Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.

Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. There has been an increasing number of PPVs distributed via streaming video online, either alongside or in lieu of carriage through television providers. In 2012, the popular video sharing platform YouTube began to allow partners to host live PPV events on the platform.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Events distributed through PPV typically include boxing, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, and concerts. In the past, PPV was often used to distribute telecasts of feature films, as well as adult content such as pornographic films, but the growth of digital cable and streaming media caused these uses to be subsumed by video on demand systems (which allow viewers to purchase and view pre-recorded content at any time) instead, leaving PPV to focus primarily on live event programs and combat sports.

History

The earliest form of pay-per-view was closed-circuit television, also known as theatre television, where professional boxing telecasts were broadcast live to a select number of venues (mostly theaters, with arenas, stadiums, convention centers, and schools being less common venues), where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live.<ref name="Ezra">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="bloodyelbow">Template:Cite news</ref> The first fight with a closed-circuit telecast was Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott in 1948.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Closed-circuit telecasts peaked in popularity with Muhammad Ali in the 1960s and 1970s,<ref name="Ezra"/><ref name="bloodyelbow"/> with "The Rumble in the Jungle" fight drawing 50Template:Nbspmillion buys worldwide in 1974,<ref name="The Morning Herald">Template:Cite news</ref> and the "Thrilla in Manila" drawing 100Template:Nbspmillion buys worldwide in 1975.<ref name="ali-frazier-3"/> Closed-circuit television was gradually replaced by pay-per-view home television in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>

Experimental PPV systems in the 1950s and 1960s

The Zenith Phonevision system became the first home pay-per-view system to be tested in the United States. Developed in 1951, it used telephone lines to take and receive orders, as well as to descramble a television broadcast signal. The field tests conducted for Phonevision lasted for 90 days and were tested in Chicago, Illinois. The system used IBM punch cards to descramble a signal broadcast during the broadcast station's "off-time". Both systems showed promise, but the Federal Communications Commission denied them the permits to operate.<ref>FCC Squares Off to Face Subscription TV Dilemma", Broadcasting-Telecasting, November 15, 1954, p31-32</ref>

Telemeter, an experimental coin-operated pay-per-view service, had a trial run in Los Angeles in 1952 and Palm Springs, California from 1953 to 1954, featuring first-run movies and live sporting events, until a lawsuit from a local drive-in and other issues forced it to shut down. The service then set up an experimental run in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, Canada in 1959, free from American antitrust laws and outside of the FCC's juridiction. Programming initially consisted essentially of first-run movies and fictional series. In 1961, Telemeter signed deals with the Toronto Argonauts football team and the Toronto Maple Leafs to broadcast away games; wrestling was also featured. Some original programming, such as a 1962 Bob Newhart stand-up comedy special, thought to be the first filmed pay-per-view television special<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> were produced at Telemeter's Bloor Street studio and several Broadway shows and an opera performance were also broadcast. At its peak, 5,800 households were subscribed but the experiment was not a success and shut down operations on April 30, 1965 with only 2,500 subscribers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

One of the earliest pay-per-view systems on cable television, the Optical Systems-developed Channel 100, first began service in 1972 in San Diego, California through Mission Cable<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (which was later acquired by Cox Communications) and TheaterVisioN, which operated out of Sarasota, Florida. These early systems quickly went out of business, as the cable industry adopted satellite technology and as flat-rate pay television services such as Home Box Office (HBO) became popular.

While most pay-per-view services were delivered via cable, there were a few over-the-air pay TV stations that offered pay-per-view broadcasts in addition to regularly scheduled broadcasts of movies and other entertainment. These stations, which operated for a few years in Chicago, Los Angeles and some other cities, broadcast "scrambled" signals that required descrambler devices to convert the signal into standard broadcast format. These services were marketed as ON-TV.

Professional boxing during 1960sTemplate:Ndash1970s

The first home pay-per-view cable television broadcast was the Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson rematch in 1960, when 25,000 TelePrompTer subscribers mailed $2 to watch Patterson regain the heavyweight title.<ref name="brooks">Template:Cite book</ref> The third PattersonTemplate:NdashJohansson match in 1961 was later viewed by 100,000 paid cable subscribers.<ref name="lake">Template:Cite news</ref> Muhammad Ali had several fights on early pay-per-view home television, including Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones in 1963,<ref name="Traverse City Record-Eagle">Template:Cite news</ref> and Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay<ref name="broadcasting"/> which drew 250,000 buys on cable television in 1964.<ref name="Ezra83"/>

Professional boxing was largely introduced to pay-per-view cable television with the "Thrilla in Manila" fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in September 1975. The fight sold 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO.<ref name="Smith"/> There was also another major title fight aired on pay-per-view in 1980, when Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard. Cable companies offered the match for $10, and about 155,000 customers paid to watch the fight.<ref name="askmen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1980sTemplate:Ndash2000s

WWE chairman and chief executive officer Vince McMahon is considered by many as one of the icons of pay-per-view promotion. McMahon owns the domain name payperview.com, which redirects to the WWE Network website.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

With the rise of direct broadcast satellite services in the 1990s, this meant more services exclusively for DBS users appeared. DirecTV had Direct Ticket (which, in addition to movies and special events, also included PPV sports packages, most notably NFL Sunday Ticket), while Dish Network had Dish On Demand. PrimeStar, on the other hand, utilized pre-existing services like Viewer's Choice and Request TV (as it was owned by a number of major cable providers), though promotional material bannered all PPV services under the name of PrimeCinema.

HBO PPV (professional boxing)

In 2006, HBO generated 3.7 million pay-per-view buys with $177 million in gross sales. The only year with more buys previously, 1999, had a total of 4 million. The former record fell in 2007 when HBO sold 4.8 million PPV buys with $255 million in sales.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> BY 2014, HBO had generated 59.3 million buys and $3.1 billion in revenue since its 1991 debut with Evander Holyfield-George Foreman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1999 differed radically from 2006: 1999 saw four major fight cards: De La Hoya-Trinidad (1.4 million buys), Holyfield-Lewis I (1.2 million), Holyfield-Lewis II (850,000) and De La Hoya-Quartey (570,000). By contrast, only one pay-per-view mega-fight took place in 2006: De La Hoya-Mayorga (925,000 buys). Rahman-Maskaev bombed with under 50,000. The other eight PPV cards that year all fell in the 325,000–450,000 range.

