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'''Pay-per-view''' ('''PPV''') is a type of [[Engineering:Pay television|pay television]] or [[Webcast|webcast]] service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.

Events can be purchased through a [[Engineering:Multichannel television|multichannel television]] platform using their [[Engineering:Electronic program guide|electronic program guide]], an automated telephone system, or through a live [[Finance:Customer service representative|customer service representative]]. There has been an increasing number of pay-per-views distributed via streaming video online, either alongside or in lieu of carriage through television providers. In 2012, the popular video sharing platform [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] began to allow partners to host live PPV events on the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/04/10/youtube-live-adds-pay-per-view-advertising/|title=YouTube enables pay-per-view option for live video streams|date=2012-04-10|website=VentureBeat|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref>

Events distributed through PPV typically include boxing, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, and concerts. In the past, PPV was often used to distribute telecasts of feature films, as well as adult content such as pornographic films, but the growth of [[Engineering:Digital cable|digital cable]] and [[Engineering:Streaming media|streaming media]] caused these uses to be subsumed by [[Engineering:Video on demand|video on demand]] systems (which allow viewers to purchase and view pre-recorded content at any time) instead, leaving PPV to focus primarily on live event programs and combat sports.

==History==
The earliest form of pay-per-view was [[Closed-circuit television|closed-circuit television]], also known as theatre television, where professional boxing telecasts were broadcast live to a select number of venues, mostly theaters, where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live.<ref name="Ezra">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power|date=2013|publisher=[[Company:Routledge|Routledge]]|isbn=9781136274756|page=105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL41bsCigZcC&pg=PA105}}</ref><ref name="bloodyelbow">{{cite news|title=History of Prizefighting's Biggest Money Fights|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/8/24/16170894/history-of-prizefightings-biggest-money-fights-boxing-mma-ufc|work=Bloody Elbow|agency=SB Nation|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> The first fight with a closed-circuit telecast was Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott in 1948.<ref>{{cite book|title=Television|date=1965|publisher=Frederick A. Kugel Company|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=it0aAQAAMAAJ&q=Louis+Walcott|quote=Teleprompter's main-spring, Irving B. Kahn (he's chairman of the board and president), had a taste of closed circuit operations as early as 1948. That summer, Kahn, then a vice president of 20th Century-Fox, negotiated what was probably the first inter-city closed circuit telecast in history, a pickup of the Joe Louis-Joe Walcott fight.}}</ref> Closed-circuit telecasts peaked in popularity with Muhammad Ali in the 1960s and 1970s,<ref name="Ezra"/><ref name="bloodyelbow"/> with "The Rumble in the Jungle" fight drawing 50{{nbsp}}million buys worldwide in 1974,<ref name="The Morning Herald">{{cite news|title=Zaire's fight promotion opens new gold mines|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28336306/|work=The Morning Herald|date=November 18, 1974}}</ref> and the "Thrilla in Manila" drawing 100{{nbsp}}million buys worldwide in 1975.<ref name="ali-frazier-3"/> Closed-circuit television was gradually replaced by pay-per-view home television in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>

===United States===
The Zenith [[Biography:Phonevision|Phonevision]] system became the first home pay-per-view system to be tested in the United States. Developed in 1951, it used [[Engineering:Telephone|telephone]] lines to take and receive orders, as well as to descramble a television broadcast signal. The field tests conducted for Phonevision lasted for 90 days and were tested in {{wipe|Chicago}}, Illinois. The system used [[Company:IBM|IBM]] [[Engineering:Punched card|punch card]]s to descramble a signal broadcast during the broadcast station's "[[Engineering:Dark (broadcasting)|off-time]]". Both systems showed promise, but the Federal Communications Commission denied them the permits to operate.<ref>FCC Squares Off to Face Subscription TV Dilemma", ''Broadcasting-Telecasting'', November 15, 1954, p31-32</ref>

One of the earliest pay-per-view systems on [[Engineering:Cable television|cable television]], the Optical Systems-developed Channel 100, first began service in 1972 in San Diego, {{wipe|California}} through Mission Cable<ref>{{cite book|last=Mullen|first=Megan Gwynne|title= The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States: revolution or evolution?|url= https://archive.org/details/riseofcableprogr00mega|url-access=registration|quote=alan greenstadt channel 100.|year= 2003|publisher= University of Texas Press|isbn= 0-292-75273-3}}</ref> (which was later acquired by Cox Communications) and TheaterVisioN, which operated out of Sarasota, Florida. These early systems quickly went out of business, as the cable industry adopted [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|satellite]] technology and as flat-rate pay television services such as Home Box Office (HBO) became popular.

While most pay-per-view services were delivered via cable, there were a few over-the-air pay TV stations that offered pay-per-view broadcasts in addition to regularly scheduled broadcasts of movies and other entertainment. These stations, which operated for a few years in Chicago, Los Angeles and some other cities, broadcast "scrambled" signals that required descrambler devices to convert the signal into standard broadcast format. These services were marketed as ON-TV.

