This beat the previous record of 2.48m which was generated for the 2007 bout between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya.
The welterweight title unification fight also yielded more than $400m in domestic pay-per-view revenue – a figure no doubt bolstered by the $99 price tag – to nearly triple the $150m generated by Mayweather’s win over Canelo Alvarez in 2013.
The final tally is expected to balloon to more than $500m once the receipts from the live gate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, international television distribution, sponsorships, closed circuit and merchandise sales are accounted for.
The 16,800-seat venue adjacent to the MGM Grand was scaled to generate a live gate of $74m, which was greater than the previous top three gates in Nevada boxing history – for Mayweather’s fights with Alvarez ($20,003,150) and De La Hoya ($18,419,200), and Lennox Lewis’ rematch with Evander Holyfield ($16,860,300) – combined.
The official paid attendance of 16,219, according to the Nevada Athletic Commission, generated more than $71m in revenue.
The fight also set records for closed-circuit admissions and revenue. Nearly 46,000 closed-circuit tickets across 10 different MGM properties in Las Vegas sold for $150 apiece for an estimated $6.9m in revenue, another record.
Mayweather-Pacquiao was distributed in 175 countries worldwide, establishing a revenue record for international distribution.
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