Pugilist Payday
05/01/2015 |
The Friday File: Tomorrow’s Mayweather-Pacquiao bout is expected to bring in $300 million in pay-per-view revenue from 3 million viewers, north of $72 million from ticket sales, plus tens of millions more from sponsorships and international broadcast sales. The current revenue record for pay-per-view is $152 million for the 2013 Mayweather-Alvarez match, while the record for largest pay-per-view audience is 2.5 million for the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight in 2007.