====Professional boxing during 1960s{{ndash}}1970s====
The first home pay-per-view [[Engineering:Cable television|cable television]] broadcast was the Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson rematch in 1960, when 25,000 TelePrompTer subscribers mailed $2 to watch Patterson regain the heavyweight title.<ref name="brooks">{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Ken|title=Ingemar Johansson: Swedish Heavyweight Boxing Champion|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476620237|page=150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uGQuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA150}}</ref> The third Patterson{{ndash}}Johansson match in 1961 was later viewed by 100,000 paid cable subscribers.<ref name="lake">{{cite news|title=Floyd Favored 18-5 to Send Swede Home with Lumpy Head|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21287459/|work=Daily Inter Lake|date=March 13, 1961|page=5}}</ref> Muhammad Ali had several fights on early pay-per-view home television, including Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones in 1963,<ref name="Traverse City Record-Eagle">{{cite news|title=Clay-Jones Fight First Garden Sellout in 13 Yrs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54847931/|work=Traverse City Record-Eagle|date=March 13, 1963}}</ref> and Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston<ref name="broadcasting"/> which drew 250,000 buys on cable television in 1964.<ref name="Ezra83"/>

Professional boxing was largely introduced to pay-per-view cable television with the "Thrilla in Manila" fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in September 1975. The fight sold 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO.<ref name="Smith"/> There was also another major title fight aired on pay-per-view in 1980, when Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard. Cable companies offered the match for $10, and about 155,000 customers paid to watch the fight.<ref name="askmen">{{cite web|author=Steve Seepersaud |url=http://ca.askmen.com/sports/business_60/99_sports_business.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310081737/http://ca.askmen.com/sports/business_60/99_sports_business.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-03-10 |title=Money in Boxing: The Pay-Per-View Craze |publisher=Ca.askmen.com |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steve Seepersaud |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/93599Productions |title=Money in Boxing: The Pay-Per-View Craze |publisher=Ca.askmen.com |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>

====1980s{{ndash}}2000s====
A major pay-per-view event{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} occurred on September 16, 1981, when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Thomas "Hitman" Hearns for the World Welterweight Championship. Viacom Cablevision in Nashville, {{wipe|Tennessee}} – the first system to offer the event – saw over 50 percent of its subscriber base purchase the fight.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Leonard visited Nashville to promote the fight, and the event proved such a success that Viacom themed its [[Finance:Annual report|annual report]] for that year around it.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Viacom marketing director Pat Thompson put together the fight, and subsequently put together additional PPV fights, wrestling matches, and even a televised Broadway play.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

After leaving Viacom, Thompson became head of Sports View and produced the first pay-per-view football game on October 16, 1983: a college football game between the University of Tennessee and the University of Alabama from Birmingham, Alabama.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Sports View played a role in building pay-per-view networks,{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} and became the early pioneer in developing TigerVision for Louisiana State University, TideVision for Alabama and UT Vol Seat for Tennessee. Sports View also produced the Ohio State-Michigan football game for pay-per-view in November 1983.

In 1985, the first pay-per-view cable channels in the United States – Viewer's Choice (now In Demand), Cable Video Store, First Choice and Request TV – began operation within days of each other.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Viewer's Choice serviced both home satellite dish and cable customers, while Request TV, though broadcasting to cable viewers, would not become available to satellite subscribers until the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} First Choice PPV was available on Rogers Cablesystems in the United States and {{wipe|Canada}}. After Paragon Cable acquired the Rogers Cablesystems franchise in San Antonio, {{wipe|Texas}}, First Choice continued to be carried until Time Warner Cable bought Paragon in 1996. In the United States, pay-per-view broadcasters transmit without advertisements, similar to conventional flat-rate pay television services.

The term "pay-per-view" did not come into general use until the late 1980s{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} <!-- what did people call the technology before that? --> when companies such as Viewer's Choice, HBO and Showtime started using the system to show movies and some of their productions. Viewer's Choice carried movies, concerts and other events, with live sporting events such as WrestleMania being the most predominant programming. Prices ranged from {{wipe|United States dollar}}3.99 to $49.99, while HBO and Showtime, with their event production [[Finance:Swap|leg]]s TVKO and SET Pay Per View, would offer championship boxing matches ranging from $14.99 to $54.99.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}

ESPN later began to broadcast [[Organization:College|college]] football and basketball games on pay-per-view through its services ESPN GamePlan and ESPN Full Court, which were eventually sold as full-time out-of-market sports packages.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} The boxing undercard ''Latin Fury'', shown on June 28, 2003, became ESPN's first boxing card on pay-per-view and also the first pay-per-view boxing card held in Puerto Rico.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Pay-per-view has provided a [[Finance:Revenue stream|revenue stream]] for professional wrestling circuits such as [[Company:WWE|WWE]], Impact Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA).

WWE chairman and [[Social:Chief executive officer|chief executive officer]] [[Biography:Vince McMahon|Vince McMahon]] is considered by many as one of the icons of pay-per-view promotion. McMahon owns the [[Domain name|domain name]] payperview.com, which redirects to the [[Software:WWE Network|WWE Network]] website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/payperview.com |title=PayPerView.com – WWE Online Pay-Per-View |publisher=Whois.domaintools.com |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>

With the rise of direct broadcast satellite services in the 1990s, this meant more services exclusively for DBS users appeared. [[Company:DirecTV|DirecTV]] had ''Direct Ticket'' (which, in addition to movies and special events, also included PPV sports packages, most notably [[Engineering:NFL Sunday Ticket|NFL Sunday Ticket]]), while [[Company:Dish Network|Dish Network]] had ''Dish On Demand''. PrimeStar, on the other hand, utilized pre-existing services like Viewer's Choice and Request TV (as it was owned by a number of major cable providers), though promotional material bannered all PPV services under the name of ''PrimeCinema''.