In May 2007, the junior middleweight boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on HBO PPV became the biggest-selling non-heavyweight title fight, with a little more than 2.5 million buyers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The fight itself generated roughly Template:US$ in domestic PPV revenue, making it the most lucrative prizefight of that era. The record stood until 2015 before it was broken by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao in a fight dubbed as the "Fight of the Century" on May 2, 2015, which generated 4.6 million ppv buys and a revenue of over $400 million.<ref name="boxingscene2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The leading PPV attraction, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has generated approximately 24 million buys and $1.6 billion in revenue. Manny Pacquiao, ranked second, has generated approximately 20.1 million buys and $1.2 billion in revenue.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Oscar De La Hoya, has "sold" approximately 14 million units in total, giving $700 million in domestic television receipts and stands third. In fourth place in buys, Evander Holyfield has achieved 12.6 million units ($550 million); and at fifth, Mike Tyson has reached 12.4 million units ($545 million).<ref>Where Manny Pacquiao ranks among the biggest PPV boxing draws of all-time. Yahoo! Sports (April 8, 2014). Retrieved on 2016-06-25.</ref>

Ross Greenburg, then president of HBO Sports, called the expansion of pay-per-view "the biggest economic issue in boxing", stating "I can't tell you that pay-per-view helps the sport because it doesn't. It hurts the sport because it narrows our audience, but it's a fact of life. Every time we try to make an HBO World Championship Boxing fight, we're up against mythical pay-per-view numbers. HBO doesn't make a lot of money from pay-per-view. There's usually a cap on what we can make. But the promoters and fighters insist on pay-per-view because that's where their greatest profits lie."<ref name="The Boxing Scene">The Boxing Scene By Thomas Hauser</ref>

"It's a big problem," Greenburg continues. "It's getting harder and harder to put fighters like Manny Pacquiao on HBO World Championship Boxing. If Floyd Mayweather beats Oscar, he might never fight on HBO World Championship Boxing again. But if HBO stopped doing pay-per-view, the promoters would simply do it on their own [like Bob Arum did with Cotto-Malignaggi in June 2006] or find someone else who will do it for them."<ref name="The Boxing Scene"/>

Former HBO Sports President Seth Abraham concurs, saying, "I think, if Lou (DiBella) and I were still at HBO, we'd be in the same pickle as far as the exodus of fights to pay-per-view is concerned."<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion, was a relative newcomer to the PPV market. However, the promotion experienced a surge in popularity in the mid-2000s, credited initially to the popularity of an associated reality show on the cable channel Spike, The Ultimate Fighter. UFC 52—the first UFC event since its premiere, broke the promotion's record with almost 300,000 buys (in comparison to 250,000 for UFC 5).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> PPV numbers escalated further in 2006, with its events taking in a gross revenue of $222 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In October 2016, it was reported that 42% of the UFC's "content revenue" in 2015 came from pay-per-view buys, followed by U.S. and international media rights.

In 2018, UFC 229 would pull an all-time record for the promotion, with estimates indicating that the event attracted nearly 2.4 million buys, breaking the 1.65 million buy record set by UFC 202.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2019, as part of a larger contract with ESPN for media rights in the United States, it was announced that future UFC pay-per-views will only be sold to subscribers of the network's streaming service ESPN+.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling has a long history of running pay-per-view events. WWE (then WWF) launched its first pay-per-view event in 1985 with its annual flagship event WrestleMania and has run numerous others throughout the years. Although it still offers its events via traditional PPV outlets, they have also been included at no additional charge as part of a larger, subscription-based streaming service known as WWE Network. The service also includes original programming (such as documentary-style series and other wrestling programs) and an on-demand archive of events and television episodes from WWE's library. Following WrestleMania 34, the service had 2.12 million subscribers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Since the beginning of 2022, WWE has used the term "Premium Live Events" instead of pay-per-view to promote their availability via subscription platforms such as WWE Network and other streaming services (such as Peacock), although they still remain available via traditional PPV.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other major organizations such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and All Elite Wrestling have also run pay-per-view events.

Concerts

In 1999, Woodstock 1999 was broadcast via PPV from Rome, New York for people who wanted to attend but could not. The cameras were a cause of the downfall of the event.

In 2015, PPV broadcasts of the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead tour set a record for buys for a music event, with over 400,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

United Kingdom and Ireland

Viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland can access pay-per-view via satellite, cable and over-the-internet television services, mainly for films, boxing, mixed martial arts and American professional wrestling via services such as Sky Box Office and TNT Sports Box Office. Recent years has seen the number of pay-per-view boxing events significantly increase and currently all of the UK's top fights are only available via pay-per-view. Broadcasters (most notably PremPlus) have abandoned their aspirations to introduce PPV into other sports markets following poor interest from the public.

In October 2020 during the 2020-21 season, the Premier League experimented with PPV telecasts of football matches not selected for broadcasts by its main rightsholders (which are usually blacked out 3:00 p.m. kickoffs, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, which prevented any attendance of the matches). However, the matches proved unpopular, with team supporters' groups urging fans to make donations to charity instead, and the Premier League announcing that it would allocate the extra matches among its existing rightsholders (TNT and Sky, as well as Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport, with some on free-to-air TV) through at least the end of 2020, as it had done during the conclusion of the previous season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Canada

In Canada, most specialty television providers provide pay-per-view programming through one or more services. In all cases, prices typically range from around C$4.99 (for movies) up to $50 or more for special events.

Initially, there were three major PPV providers in Canada; Viewers Choice operated in Eastern Canada as a joint venture of Astral Media, Rogers Communications, and TSN. Western International Communications operated a separate service in the west initially known as Home Theatre; it was later rebranded as Viewers Choice under license.

