hurrah
  Estimated audience — 2 billion
• June 26, 1976: Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki
  Estimated audience — 1.4 billion
• October 30, 1974: Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman: The Rumble in the Jungle
  Estimated audience — 1 billion
• October 1, 1975: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III: Thrilla in Manila
  Estimated audience — 1 billion

Maybe the UFC and boxing should abandon the PPV model in favor of broadcasting it for free to a much larger audience and making money from advertisers wanting to reach all those eyeballs. A typical 3 hour UFC broadcast contains only 50-55 minutes of fight time on average. That leaves plenty of time for commercials.

 

[Thad Castle v2]

Boxing is in the shitter

 

[jk7707]

Cmon there isn't exact numbers? Seems like it wouldn't be hard to calculate that these days.

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

Good for Mayweather.

Getting money.

 

[No Skill Gap]

race is a factor. just like it is with conor too.