====HBO PPV (professional boxing)====
In 2006, HBO generated 3.7 million pay-per-view [[Social:Trade|buy]]s with $177 million in gross sales. The only year with more buys previously, 1999, had a total of 4 million. The former record fell in 2007 when HBO sold 4.8 million PPV buys with $255 million in sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3158134 |title=Mayweather-Hatton pay-per-view a smashing success |publisher=Sports.espn.go.com |date=2007-12-17 |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref> BY 2014, HBO had generated 59.3 million buys and $3.1 billion in revenue since its 1991 debut with Evander Holyfield-George Foreman.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Rafael|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm|title=Mayweather-Pacquiao on PPV 'a perfect storm'|publisher=ESPN|date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>

1999 differed radically from 2006: 1999 saw four major fight cards: De La Hoya-Trinidad (1.4 million buys), Holyfield-Lewis I (1.2 million), Holyfield-Lewis II (850,000) and De La Hoya-Quartey (570,000). By contrast, only one pay-per-view mega-fight took place in 2006: De La Hoya-Mayorga (925,000 buys). Rahman-Maskaev bombed with under 50,000. The other eight PPV cards that year all fell in the 325,000–450,000 range. Pay-per-view fights in that range almost always generate more money for the promoter and fighters than HBO wants to pay for an HBO World Championship Boxing license-fee.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}

In May 2007, the junior middleweight boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on HBO PPV became the biggest-selling non-heavyweight title fight, with a little more than 2.5 million buyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/sports-tv-ratings-how-many-people-watched-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-kentucky-derby-nfl-1907833|title=Sports TV Ratings: How Many People Watched Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, The Kentucky Derby And NFL Draft?|website=International Business Times|date=2015-05-04|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> The fight itself generated roughly {{US$|139 million|long=no}} in domestic PPV revenue, making it the most lucrative prizefight of that era. The record stood until 2015 before it was broken by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao in a fight dubbed as the "Fight of the Century" on May 2, 2015, which generated 4.6 million ppv buys and a revenue of over $400 million.<ref name="boxingscene2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/hbos-taffet-still-stunned-by-46m-buys-pac--97976|title=HBO's Taffet Still Stunned By 4.6M Buys For May-Pac|publisher=BoxingScene|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref>

The leading PPV attraction, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has generated approximately 24 million buys and $1.6 billion in revenue. Manny Pacquiao, ranked second, has generated approximately 20.1 million buys and $1.2 billion in revenue.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Kurt Badenhausen|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/04/09/manny-pacquiao-set-to-retire-with-500-million-in-career-earnings/#5f4ff5866f25|title=Manny Pacquiao Set To Retire After Bradley Fight With $500 Million In Career Earnings|magazine=Forbes|date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/11/15/bob-arum-manny-pacquiao-jessie-vargas-fight-300k-ppv-buys/|title=USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com|website=USA TODAY|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223065126/http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/11/15/bob-arum-manny-pacquiao-jessie-vargas-fight-300k-ppv-buys/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Oscar De La Hoya, has "sold" approximately 14 million units in total, giving $700 million in domestic television receipts and stands third. In fourth place in buys, Evander Holyfield has achieved 12.6 million units ($550 million); and at fifth, Mike Tyson has reached 12.4 million units ($545 million).<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/news/where-manny-pacquiao-ranks-among-the-biggest-ppv-boxing-draws-of-all-time-100354711-boxing.html Where Manny Pacquiao ranks among the biggest PPV boxing draws of all-time]. Yahoo! Sports (April 8, 2014). Retrieved on 2016-06-25.</ref>

Ross Greenburg, then president of HBO Sports, called the expansion of pay-per-view "the biggest economic issue in boxing", stating "I can't tell you that pay-per-view helps the sport because it doesn't. It hurts the sport because it narrows our audience, but it's a fact of life. Every time we try to make an HBO World Championship Boxing fight, we're up against mythical pay-per-view numbers. HBO doesn't make a lot of money from pay-per-view. There's usually a cap on what we can make. But the promoters and fighters insist on pay-per-view because that's where their greatest profits lie."<ref name="The Boxing Scene">[https://books.google.com/books?id=VfvqxXaJcKEC&dq=%22put+fighters+like+Manny+Pacquiao+on+HBO+World%22&pg=PA133 The Boxing Scene] By Thomas Hauser</ref>

"It's a big problem," Greenburg continues. "It's getting harder and harder to put fighters like Manny Pacquiao on HBO World Championship Boxing. If Floyd Mayweather beats Oscar, he might never fight on HBO World Championship Boxing again. But if HBO stopped doing pay-per-view, the promoters would simply do it on their own [like Bob Arum did with Cotto-Malignaggi in June 2006] or find someone else who will do it for them."<ref name="The Boxing Scene"/>