Viewers Choice Canada was a partner in a French-language PPV service known as Canal Indigo, which is now entirely owned by Videotron. Bell Canada launched a PPV service for its ExpressVu television provider known as Vu! in 1999.

Home Theatre was later acquired by Shaw Communications; after gaining permission to operate nationally, it re-branded as a white-label PPV known internally as Shaw PPV in December 2007. In 2014, due to Bell Media's majority ownership of Viewers Choice because of its acquisition of Astral, and because both Bell and Rogers now ran their own in-house PPV operations (Vu! and Sportsnet PPV), Viewers Choice was shut down.<ref name="multinews-vcc-shutdown">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Mainland Europe

In Romania, cable communications operator UPC Romania has notified the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) on the intention to introduce in January, February 2014 at the latest, an on-demand audiovisual media service called Agerpres. According to the manager of UPC Romania-owned Smaranda Radoi UPC, will allow customers to watch movies on demand or live events; as well as broadcasts of performances, concerts and sporting events.

In November 2008, pay-per-view made its debut in Albania through Digitalb on terrestrial and satellite television, with the channel DigiGold.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In France, launched in the late 1990s, Canalsat (Ciné+) and TPS (Multivision) operate their own pay-per-view service. While CanalSat holds the rights to live soccer matches for France's Ligue 1, TPS had the rights for Boxe matches. In 2007, Multivision service ceased by the end of TPS service which merged with Canalsat. Nowadays, Ciné+ is the only existing pay-per-view service in France.

In Croatia, Fight Channel is broadcasting martial arts events organized by the world's most prominent fighting organizations, such as the UFC, K-1, HBO Boxing, Dream, Glory WS, World Series of Boxing etc. and its pay-per-view service covers the Balkans region.

Sky Deutschland, accessible in Germany, Austria and partially in Switzerland, provided nine PPV-Channels called "Sky Select", where their regular Pay-TV customers can see movies or various sports events such as boxing or soccer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 1 October 2020, only sport and wrestling events remained on PPV as movies were changed towards a streaming service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

South America

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Per nations with Pay-Per-View or PPV system in South América:

In Argentina, Torneos y Competencias is a producer and sports events organization that are broadcasts live main matches of Argentine Soccer in four categories on TyC Sports, TyC Max (six channels), TyC Sports 2, TyC Sports 4 and TyC Sports 5.

In Brazil, in the soccer main matches of Serie A (Six games per matchday) and Serie B (Four games per matchday) in two categories of Brazilian Soccer are broadcast live on Premiere FC and SporTV. The Serie C Championship are broadcast live on SporTV with two games per matchday in Pay TV. In other sports are broadcast live on NBB TV (Exclusive channel of Brazilian Basketball League in Premium system).

In Chile, the exclusive rights of Chilean Soccer are owned by TV Fútbol and broadcast live on a channel called Canal Del Fútbol (The Soccer Channel), also known CDF. Sports Field S.A. has exclusive rights to games on the Chilean professional basketball league, which are broadcast live vía CDO (Premium Signal).

In Paraguay, the Teledeportes producer business have exclusive rights to broadcast live main matches of Paraguayan Soccer in four categories vía Tigo Max and Tigo Sports. Teledeportes have live broadcast of Paraguayan Basketball League broadcast Tuesday at 9:00 pm on Tigo Sports (K.O 21:15) and Wednesday at 8:55 pm on Tigo Max (K.O 21:10).

In Uruguay, the Tenfield producer business and sports events organization have television exclusive rights for the Uruguayan soccer and basketball club championships, which are broadcast on VTV and VTV Plus.

Australia and the Pacific Islands

Foxtel and Optus Vision introduced pay-per-view direct to home television in Australia in the mid-to-late 1990s. Foxtel had Event TV (until it transformed into its current form; Main Event) while, Optus Vision had Main Attraction Pay-Per-View as its provider. As of 2005, Main Event is the current pay-per-view provider through Foxtel and Optus cable/satellite subscription.

Sky Pacific started a service in Fiji in 2005 and then expanded into American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati (East), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, with one, out of their 25 channels, being Pay-Per-View.<ref>Sky Pacific 'About Us' Page [2] Template:Webarchive Retrieved 10th June 2015.</ref>

Asia

In Malaysia, Astro's Astro Box Office service launched in 2000 in the form of the free-to-air "Astro Showcase".

In Japan, SkyPerfecTV subscribers can receive one-click pay-per-view access to hundreds of channels supplying domestic and international sporting events (including WWE events), movies, and specialty programming, either live or later on continuous repeat on its channel.

In India a pay-per-view service operates; however, pay-per-view sports broadcasts are available. Now also live events like WWE.Template:Citation needed

List of largest pay-per-view markets

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3	Template:Flag	$1,130,000,000
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List of pay-per-view bouts

Boxing

Worldwide

The following is a list of boxing fights that have generated over 1Template:Nbspmillion pay-per-view buys worldwide. These figures include closed-circuit theatre television (CCTV), pay-per-view home television (PPV), and pay-per-view online streaming (is teofista.vhx.tv series 44).

