Floyd Mayweather's worst Showtime pay-per-view haul, in perspective
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s self-described farewell fight against Andre Berto was the worst-selling of his six Showtime pay-per-view bouts, with two industry sources reporting Wednesday that it drew 550,000 buys.
Mayweather improved to 49-0 with the unanimous decision victory over the former welterweight champion, with one judge awarding Mayweather all 12 rounds.
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Floyd Mayweather's last fight was a complete disaster and nobody watched it
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has fought his final bout, easily beating Andre Berto in a snoozefest, and according to the early Pay-Per-View (PPV) estimates, nobody cared.
One source told Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports that there were only 400,000 PPV sales. Another source put the number in the 500,000-550,000 range. Either way, that's awful.
That's the lowest PPV sales total for a Mayweather fight since he faced Carlos Baldomir in 2006, a fight that generated just 325,000 PPV sales.
For comparison, Mayweather's previous fight against Manny Pacquiao drew 4.6 million PPV sales. That fight generated $410-460 million in PPV revenue alone with a $90 (standard definition) and $100 (high-definition) price tag. This fight against Berto was priced at $65 (SD) and $75 (HD) which translates to PPV revenue of just $30-40 million.
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