Former HBO Sports President Seth Abraham concurs, saying, "I think, if Lou (DiBella) and I were still at HBO, we'd be in the same pickle as far as the exodus of fights to pay-per-view is concerned."<ref>[http://www.secondsout.com/usa/colhauser.cfm?ccs=208&cs=21089] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126235411/http://www.secondsout.com/usa/colhauser.cfm?ccs=208&cs=21089|date=January 26, 2007}}</ref>

==== Ultimate Fighting Championship ====
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion, was a relative newcomer to the PPV market. However, the promotion experienced a surge in popularity in the mid-2000s, credited initially to the popularity of an associated reality show on the cable channel Spike, ''The Ultimate Fighter''. UFC 52—the first UFC event since its premiere, broke the promotion's record with almost 300,000 buys (in comparison to 250,000 for UFC 5).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmaweekly.com/ufc-pay-per-view-buys-explode-in-2006|title=– UFC PAY-PER-VIEW BUYS EXPLODE IN 2006|date=2006-07-13|website=MMAWeekly.com|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ufc-52-chuck-strikes-back-091600834--mma.html|title=UFC 52: Chuck strikes back|website=Yahoo! Sports|date=24 May 2009 |access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> PPV numbers escalated further in 2006, with its events taking in a gross revenue of $222 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2007/02/24/report-ufc-grosses-222-million-in-2006-ppv-buys|title=Report: UFC grosses $222 million in 2006 PPV buys|date=2007-02-24|website=MMAmania.com|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> In October 2016, it was reported that 42% of the UFC's "content revenue" in 2015 came from pay-per-view buys, followed by U.S. and international media rights.

In 2018, UFC 229 would pull an all-time record for the promotion, with estimates indicating that the event attracted nearly 2.4 million buys, breaking the 1.65 million buy record set by UFC 202.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/10/11/17962158/ufc-229-khabib-vs-mcgregor-destroys-previous-mma-record-for-pay-per-views|title=UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor destroys previous MMA record for pay-per-views|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|date=2018-10-11|website=MMA Fighting|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>

In March 2019, as part of a larger contract with ESPN for media rights in the United States, it was announced that future UFC pay-per-views will [[Social:Tying (commerce)|only be sold to subscribers]] of the network's streaming service ESPN+.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/en/Daily/Closing%20Bell/2019/03/18/ESPN%20UFC.aspx|title=ESPN Extends With UFC; ESPN+ Becomes Exclusive PPV Provider|website=Sports Business Daily|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/espn-pay-per-view-arrives-hulu-time-for-ufc-262|title=ESPN+ pay-per-view arrives on Hulu in time for UFC 262|author=Christian Balderas|website=fiercevideo.com|date=2021-05-10|access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref>

====Professional wrestling====
Professional wrestling has a long history of running pay-per-view events. [[Company:WWE|WWE]] (then WWF) launched its first pay-per-view event in 1985 with its annual flagship event WrestleMania and has run numerous others throughout the years. Although it still offers its events via traditional PPV outlets, they have also been included at no additional charge as part of a larger, subscription-based streaming service known as [[Software:WWE Network|WWE Network]]. The service also includes original programming (such as documentary-style series and other wrestling programs) and an on-demand archive of events and television episodes from WWE's library. Following WrestleMania 34, the service had 2.12 million subscribers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berkman |first=Seth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/business/media/the-body-slam-is-buffering.html |title=WWE Network Is Loud Introduction to the Video Streaming Ring |work=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/WrestleMania-34-sets-Superdome-record-12818488.php|title=WrestleMania 34 sets Superdome, network records|date=2018-04-09|work=Stamford Advocate|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> 

Since the beginning of 2022, WWE has ceased using the term "pay-per-view" and replaced it with "Premium Live Events" in promotional materials, to emphasize their carriage via subscription platforms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kilbane |first=Lyle |date=January 3, 2022 |title=WWE Reportedly Rebrand Pay-Per-Views Under New Name |url=https://itrwrestling.com/news/wwe-reportedly-rebrand-pay-per-views/ |access-date=January 5, 2022 |work=Inside the Ropes}}</ref> WWE had also begun to phase out WWE Network in some markets in favor of agreements with existing streaming services, including its U.S. agreement with [[Software:Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2021-01-25 |title=NBCU's Peacock Pins WWE Network Exclusive U.S. Streaming Rights |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/wwe-network-peacock-exclusively-streaming-1234890954/ |access-date=2021-01-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2021-01-25 |title=Peacock Adds Wrestling In WWE Network Streaming Exclusive |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/peacock-adds-wrestling-in-wwe-network-streaming-exclusive-1234679617/ |access-date=2021-01-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

Other major organizations such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, TNA, Ring of Honor, and All Elite Wrestling have also run pay-per-view events.

====Concerts====
In 1999, Woodstock 1999 was broadcast via PPV from Rome, New York for people who wanted to attend but could not. The cameras were a cause of the downfall of the event.

In 2015, PPV broadcasts of the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead tour set a record for buys for a music event, with over 400,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/music/news/grateful-dead-pay-per-view-record-1201548827/|title=Grateful Dead Farewell Concerts Set Pay Per View Record|last1=Zumberge|first1=Marianne|date=2015-07-25|website=Variety|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>

===United Kingdom and Ireland===
Viewers in the {{wipe|United Kingdom}} and Ireland can access pay-per-view via satellite, cable and [[Engineering:IPTV|over-the-internet]] television services, mainly for films, boxing, mixed martial arts and American professional wrestling via services such as Sky Box Office and BT Sport Box Office. The last couple of years has seen the number of pay-per-view boxing events significantly increase and currently all of the UK's top fights are only available via pay-per-view. Broadcasters (most notably PremPlus) have abandoned their aspirations to introduce PPV into other sports market due to poor interest from the public.

