Just to give you guys some update on the gate sales on the fight. It didn't break the official record set by Manny and Floyd on their fight. The current record is $72,198,500, while the May-Conor did $55,414,865.79. Though in other sources, it broke the record of PPV sales in UK with over 1 million. The old record is held by Joshua-Klitschko fight.
We all know that the records for the PPV is 4.6M buys. The numbers are not yet in for the May-Conor. But I'm speculating that its gonna be close as well based on the number of ticket sales. Let wait for the official declaration. Usually takes more time though as they have to get collate all the PPV buys globally.
Mayweather-McGregor Gate Falls Short of May-Pacquiao RecordTwo weeks prior to the event, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe told reporters that ticket sales for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight, which took place on August 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, were on a pace to break the all-time boxing gate record - which is held by Mayweather's 2015 showdown with Manny Pacquiao.
"Right now, we have over $60 million in the box office," Ellerbe said.
"And you tell me, what part of that remotely looks like ticket sales are slow. This isn't a damn Rolling Stones concert. That's the only thing that sells out in seconds. When you are talking about tickets going from $500 to $10,000, that's an expensive ticket. So you have every CEO from every major company. You know, guys, it takes time to plan and get it together."
But the information provided to Ellerbe was not accurate, as the Nevada State Athletic Commission confirmed to multiple outlets that
Mayweather-McGregor brought in a gate of $55,414,865.79 in ticket sales.
The record is still held strong by Mayweather-Pacquiao with $72,198,500 - and that contest took place at the smaller MGM Grand Garden Arena.Mayweather-McGregor still brought in major money and the live gate figure is by far in second place - blowing out Mayweather's 2013 fight with Canelo Alvarez by more than $35 million ($20,003,150).
Mayweather-McGregor had an official attendance of 13,231 (13,094 sold and configured to seat 17,698) - a few thousand short of a sell-out, but many had felt the tickets were heavily overpriced. In the other corner, Mayweather-Pacquiao sold all 16,219 tickets the minute they went on sale.
But Mayweather-Pacquiao had over six years of hype, while Mayweather-McGregor was putting together in a few short months.
In terms of pay-per-view figures, it's going to be close. Mayweather-Pacquiao generated a record 4.6 million buys - a figure that nobody expected to be broken for a very long time - but Mayweather-McGregor is still trending to fall down in the mid-4 million range - which is remarkable when considering the short time span of pre-fight promotion for the contest.
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