Date	Fight	Network(s)	Sales	Revenue Template:Small	Revenue Template:Small
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier	Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="Frazier"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$<ref name="Ryan"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman	Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="The Morning Herald"/>	$100,000,000<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III	Closed-circuit theatre TV HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="ali-frazier-3">Template:Cite journal</ref>{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst	$B= Template:Fix }}	$100,000,000	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III	Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="Danville"/>	Template:US$<ref name="Enquirer"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán	Closed-circuit theatre TV HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Lauderdale"/><ref name="askmen"/>	$30,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney	Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="badlefthook"/>	$20,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard	Closed-circuit theatre TV HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$60,000,000<ref name="badintentions270">Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks	Closed-circuit theatre TV HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="spinks"/><ref name="Orlando Sentinel"/>	$70,000,000<ref name="badintentions270"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>	$75,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Forbes">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery"/>	Template:US$<ref name="sportsbreak">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="nevada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II	Showtime Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery"/><ref name="Forrester"/>	$98,000,000<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />	Template:US$<ref name="Montgomery"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery"/>	Template:US$<ref name="Montgomery"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II	Showtime Sky Box Office Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/><ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="Asher"/>	$180,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson	HBO Showtime Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/><ref name="lewis-tyson"/>	$112,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.	HBO Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" /><ref name="oscar-floyd"/>	$165,000,000<ref name="mirror">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton	HBO Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="hatton">Template:Cite news</ref>	$134,000,000<ref name="hatton"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>	$100,000,000<ref name="mirror"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton	HBO Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-hatton-us"/><ref name="pac-hatton-uk"/>	$80,200,000Template:Efn	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-cotto"/>	Template:US$<ref name="Pacquiao-Cotto PPV">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="nevada"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Margarito"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-mosley"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="may-ortiz"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="nevada"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-marquez-3"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="nevada"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="may-cotto"/>	$94,000,000<ref name="sportsbreak"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="MarquezPacquiaoPrice"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Top 12 Pacquia"/>	$150,000,000<ref name="boxingscene2015"/>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao	HBO Showtime Sky Box Office Closed-circuit theatre TV	Template:Nts<ref name="boxingscene"/><ref name="businessinsider"/><ref name="espn"/>	$500,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$500,000,000
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko	Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="WBN"/>	Template:US$<ref name="joe.co.uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor	Showtime Sky Box Office	5,174,000	$500,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$500,000,000
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="canelo-ggg" />	$100,000,000<ref name="canelo-ggg" />	$100,000,000
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker	Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="Joshua-Parker"/><ref name="WBN"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="yahoo-joshua">Template:Cite news</ref>	$60,000,000
Template:Dts	KSI vs. Logan Paul	YouTube	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>	Template:US$<ref name="wkqx">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="canelo-ggg II"/>	$117,000,000<ref name="canelo-ggg II"/>	$117,000,000
Sept 22, 2018	Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin	Sky Box Office	1,247,000<ref name="Alexander Povetkin"/><ref name="WBN"/>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name="yahoo-joshua"/>	$53,000,000
November 9, 2019	KSI vs. Logan Paul II	Sky Box Office DAZN	2,000,000<ref name="youtube.com">Template:Citation</ref>
Template:Dts	Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II	Sky Box Office	Template:Nts<ref name="Ruiz-Joshua-II"/>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II	ESPN Fox Sports	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	$112,900,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Triller	Template:Nts<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>	$80,000,000<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>	$80,000,000<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>
June 6, 2021	Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Logan Paul	Showtime	1,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Small
Template:Dts	Joe Louis vs. Lee Savold	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	$100,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randolph Turpin II	Template:Nts<ref name="billboard">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	${{#expr:100,000*2}}<ref name="billboard"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:40,000*4.8}}<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$1,125,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:500,000*3.5}}<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio II	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$2,000,000<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Roy Harris	Template:Nts<ref name="Levy78">Template:Cite book</ref>	$763,437<ref name="Levy78"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson	Template:Nts<ref name="Redlands">Template:Cite news</ref>	$1,032,000<ref name="Redlands"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$3,000,000<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III	Template:Nts<ref name="times-record">Template:Cite news</ref>	$2,500,000<ref name="times-record"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$3,200,000<ref name="Frazier">Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$500,000<ref name="Traverse City Record-Eagle"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II	Template:Nts<ref name="Frazier"/>	$4,747,690<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay	Template:Nts<ref name="Ezra82">Template:Cite book</ref>	$5,000,000<ref name="Ezra82"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$800,000<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II	Template:Nts<ref name="mee">Template:Cite book</ref>	$4,300,000<ref name="Ezra"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$4,000,000<ref name="Ezra"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams	Template:Nts<ref name="Ezra114">Template:Cite book</ref>	${{#expr:500,000*7.5}}<ref name="Ezra114"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell	Template:Nts<ref name="Philadelphia">Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:800,000*5}}<ref name="Philadelphia"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	$3,500,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier	Template:Nts<ref name="Frazier"/>	${{#expr:30,000,000+15,000,000}}<ref name="Ryan">Template:Cite book</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	${{#expr:3,000,000*20}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	${{#expr:3,000,000*20}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III	Template:Nts<ref name="Danville">Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:1,500,000*20}}<ref name="Enquirer">Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán	Template:Nts<ref name="Lauderdale">Template:Cite news</ref>	$22,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney	Template:Nts<ref name="badlefthook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	$20,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns	Template:Nts<ref name="hagler">Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:700,000*15}}<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$40,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks	Template:Nts<ref name="spinks">Template:Cite news</ref>	$32,000,000<ref name="spinks"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II	Template:Nts<ref name="Asher">Template:Cite news</ref>	$9,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Template:Nts<ref name="oscar-floyd">Template:Cite news</ref>	${{#expr:50,000*55}}<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao	Template:Nts<ref name="espn"/>	${{#expr:6,900,000+19,000,000}}<ref name="espn">Template:Cite news</ref>	$Template:Inflation

United States (PPV home television)

Select PPV boxing buy-rates between 1960 and 2023:

