When pay-per-view numbers are released, you know the numbers have got to be big.
For a non-title bout at a catch weight of 136 pounds, Gervonta Davis' seventh round KO of Ryan Garcia was a huge seller in the United States.
The fight, which was billed as a bout between two of boxing's most popular unbeaten stars, generated approximately 1.2 million pay-per-view buys in the United States, according to Fight Freaks Unite.
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It's an impressive number, and the biggest boxing PPV since Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin's middleweight title bout which generated 1.1 million buys in September 2018.
While fight fans Australia paid $30 to watch it, US fans were slugged a retail price of $128 ($84.99 USD), generating more than $151 million in pay-per-view revenue in the United States alone.
Davis-Garcia also drew one of the biggest gates in boxing history.
A crowd of 20,842, generated $34.5 million (AUD) in ticket sales, which cracked the top five biggest gates in the history of Nevada.
The only other gates to exceed Davis-Garcia in Las Vegas are Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in 2015, which set the all-time record for any fight ever at $109 million, Mayweather-Conor McGregor ($83 million in 2017), Alvarez-Golovkin I ($40 million) and Alvarez-Golovkin II ($37 million) in 2018.
The only other boxing bout to exceed the amount of buys in recent years was the exhibition bout between retired legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones, which did about 1.6 million for their November 2020 fight during the pandemic.
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When pay-per-view numbers are released, you know the numbers have got to be big.
For a non-title bout at a catch weight of 136 pounds, Gervonta Davis' seventh round KO of Ryan Garcia was a huge seller in the United States.
The fight, which was billed as a bout between two of boxing's most popular unbeaten stars, generated approximately 1.2 million pay-per-view buys in the United States, according to Fight Freaks Unite.
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It's an impressive number, and the biggest boxing PPV since Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin's middleweight title bout which generated 1.1 million buys in September 2018.
While fight fans Australia paid $30 to watch it, US fans were slugged a retail price of $128 ($84.99 USD), generating more than $151 million in pay-per-view revenue in the United States alone.
Davis-Garcia also drew one of the biggest gates in boxing history.
A crowd of 20,842, generated $34.5 million (AUD) in ticket sales, which cracked the top five biggest gates in the history of Nevada.
The only other gates to exceed Davis-Garcia in Las Vegas are Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in 2015, which set the all-time record for any fight ever at $109 million, Mayweather-Conor McGregor ($83 million in 2017), Alvarez-Golovkin I ($40 million) and Alvarez-Golovkin II ($37 million) in 2018.
The only other boxing bout to exceed the amount of buys in recent years was the exhibition bout between retired legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones, which did about 1.6 million for their November 2020 fight during the pandemic.
For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!
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