Mayweather Win Confirmed As Richest Fight Ever
28 Apr 2008 | tshego
Floyd Mayweather’s victory over rival boxer Oscar de la Hoya at the weekend
lived up to its hype grossing £60m, making it the richest fight in boxing
history.
The super welterweight bout, staged in Las Vegas, beat the previous biggest
bounty of £56m from the 2002 fight between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis.
Despite losing, it is believed that De La Hoya earned £22.5m from the fight
while his conqueror Mayweather pocketed an estimated £20m.
The fight also attracted a record number of pay-per-view purchases with 2.15m
people buying into the TV coverage.