Date	Fight	Result	Carrier	Buy rate
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II	Patterson wins by KO in round 5	TelePrompTer	Template:Nts<ref name="brooks"/>
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III	Patterson wins by KO in round 6	TelePrompTer	Template:Nts<ref name="lake"/>
Template:Dts	Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston	Liston wins by KO in round 1	TelePrompTer	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Dts	Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay	Ali wins by RTD in round 6	WHCT<ref name="broadcasting">Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:Nts<ref name="Ezra83">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III	Ali wins by TKO in round 14	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Smith">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán	Durán wins by UD (145–144, 148–147, 146–144)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="askmen"/>
Template:Dts	Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns	Leonard wins by TKO in round 14	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns	Hagler wins by TKO in round 3	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="hagler"/>
Template:Dts	Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard	Leonard wins by SD (118–110, 113–115, 115–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks	Tyson wins by KO in round 1	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Orlando Sentinel">Douglas-Holyfield Draws Record Pay-per-view Fans, Orlando Sentinel article, 1990-10-12, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
Template:Dts	Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard	Leonard wins by TKO in round 9	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Jet Magazine">Sugar Ray-Lalonde Bout is Richest Pay-TV Event, Jet Magazine article, 1988-11-27, Retrieved on 2020-02-22</ref>
Template:Dts	Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield	Holyfield wins by KO in round 3	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Orlando Sentinel"/>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock	Tyson wins by TKO in round 7	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman	Holyfield wins by UD (116–111, 117–110, 115–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II	Tyson wins by UD (113–109, 114–108, 114–108)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Forbes"/>
Template:Dts	Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison	Mercer wins by KO in round 5	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Low Numbers For Tyson-Botha, Boxing Insider article, 2013-01-22, Retrieved on 2013-08-06</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes	Holyfield wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Pay-per-view Sales High For Holyfield-Bowe, Philadelphia Daily News article, 1992-11-13, Retrieved on 2013-11-16</ref>
Template:Dts	Julio César Chávez vs. Héctor Camacho	Chavez wins by UD (110–119, 111–117, 107–120)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe	Bowe wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 115–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>[3], Box Rec, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
Template:Dts	George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison	Morrison wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 118–108)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="foreman-morrison">Black (Box) Art of Steal-Per-View, N.Y. Times article, 1995-04-21, Retrieved on 2013-10-15</ref>
Template:Dts	Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez	Majority draw (115–113, 115–115, 115–115)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="whitaker-chavez">View from Pay-Per-View, N.Y. Times article, 1993-09-10, Retrieved on 2020-04-15</ref>
Template:Dts	Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II	Holyfield wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>[4], Box Rec, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
Template:Dts	James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Jones Jr. wins by UD (119–108, 118–109, 117–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas	De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 2	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley	Tyson wins by DQ in round 1	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III	Bowe wins by TKO in round 8	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II	Tyson wins by TKO in round 3	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery"/>
Template:Dts	Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson	Tyson wins by TKO in round 1	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield	Holyfield wins by TKO in round 11	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Montgomery"/>
Template:Dts	Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya	De La Hoya wins by UD (115–111, 116–110, 116–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History">Pay-Per-View History Template:Webarchive at about.com</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II	Holyfield wins by DQ in round 3	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho	De La Hoya wins by UD (120–106, 120–105, 118–108)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History" />
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota	Lewis wins by KO in round 1	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II	Holyfield wins by RTD in round 8	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha	Tyson wins by KO in round 5	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Low Numbers For Tyson-Botha, N.Y. Times article, 1999-01-20, Retrieved on 2013-08-05</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis	Split draw (116–113, 113–115, 115–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad	Trinidad wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II	Lewis wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 115–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant	Lewis wins by KO in round 2	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley	Mosley wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History" />
Template:Dts	Roy Jones Jr. vs. Eric Harding	Jones Jr. wins by RTD in round 10	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>[5], Cyber Boxing Zone article, 2000-09-17, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota	Tyson wins by TKO in round 3 (later changed to an NC)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Rarely A Pay-per-view Draw, Lewis Seeks Smashing Win, Philadelphia Inquirer article, 2000-11-11, Retrieved on 2013-08-11</ref>
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua	Lewis wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 117–111)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="420,000BUYERS" >Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II	Ruiz wins by UD (116–110, 115–111, 114–111)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="525,000Buys" >Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera	Barrera wins by UD (116–111, 115–112, 115–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Laila Ali vs. Jacqui Frazier-Lyde	Ali wins by MD (73–79, 75–77, 76–76)	Template:?	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II	Lewis wins by KO in round 4	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson	Lewis wins by KO in round 8	HBO/Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas	De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 11	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History" />
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne	Tyson wins by KO in round 1	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="525,000Buys"/>
Template:Dts	John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Jones Jr. wins by UD (118–110, 117–111, 116–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="525,000Buys" />
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II	Mosley wins by UD (113–115, 113–115, 113–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History" />
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. James Toney	Toney wins by TKO in round 9	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Jones Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Roy Jones Jr. Says He's the Draw, But it He?, FightHype.com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
Template:Dts	Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II	Tarver wins by KO in round 2	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Tarver v Jones II PPV did 360,000 buys, SecondsOut.Com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
Template:Dts	Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya	Hopkins wins by KO in round 9	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="About.com History" />
Template:Dts	Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams	Klitschko wins by TKO in round 8	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>TAKING A DIVE Boxing ratings drop HBO to the canvas, N.Y.DailyNews.com article, 2004-12-19, Retrieved on 2014-04-10</ref>
Template:Dts	Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao	Morales wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene326>Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 04/05, BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2015-03-26</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Kevin McBride	McBride wins by TKO in round 7	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Tyson-McBride 250,000 PPV Buys, BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
Template:Dts	Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Mayweather Jr. wins by RTD in round 6	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene326/>
Template:Dts	Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III	Tarver wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II	Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 10	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene41>Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 2006, BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2015-04-01</ref>
Template:Dts	Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas	Mosley wins by TKO in round 10	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Mosley-Vargas">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 119–109)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene41/>
Template:Dts	Ricardo Mayorga vs. Oscar De La Hoya	De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 6	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios	Pacquiao wins by UD (117–110, 118–108, 120–106)	Top Rank	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas II	Mosley wins by TKO in round 6	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Mosley-Vargas"/>
Template:Dts	Hasim Rahman vs. Oleg Maskaev II	Maskaev wins by TKO in round 12	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 118–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene41/>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales III	Pacquiao wins by KO in round 3	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene41/>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solís	Pacquiao wins by KO in round 8	Top Rank	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Mayweather Jr. wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II	Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 115–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name=boxingscene49>Rold, Cliff (2015-04-09). "Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 2007". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-04-09.</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton	Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Félix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Jones Jr. wins by UD (116–110, 117–109, 116–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="HBO releases official PPV numbers">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor II	Pavlik wins by UD (115–113, 117–111, 116–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="HBO releases official PPV numbers"/>