In October 2020 during the 2020-21 season, the Premier League experimented with PPV telecasts of football matches not selected for broadcasts by its main rightsholders (which are usually [[Engineering:Blackout (broadcasting)|blacked out]] 3:00&nbsp;p.m. kickoffs, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, which prevented any attendance of the matches). However, the matches proved unpopular, with team supporters' groups urging fans to make donations to charity instead, and the Premier League announcing that it would allocate the extra matches among its existing rightsholders (BT and Sky, as well as [[Software:Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime Video]] and BBC Sport, with some on free-to-air TV) through at least the end of 2020, as it had done during the conclusion of the previous season.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Plan will drive fans to illegal streams|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180|access-date=2020-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC and Amazon to air games as Premier League ends PPV experiment|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-ppv-scrapped-bbc-amazon-sky-bt|access-date=2020-11-18|website=SportsPro Media|date=13 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kilpatrick|first=Dan|date=2020-10-20|title=Tottenham fans join support for food banks over Premier League PPVs|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-news-charity-not-ppv-premier-league-sky-sports-bt-sport-a4572281.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Collings|first=Simon|date=2020-10-26|title=Arsenal fans raise £34k for Islington Giving charity in PPV boycott|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fc-news-premier-league-ppv-boycott-charity-islington-giving-a4572988.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

===Canada===
In {{wipe|Canada}}, most specialty television providers provide pay-per-view programming through one or more services. In all cases, prices typically range from around [[Finance:Canadian dollar|C$]]4.99 (for movies) up to $50 or more for special events.

Initially, there were three major PPV providers in Canada; Viewers Choice operated in Eastern Canada as a joint venture of Astral Media, [[Company:Rogers Communications|Rogers Communications]], and [[Company:The Sports Network|TSN]]. Western International Communications operated a separate service in the west initially known as Home Theatre; it was later rebranded as Viewers Choice under license.

Viewers Choice Canada was a partner in a French-language PPV service known as Canal Indigo, which is now entirely owned by Videotron. Bell Canada launched a PPV service for its ExpressVu television provider known as Vu! in 1999.

Home Theatre was later acquired by [[Company:Shaw Communications|Shaw Communications]]; after gaining permission to operate nationally, it re-branded as a [[Social:White-label product|white-label]] PPV known internally as Shaw PPV in December 2007. In 2014, due to Bell Media's majority ownership of Viewers Choice because of its acquisition of Astral, and because both Bell and Rogers now ran their own in-house PPV operations (Vu! and Sportsnet PPV), Viewers Choice was shut down.<ref name="multinews-vcc-shutdown">{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/networks/viewers-choice-canada-winding-down/382680|first=Kent|last=Gibbons|title=Viewers Choice Canada Winding Down: Bell, Rogers-Owned Pay-Per-View Provider Closing Sept. 30|work=Multichannel News|date=2014-07-22|access-date=2014-07-23}}</ref>

===Mainland Europe===
In Romania, cable communications operator UPC Romania has notified the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) on the intention to introduce in January, February 2014 at the latest, an on-demand audiovisual media service called Agerpres. According to the manager of UPC Romania-owned Smaranda Radoi UPC, will allow customers to watch movies on demand or live events; as well as broadcasts of performances, concerts and sporting events.

In November 2008, pay-per-view made its debut in Albania through Digitalb on terrestrial and satellite television, with the channel DigiGold.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalb.al/ppv/ |title=Digitalb – Pay per View :: Digigold |publisher=Digitalb.al |access-date=2011-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101235216/http://www.digitalb.al/ppv/ |archive-date=2011-11-01 }}</ref>

In {{wipe|France}}, launched in the late 1990s, Canalsat (Ciné+) and TPS (Multivision) operate their own pay-per-view service. While CanalSat holds the rights to live soccer matches for France's Ligue 1, TPS had the rights for Boxe matches. In 2007, Multivision service ceased by the end of TPS service which merged with Canalsat. Nowadays, Ciné+ is the only existing pay-per-view service in France.

In Croatia, Fight Channel is broadcasting martial arts events organized by the world's most prominent fighting organizations, such as the UFC, K-1, HBO Boxing, Dream, Glory WS, World Series of Boxing etc. and its pay-per-view service covers the [[Place:Balkans|Balkans]] region.

Sky Deutschland, accessible in Germany, Austria and partially in Switzerland, provided nine PPV-Channels called "Sky Select", where their regular Pay-TV customers can see movies or various sports events such as boxing or soccer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sky.at/bestellung-sky-select-6520 |title=Sky Select |access-date=2020-04-29 }}</ref> As of 1. October 2020 only sport and wrestling events remained on PPV as movies were changed towards a streaming service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sky.de/bestellung-sky-select-6520|title=Sky Select|access-date=2020-10-06 }}</ref>

===South America===

Per nations with Pay-Per-View or PPV system in South América:

In {{wipe|Argentina}}, Torneos y Competencias is a producer and sports events organization that are broadcasts live main matches of Argentine Soccer in four categories on TyC Sports, TyC Max (six channels), TyC Sports 2, TyC Sports 4 and TyC Sports 5.

