The recent Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao-Floyd “Money” Mayweather fight generated a mind-boggling record 4.4 million PPV buys, HBO and Showtime announced more than $400 million in TV revenue alone.
This record shatters the previous record of 2.48 million PPV set by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya in 2007.
Of that $500-plus million in revenue, more than $350 million will go to Mayweather and Pacquiao. According to David Mayo of MLive.com, Mayweather will take home between $209 and $210 million and Pacquiao will take home between $142 and $143 million.
Mayweather won the “Fight of the Century” on a unanimous points decision as he unified welterweight division claiming the WBC, WBA and WBO belts and improving is record to 48-0,(26 KOs) while Pacquiao dropped to 57-5(38 KOs).