Template:Dts	Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II	Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 114–113, 112–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	David Díaz vs. Manny Pacquiao	Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 9	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>"Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight – 08-09". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-04-16.</ref>
Template:Dts	Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito	Margarito wins by TKO in round 11	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="badlefthook.com">"HBO releases official PPV numbers: 1.25 million". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 2016-04-16.</ref>
Template:Dts	Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Calzaghe wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 118–109)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="badlefthook.com"/>
Template:Dts	Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao	Pacquiao wins by RTD in round 8	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton	Pacquiao wins by KO in round 2	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-hatton-us">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 119–108, 118–109)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million"/>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto	Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 12	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-cotto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey	Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 119–109, 120–108)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II	Hopkins win by UD (118–109, 117–110, 117–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 119–109)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito	Pacquiao wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 119–109)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="Margarito">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley	Pacquiao wins by UD (119–108, 120–108, 120–107)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-mosley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz	Mayweather Jr. wins by KO in round 4	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="may-ortiz">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III	Pacquiao wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 116–112)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="pac-marquez-3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II	Cotto wins by RTD in round 9	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 118–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="may-cotto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley	Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez	Martínez wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV	Márquez wins by KO in round 6	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="MarquezPacquiaoPrice" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 117–111)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Satterfield, Lem (2013-05-10). "Mayweather-Guerrero: Over a million PPV buys" Template:Webarchive. The Ring. Retrieved 2015-04-30.</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez	Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Top 12 Pacquia">Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez PPV sales at 2.2 million, setting revenue record, Yahoo Sports, October 2, 2013.</ref>
Template:Dts	Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez	Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 116–112, 113–115)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Top Rank president Todd duBoef says Bradley-Marquez pay-per-view did 375,000 sales, Yahoo Sports, November 4, 2013.</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Ríos	Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 120–108, 118–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo	Álvarez wins by TKO in Round 10	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II	Pacquiao wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana	Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (114–114, 117–111, 116–112)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name=yahoosports2014918>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Sergio Martínez vs. Miguel Cotto	Cotto wins by RTD in round 10	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Erislandy Lara	Álvarez wins by SD (115–113, 117–111, 113–115)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–111, 116–111, 115–112)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name=yahoosports2014918/>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri	Pacquiao wins by UD (119–103, 119–103, 120–102)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)	HBO/Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="boxingscene">Idec, Keith (2015-11-10). "HBO's Taffet Still Stunned By 4.6M Buys For May-Pac". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2017-06-29.</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto	Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 117–111)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux	Golovkin wins by TKO in round 8	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Thompson, Ben (2015-10-20). "Golovkin vs. Lemieux does roughly 150,000 PPV buys" fighthype.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.</ref>
Template:Dts	Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez	Álvarez wins by UD (117–111, 119–109, 118–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Rafael, Dan (2015-12-03). "Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto pay-per-view approximately $58M in revenue". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-16.</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III	Pacquiao wins by UD (116–110, 116–110, 116–110)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. III PPV numbers 'terrible', says Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. Espn.go.com (April 21, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-06-25.</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan	Álvarez wins by KO in round 6	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Rafael, Dan (May 14, 2016). "Canelo Alvarez, Amir Khan fight sells close to 600,000 pay-per-view buys, Golden Boy Promotions says". ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.</ref>
Template:Dts	Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol	Crawford wins by UD (118–107, 118–107, 117–108)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Arum says he lost about $100k on Crawford-Postol PPV. Espn.go.com (September 3, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-09-10.</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Liam Smith	Álvarez wins by TKO in round 9	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas	Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 114–113)	Top Rank	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward	Ward wins by UD (114–113, 114–113, 114–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs	Golovkin wins by UD (115–112, 115–112, 114–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.	Álvarez wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 120–108)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev II	Ward wins by TKO in round 8	HBO	Template:Nts<ref>Idec, Keith (June 28, 2017). "Ward-Kovalev Rematch Replay Peaked at 947K Viewers on HBO". BoxingScene. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor	Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin	Split draw (118–110, 115–113, 114–114)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="canelo-ggg">Idec, Keith (September 27, 2017). "Report: Canelo-Golovkin Fight Produced 1.3 Million PPV Buys". BoxingScene. Retrieved September 27, 2017.</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II	Álvarez wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 115–113)	HBO	Template:Nts<ref name="canelo-ggg II">Rafael, Dan (September 25, 2018). "Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch sold 1.1 million PPV buys". ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury	Split draw (115–111, 113–113, 112–114)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner	Pacquiao wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia	Spence Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 120–108, 120–108)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>Porter Talks Spence, Cleveland Browns During Fox NFL Segment - Boxing News</ref>
Template:Dts	Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan	Crawford wins by TKO in round 6	ESPN	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman	Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 115–112, 113–114)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter	Spence wins by SD (116–111, 116–111, 112–115)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	KSI vs. Logan Paul II	KSI wins by SD (56–55, 57–54, 55–56)	DAZN	Template:Nts<ref name="youtube.com"/>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II	Wilder wins by KO in round 7	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II	Fury wins by TKO in round 7	ESPN/Fox	Template:Nts <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Charlo Doubleheader VIII	Charlo wins by UD (116–112, 118–110, 117–111)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Mike Coppinger">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz	Davis wins by KO in round 6	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref name="Hans Themistode">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.	Split draw (76–76, 79–73, 76–80)	Triller	Template:Nts<ref name="Tyson-Jones">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia	Spence wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref name="Spence-Danny Garcia">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Chris Arreola vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.	Ruiz wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul	Exhibition fight, no winner declared	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Mario Barrios vs. Gervonta Davis	Davis wins by TKO in round 11	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugás	Ugas wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 115–113)	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley	Paul wins by SD (78–74, 77–75, 75–77)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III	Fury wins by KO in round 11	ESPN/Fox	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant	Álvarez wins by TKO in round 11	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter	Crawford wins by TKO in round 10	ESPN	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz	Davis wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 116–112)	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol	Bivol wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)	DAZN	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero	Davis wins by TKO in round 6	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
Template:Dts	Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III	Álvarez wins by UD (116–112, 115–113, 115–113)	DAZN	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius	Wilder wins by KO in round 1	Fox	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia	Davis wins by TKO in round 7	Showtime/DAZN	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko	Haney wins by UD (115–113, 116–112, 115–113)	ESPN	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford	Crawford wins by TKO in round 9	Showtime	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

