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Floyd Mayweather's Recent Bout Generates 1 Million Pay-Per-View Buys -- Continues Boxing Reign
By Randall Stevens ♦ Published 09/28/2009

Floyd MayweatherThere's a reason Floyd Mayweather's nickname is "Money," and that is because he's a certified piggy bank able to generate huge amounts of revenue in various ways, boxing being the #1 way.

During his comeback fight, and complete domination, against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM in Las Vegas last Saturday (September 19), Mayweather generated one million pay-per-view buys, equaling $52 million ... that was just from PPV.

The numbers don't lie. The boxing superstar is the biggest attraction in boxing at press day, and one of the highest grossing stars ever in the sport's history.

"I am truly humbled by the numbers, and I appreciate all of the sports fans who either came to the fight or bought it on pay-per-view," said Mayweather. "It felt great to be back in the ring and next time I will be even better."

The million buys include 525,000 from cable homes and 475,000 from satellite homes. It is only the fifth time in boxing pay-per-view history that a non-heavyweight event has attained the one million buy mark. Keep in mind, this came after a 21-month absence from the ring, where he showed no signs of ring rust.

He has now participated in two events that have reached the one million buy mark.

"September 19th was an event that connected with sports fans across the country," said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. "Floyd Mayweather has clearly reinforced his standing as a top attraction and fans are excited about his return to the sport."

Mayweather's record breaking run, which began in 2007 with his mega-fight against Oscar De La Hoya, may finally silence his critics. In his last three bouts, Mayweather has delivered a record shattering total of nearly 4.4 million pay-per-view homes and over $300 million in revenue combined.

His dominance in the ring last Saturday -- in which he showed off an array of power, speed, intelligence, and phenomenal defense -- proved that he has not lost a step.

"I returned to boxing to fight the best, and that's what I intend to do," Mayweather concluded.

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  • Whiteboy from CBP

    He is gonna get messed up by Pacquaio.

  • brian

    ENOUGH SAID.....

  • BROOKLYNYCITYWIDE HOMOCIDE

    mosley gonna drop you..

  • kday

    Floyd didnt sell those payperviews Marquez did. I bought it and wished i didnt. boxingis over priced and under delivers.

  • anzee11

    There's no real boxing fans on this site.

  • asdsad

    cant wait to see mayweather beat the piss out of both those motherfuckers

  • dolamite1212

    mayweather cant draw fans?? lol bulshhit.. heard thaty a million times just like i heard about all his past fights how he was gonna get dropped... hasnt happened and probably will never happen so dont waste ur energy banking on it.. itll never happen

  • cali

    Y'all stop h8tin can't no1 fuccs wit mayweather period...idnt matter who u fight if u can box u can box he jus can't b fuccd wit....pac man gone get his ass tappd real shit...mosely idk but ima run wit mayweather anyway n 12...tha only was mosely hve a chance is 2 knocc floyd out tht ain't gone happen he 2 careful...give da nigga his props

  • dope

    PACMAN!

  • Frame

    Let's do some math, Mayweather dickriders... on their recent opponents:

    Mayweather finished Hatton in round 10. Pacquiao finished Hatton in round 2.

    Mayweather went to the cards with De La Hoya. Pacquiao made De La Hoya's bitchass quit in round 8.

    Just sayin...

  • http://www.asdf.com Munny

    may weather gonna knock some dudes out!!!!

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