In {{wipe|Brazil}}, in the soccer main matches of Serie A (Six games per matchday) and Serie B (Four games per matchday) in two categories of Brazilian Soccer are broadcast live on Premiere FC and SporTV. The Serie C Championship are broadcast live on SporTV with two games per matchday in Pay TV. In other sports are broadcast live on NBB TV (Exclusive channel of Brazilian Basketball League in Premium system).

In {{wipe|Chile}}, the exclusive rights of Chilean Soccer are owned by '''TV Fútbol''' and broadcast live on a channel called ''Canal Del Fútbol'' ('''The Soccer Channel'''), also known '''CDF'''. '''Sports Field S.A.''' has exclusive rights to games on the Chilean professional basketball league, which are broadcast live vía CDO (Premium Signal).

In Paraguay, the Teledeportes producer business have exclusive rights to broadcast live main matches of Paraguayan Soccer in four categories vía Tigo Max and Tigo Sports. Teledeportes have live broadcast of Paraguayan Basketball League broadcast Tuesday at 9:00 pm on Tigo Sports (K.O 21:15) and Wednesday at 8:55 pm on Tigo Max  (K.O 21:10).

In Uruguay, the Tenfield producer business and sports events organization have television exclusive rights for the Uruguayan soccer and basketball club championships, which are broadcast on VTV and VTV Plus.

===Australia and the Pacific Islands===
[[Company:Foxtel|Foxtel]] and Optus Vision introduced pay-per-view direct to home television in Australia in the mid-to-late 1990s. Foxtel had Event TV (until it transformed into its current form; Main Event) while, Optus Vision had Main Attraction Pay-Per-View as its provider. As of 2005, Main Event is the current pay-per-view provider through Foxtel and Optus cable/satellite subscription.

Sky Pacific started a service in Fiji in 2005 and then expanded into American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati (East), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, with one, out of their 25 channels, being Pay-Per-View.<ref>Sky Pacific 'About Us' Page [http://www.skypacific.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=112&Itemid=65] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418205418/http://www.skypacific.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=112&Itemid=65|date=2015-04-18}} Retrieved 10th June 2015.</ref>

===Asia===
In Malaysia, Astro's ''Astro Box Office'' service launched in 2000 in the form of the [[Engineering:Free-to-air|free-to-air]] "Astro Showcase".

In {{wipe|Japan}}, SkyPerfecTV subscribers can receive one-click pay-per-view access to hundreds of channels supplying domestic and international sporting events (including WWE events), movies, and specialty programming, either live or later on continuous repeat on its channel.

In {{wipe|India}} a pay-per-view service operates; however, pay-per-view sports broadcasts are available. Now also live events like WWE.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

== List of largest pay-per-view markets ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Largest pay-per-view markets (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2021|title=Boxing: End of the pay-per-view era?|url=https://www.tifosy.com/en/insights/boxing-end-of-the-pay-per-view-era-3482|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Tifosy Capital & Advisory}}</ref>
! Rank
! Country
! Annual revenue (2021)
|-
|1
|United States
|$2,060,000,000
|-
|2
|United Kingdom
|$1,180,000,000
|-
|3
|Japan
|$1,130,000,000
|-
|4
|Germany
|$620,000,000
|-
|5
|China
|$460,000,000
|}

==List of pay-per-view bouts==
===Boxing===
====Worldwide====
The following is a list of boxing fights that have generated over 1{{nbsp}}million pay-per-view buys worldwide. These figures include closed-circuit theatre television (CCTV), pay-per-view home television (PPV), and pay-per-view online streaming (iPPV).