United Kingdom

<section begin="UK PPV" /> Select boxing pay-per-view figures (mainly from Sky Box Office) since 1966. Many of these figures are based on BARB weekly viewing data figures.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Legend

Date	Fight	Network	Buys	Source(s)
Template:Dts	Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II	Pay TV	40,000	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II	Sky Box Office	660,000	<ref name="Forrester">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	Naseem Hamed vs. Remigio Molina	Sky Box Office	420,000	<ref name="Forrester"/><ref name="Boyle">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson	Sky Box Office	720,000	<ref name="Forrester"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Naseem Hamed vs. Billy Hardy	Sky Box Office	{{#expr:5,800,000*(6/100)}}	<ref name="Forrester"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II	Sky Box Office	550,000	<ref name="telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Template:Dts	Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis	Sky Box Office	400,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis	Sky Box Office	500,000	<ref name="telegraph"/>
Template:Dts	Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez	Sky Box Office	300,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson	Sky Box Office	750,000	<ref name="lewis-tyson">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton	Sky Box Office	1,150,000	<ref name="Welch">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Breidis Prescott	Sky Box Office	250,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Oisin Fagan	Sky Box Office
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera	Sky Box Office
Template:Dts	Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton	Sky Box Office	900,000	<ref name="pac-hatton-uk">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik	Sky Box Office	100,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye	Sky Box Office	469,000	<ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Dmitry Salita	Sky Box Office
Template:Dts	David Haye vs. John Ruiz	Sky Box Office	253,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler	Primetime	50,000	<ref name="boxingnews24">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings	Sky Box Office	{{#expr:10,000+5,000}}	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	David Haye vs. Audley Harrison	Sky Box Office	304,000	<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana	Sky Box Office	{{#expr:92,000+72,000}}	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey	Primetime	{{#expr:4*50,000}}	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="boxingnews24"/>
Template:Dts	George Groves vs. James DeGale	Sky Box Office	43,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye	Sky Box Office	1,197,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II	Sky Box Office	32,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Carl Froch vs. George Groves	Sky Box Office	{{#expr:39,000+8,000}}	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Carl Froch vs. George Groves II	Sky Box Office	355,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Tony Bellew vs. Nathan Cleverly II	Sky Box Office	131,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao	Sky Box Office	942,000	<ref name="businessinsider">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin	Sky Box Office	139,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury	Sky Box Office	655,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte	Sky Box Office	699,000	<ref name="boxingnewsandviews">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg	Sky Box Office	220,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua	Sky Box Office	1,368,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale	Sky Box Office	617,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook	Sky Box Office	752,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina	Sky Box Office	764,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Renold Quinlan	ITV Box Office	86,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	David Haye vs. Tony Bellew	Sky Box Office	1,515,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko	Sky Box Office	1,631,000	<ref name="joe.co.uk"/><ref>"Sky Box Office Events: buyrates between April, 24 and April 30, 2017"</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WBN">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr	Sky Box Office	405,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor	Sky Box Office	1,007,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam	Sky Box Office	1,009,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker	Sky Box Office	1,832,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Tony Bellew vs. David Haye II	Sky Box Office	1,048,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker	Sky Box Office	571,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin	Sky Box Office	1,247,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew	Sky Box Office	819,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury	BT Sport Box Office	450,000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	Dillian Whyte vs. Derek Chisora II	Sky Box Office	532,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.	Sky Box Office	652,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Dillian Whyte vs. Óscar Rivas	Sky Box Office	368,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell	Sky Box Office	205,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor	Sky Box Office	176,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	KSI vs. Logan Paul II	Sky Box Office	216,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II	Sky Box Office	1,575,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
Template:Dts	Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin	Sky Box Office	337,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Oleksandr Usyk vs. Derek Chisora	Sky Box Office	1,059,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev	Sky Box Office	948,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II	Sky Box Office	197,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Derek Chisora vs. Joseph Parker	Sky Box Office	145,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk	Sky Box Office	1,232,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III	BT Sport Box Office	300,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
19 February 2022	Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook	Sky Box Office	600,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
20 August 2022	Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II	Sky Box Office	1,249,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
3 December 2022	Tyson Fury vs. Derek Chisora III	BT Sport Box Office	500,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
21 January 2023	Chris Eubank Jr vs. Liam Smith	Sky Box Office	200,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Dts. It sold at least Template:Nowrap buys on closed-circuit theatre TV.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At a ticket price of $10,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the fight grossed at least Template:US$ (inflation-adjusted Template:US$) or more from closed-circuit theatre TV revenue in the United States.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

The highest buy rates for the UFC Template:As of are as follows.<ref name="Business Insider" />

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 ESPN+.