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the worldwide record in terms of sales and/or revenue}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Fight !! Network(s) !! Sales !! Revenue {{small|({{estimation}})}} !! Revenue {{small|({{estimation}} inflation)}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1971|March|8}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
|
Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|{{#expr:2500000+90000}}}}<ref name="Frazier"/><ref>{{cite news|title=The Promoters Loved the Fight But Some Fans Call It 'a Bore'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98957162/|work=Detroit Free Press|date=March 10, 1971}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:45000000+750000}}|long=no}}<ref name="Ryan"/><ref>{{cite news|title='Bugner's British Bunch' Travels To See Ali Bout|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/212171990/|work=The News-Press|date=February 2, 1973}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|45750000|1971|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1974|October|30}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
|
Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|50,000,000}}<ref name="The Morning Herald"/>
| $100,000,000<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Times|journal=New Times|date=1974|volume=3|page=116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XltXAAAAYAAJ&q=ali+foreman+100+million|publisher=New Times Communications Corp.|quote=No, if the Ali-Foreman story is just going to be about Race and Religion, forget the millions of dollars this fight can make, forget the shot in the arm this championship bout will give to boxing, forget gigundo grosses from the documentary movies of the fight, the training camps and that three-day black music festival in Zaire, forget that possible total of $100 million in revenues}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kabanda|first=Aloys|title=Ali/Foreman: le combat du siècle à Kinshasa, 29-30 octobre 1974 : introduit par une étude sur la République du Zaïre|date=1977|publisher=Naaman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O74KAQAAIAAJ|language=fr|quote=Soit, pour Don King et ses amis, c'est la fin de leurs dépenses d'énergie pour trouver de l'argent nécessaire pour le coup le plus formidable jamais réalisé dans le show-boxing business et il prévoit une recette pouvant aller de 35 à 100 millions de dollars.}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|100000000|1974|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1975|October|1}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
| 
Closed-circuit theatre TV<br>HBO
| $100,000,000
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|100000000|1975|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1976|September|27}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III
| 
Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="Danville"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1500000*20)+3500000}}|long=no}}<ref name="Enquirer"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton (3rd meeting) |url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Ken_Norton_(3rd_meeting) |website=BoxRec |access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|33500000|1976|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1980|June|20}}
| Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
| 
Closed-circuit theatre TV
HBO
| {{nts|{{#expr:1500000+155000}}}}<ref name="Lauderdale"/><ref name="askmen"/>
| $30,000,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Roberto Duran, the brawler, and Sugar Ray Leonard, the... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/Roberto-Duran-the-brawler-and-Sugar-Ray-Leonard-the/5303343976400/ |work=United Press International |date=November 25, 1980}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|30000000|1980|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1982|June|11}}
| Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney
| 
Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|2,000,000}}<ref name="badlefthook"/>
| $20,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|20000000|1982|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1987|April|6}}
| Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler
| 
Closed-circuit theatre TV 
HBO
| {{nts|3,150,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| $60,000,000<ref name="badintentions270">{{cite book | author=Heller, Peter | title=Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story| publisher=Da Capo Press| year=1995| isbn=978-0-306-80669-8 | page=270}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|60000000|1987|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1988|June|27}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
|
Closed-circuit theatre TV<br>HBO
| {{nts|{{#expr:800000+700000}}}}<ref name="spinks"/><ref name="articles.orlandosentinel.com"/>
| $70,000,000<ref name="badintentions270"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|70000000|1988|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1991|April|19}}
| Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>
| $75,000,000<ref>{{cite news |title=GRAND PRIZE IN ON-AGAIN RUDDOCK-TYSON II FIGHT IS HOLYFIELD |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/163412/GRAND-PRIZE-IN-ON-AGAIN-RUDDOCK-TYSON-II-FIGHT-IS-HOLYFIELD.html |work=Deseret News |date=May 21, 1991 |access-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094404/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/163412/GRAND-PRIZE-IN-ON-AGAIN-RUDDOCK-TYSON-II-FIGHT-IS-HOLYFIELD.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|75000000|1991|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1991|June|28}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II
|
Showtime
| {{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="Forbes">{{cite magazine|last=Van Riper |first=Tom |title=In Pictures: The 10 Biggest Pay-Per-View Fights |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/24/boxing-de_la_hoya-television-biz-sports-cx_tvr_1124boxing_slide_10.html |magazine=Forbes.com |date=2008-11-24 |access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1250000*34.95)+5454919 round -3}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=King: Ruddock-Tyson II to return boxing's integrity |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-03-27/sports/1991086187_1_ruddock-tyson-boxing |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 27, 1991 |access-date=2018-09-18 |archive-date=2013-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216004104/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-03-27/sports/1991086187_1_ruddock-tyson-boxing |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PART 2: BOXING VS MMA GATES |url=https://www.mmaweekly.com/part-2-boxing-vs-mma-gates |work=MMA Weekly |agency=SB Nation |date=January 7, 2006}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|49142419|1991|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1995|August|19}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley
| style="background:#ffc;"| 
Showtime
| {{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{US$|{{#expr:96000000+13965600 round -5}}|long=no}}<ref name="sportsbreak">{{cite news |title=The Highest-Grossing PPV Boxing Matches of All Time |url=https://www.sportsbreak.com/boxing/the-10-highest-grossing-ppv-boxing-matches-of-all-time/ |work=SportsBreak |date=December 16, 2017 |access-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202234/https://www.sportsbreak.com/boxing/the-10-highest-grossing-ppv-boxing-matches-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="nevada">{{cite web |title=Top Boxing Gates |url=http://boxing.nv.gov/results/Top_Boxing_Gates/ |website=Nevada State Athletic Commission |access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> 
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|111000000|1996|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1996|March|16}}
| Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II
|
Showtime
Sky Box Office
| {{nts|{{#expr:1400000+660000}}}}<ref name="Montgomery"/><ref name="Forrester"/>
| $98,000,000<ref>{{cite journal |title=Business Week |journal=Business Week |date=1996 |issue=3500–3503 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rgpAQAAIAAJ |publisher=McGraw-Hill |quote=TYSON TKOs BRUNO in 5th round on Mar. 16. Revenues $98 million.}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|98000000|1996|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1996|September|7}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon
|
Showtime
| {{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1150000*50)+6305900 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|63810000|1996|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1996|November|9}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
|
Showtime
| {{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1600000*50)+14150700 round -5}}|long=no}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|94200000|1996|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1997|June|28}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