Date	Event	Headline	Buy rate	Revenue (Template:Estimation)
Template:Dts	UFC 229	Khabib vs. McGregor	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="mmajunkie">Template:Cite news</ref>
Jul 10, 2021	UFC 264	Poirier vs. McGregor 3	1,800,000
Template:Dts	UFC 202	Diaz vs. McGregor 2	1,650,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 257	Poirier vs. McGregor 2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 100	Lesnar vs. Mir	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	$82 million
Jan 18, 2020	UFC 246	McGregor vs Cowboy	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 196	McGregor vs. Diaz	1,317,000<ref name="Talksport" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
Template:Dts	UFC 251	Usman vs. Masvidal	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:US$<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 205	Alvarez vs. McGregor	1,300,000<ref name="Talksport" />	Template:US$<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="mmajunkie"/>
Template:Dts	UFC 200	Tate vs. Nunes	1,200,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 194	Aldo vs. McGregor	1,200,000<ref name="Talksport" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
Template:Dts	UFC 116	Lesnar vs. Carwin	1,160,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	$55 million
Template:Dts	UFC 193	Rousey vs. Holm	1,100,000	$60 million
Template:Dts	UFC 207	Nunes vs. Rousey	1,100,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 66	Liddell vs. Ortiz 2	1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	$53 million
Template:Dts	UFC 114	Rampage vs. Evans	1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 121	Lesnar vs. Velasquez	1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	$45 million
Template:Dts	UFC 168	Weidman vs. Silva II	1,025,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	UFC 91	Couture vs. Lesnar	1,010,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	$47 million
Template:Dts	UFC 92	Evans vs. Griffin	1,000,000<ref name="Business Insider" />	Template:US$<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
Template:Dts	UFC 158	St-Pierre vs. Diaz	950,000<ref name="Business Insider" />
Template:Dts	UFC 148	Silva vs. Sonnen II	925,000
Template:Dts	UFC 94	St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	920,000
Template:Dts	UFC 190	Rousey vs. Correia	900,000
Template:Dts	UFC 217	Bisping vs. St-Pierre	875,000
Template:Dts	UFC 214	Cormier vs. Jones 2	860,000
Template:Dts	UFC 101	Declaration	850,000
Template:Dts	UFC 189	Mendes vs. McGregor	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 259	Błachowicz vs. Adesanya	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 129	St-Pierre vs. Shields	800,000
Template:Dts	UFC 182	Jones vs. Cormier	800,000
Template:Dts	UFC 124	St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2	785,000
Template:Dts	UFC 111	St-Pierre vs. Hardy	770,000
Template:Dts	UFC 141	Lesnar vs. Overeem	750,000
Template:Dts	UFC 126	Silva vs. Belfort	725,000
Template:Dts	UFC 268	Usman vs. Covington 2	700,000
Template:Dts	UFC 79	Nemesis	700,000
Template:Dts	UFC 145	Jones vs. Evans	700,000
Template:Dts	UFC 154	St. Pierre vs. Condit	700,000
Template:Dts	UFC 232	Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	700,000
Template:Dts	UFC 261	Usman vs. Masvidal 2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 249	Ferguson vs. Gaethje	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 253	Adesanya vs. Costa	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 254	Khabib vs. Gaethje	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Dts	UFC 71	Liddell vs. Jackson	675,000

Professional wrestling (United States)

WrestleMania I in March 1985 sold over 1Template:Nbspmillion 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

PPV home television

The highest buy rates for professional wrestling events on pay-per-view home television Template:As of are as follows.<ref name="wwe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

No.	Date	Event	Buy rate
1	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 23	1,250,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XXVIII	1,219,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com"/>
3	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XXVII	1,124,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com"/>
4	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 29	1,104,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com"/>
5	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 21	1,090,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com"/>
6	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XXIV	1,041,000<ref name="wrestlenomics.com"/>
7	Template:Dts	WrestleMania X-Seven	1,040,000
8	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XX	1,020,000
9	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 22	975,000
10	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 25	960,000
11	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XXVI	885,000
12	Template:Dts	WrestleMania X8	880,000
13	Template:Dts	WrestleMania 2000	824,000
14	Template:Dts	WrestleMania XV	800,000
15	Template:Dts	WWF Invasion	770,000
16	Template:Dts	WrestleMania V	767,000

List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales

This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales, with at least 10Template:Nbspmillion buys. It includes sportsmen who have participated in boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling.

Sportsman	Total sales (Template:Estimation)	Closed-circuit theatre TV	PPV home television	Years	Sport(s)
Muhammad Ali	Template:Nts	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1963Template:Ndash1985	Professional boxing
					Mixed martial arts
					Professional wrestling
Joe Frazier	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="ali-frazier-3"/>	Template:Nts<ref name="Smith"/>	1965Template:Ndash1981	Professional boxing
George Foreman	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="The Morning Herald"/>	Template:Nts<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/><ref name="foreman-morrison"/>	1974Template:Ndash1993
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="oscar-floyd"/><ref name="espn"/>	Template:Nts<ref name="mayweather-mcgregor">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn	2005Template:Ndash2017	Professional boxing
					Professional wrestling
Manny Pacquiao	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="espn"/>	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	2005Template:Ndash2019	Professional boxing
Mike Tyson	Template:Nts	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1988Template:Ndash2020	Professional boxing
					Professional wrestling
Triple H	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1994Template:Ndash2019	Professional wrestling
Conor McGregor	Template:Nts	rowspan="2" Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	2015Template:Ndash2021	Mixed martial arts
		Professional boxing
John Cena	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	2002Template:Ndash2021	Professional wrestling
The Rock	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1998Template:Ndash2013
The Undertaker	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1990Template:Ndash2020
Oscar De La Hoya	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="oscar-floyd"/>	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1995Template:Ndash2008	Professional boxing
Anthony Joshua	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	2015Template:Ndash2021	Professional boxing
Brock Lesnar	Template:Nts	rowspan="2" Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	2002Template:Ndash2020	Professional wrestling
		Mixed martial arts
Evander Holyfield	Template:Nts	Template:Nts<ref name="Asher"/>	Template:Nts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	1984Template:Ndash2003	Professional boxing
Canelo Álvarez	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:Nts	2013Template:Ndash2023	Professional Boxing
Shawn Michaels	Template:Nts	Template:N/a	Template:NtsTemplate:Efn	1988Template:Ndash2018	Professional wrestling

See also

• Bel Air Circuit
• Conditional access
• DAZN
• List of AEW pay-per-view events
• 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

External links

• Capsule history at sports 2/etv/P/htmlP/payperview/payperview.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications Template:Dead link