| style="background:#ffc;"|
Showtime<br>Sky Box Office<br>Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|{{#expr:2000000+550000+9000000/75}}}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/><ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="Asher"/>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $180,000,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Tragedy Beckons Tyson The Thug, The Quitter |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-07-05/sports/9707050120_1_tyson-holyfield-ring |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=July 5, 1997 |access-date=2018-08-30 |archive-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073857/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-07-05/sports/9707050120_1_tyson-holyfield-ring |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|180000000|1997|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|1999|September|18}}
| Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
| $74,100,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Highest Viewed Pay-Per-View Boxing Fights of All-Time |url=http://www.realclearlife.com/sports/highest-viewed-boxing-fights-pay-per-view/ |website=RealClearLife |access-date=September 14, 2018 |date=26 August 2017}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|74100000|1999|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2002|June|8}}
| Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
|
HBO<br>Showtime<br>Sky Box Office
| {{nts|{{#expr:1970000+750000}}}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/><ref name="lewis-tyson"/>
| $112,000,000<ref>{{cite news |last=McPolin |first=Sean |title=The 5 highest-grossing boxing fights of all time ahead of Mayweather vs McGregor |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/5-highest-grossing-boxing-fights-9821787 |work=Daily Mirror |date=February 15, 2017}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|112000000|2002|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2007|May|5}}
| Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
| 
HBO<br>Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|{{#expr:2400000+50000}}}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" /><ref name="oscar-floyd"/>
| $165,000,000<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |title=I've weighed the evidence and Oscar De La Hoya gets my verdict |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/ive-weighed-the-evidence-and-oscar-de-364251 |access-date=February 3, 2012 |work=Daily Mirror |date=December 6, 2008}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|165000000|2007|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2007|December|8}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton
| 
HBO<br>Sky Box Office
| {{nts|2,400,000}}<ref name="hatton">{{cite news |title=Mayweather-Hatton does stellar numbers |url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3158134 |work=ESPN |date=December 17, 2007}}</ref>
| $134,000,000<ref name="hatton"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|134000000|2007|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2008|December|6}}
| Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>
| $100,000,000<ref name="mirror"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|100000000|2008|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2009|May|2}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
|
HBO<br>Sky Box Office
| {{nts|{{#expr:850000+900000}}}}<ref name="pac-hatton-us"/><ref name="pac-hatton-uk"/>
| $80,200,000{{efn|See {{Section link|Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton|Pay-per-view}}.}}
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|80200000|2008|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2009|September|19}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,060,000}}<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:52000000+6811300 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayweather-Marquez sold 1 million PPV buys |url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4502922 |work=ESPN |date=September 25, 2009}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|58810000|2009|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2009|November|14}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="pac-cotto"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:70000000+8847550 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref name="Pacquiao-Cotto PPV">{{cite news  | title = Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV  | first = Dan  | last = Rafael  | work = ESPN  | date = 20 November 2009  | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4674275 }}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|78850000|2009|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2010|May|1}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:78300000+11032100 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight does 1.4 million pay-per-view buys |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/05/floyd-mayweather-jr-shane-mosley-boxing.html |work={{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} |date=May 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nevada"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|89330000|2010|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2010|November|13}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="Margarito"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:64000000+5404760 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking down the Pacquiao-Margarito attendance |url=http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/116/breaking-pacquiao-margarito-attendance |work=ESPN |date=November 24, 2010}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|69410000|2010|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2011|May|7}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
|
Showtime
| {{nts|1,340,000}}<ref name="pac-mosley"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:75000000+8882600 round -5}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacquiao-Mosley draws at least 1.3M PPV buys |url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6645782 |work=ESPN |date=June 9, 2011}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|83900000|2011|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
|{{dts|2011|September|17}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="may-ortiz"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:78440000+9000000}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayweather-Ortiz fight drives 1.25 million buys |url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/7160303/floyd-mayweather-victor-ortiz-fight-drives-more-one-million-buys |work=ESPN |date=October 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nevada"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|87440000|2011|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2011|November|13}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="pac-marquez-3"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1400000*54.95)+11648300 round -4}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Marquez-Pacquiao IV exceeds 1 million PPVs |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/8750235/juan-manuel-marquez-manny-pacquiao-iv-exceeds-1-million-ppvs |work=ESPN |date=December 15, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nevada"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|88580000|2011|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2012|May|5}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="may-cotto"/>
| $94,000,000<ref name="sportsbreak"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|94000000|2012|r=-6}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2012|December|8}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="MarquezPacquiaoPrice"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:70000000+10400000}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Luarca |first=Roy |title=Pacquiao-Marquez 4 earns $70M in PPV |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/77413/pacquiao-marquez-4-earns-70m-in-ppv |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|80400000|2012|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2013|September|14}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez 
| 
Showtime
| {{nts|2,200,000}}<ref name="Top 12 Pacquia"/>
| $150,000,000<ref name="boxingscene2015"/>
| {{US$|{{Inflation|US|150000000|2013|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"|{{dts|2015|May|2}}
| style="background:#ffc;"|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
| style="background:#ffc;"|
HBO<br>Showtime<br>Sky Box Office<br>Closed-circuit theatre TV
| {{nts|{{#expr:4600000+1000000+25900000/150 round -3}}}}<ref name="boxingscene"/><ref name="businessinsider"/><ref name="espn"/>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $500,000,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Isidore |first=Chris |title=Mayweather-Pacquiao rakes in a record $500 million |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/news/companies/mayweather-pacquiao-revenue/index.html |work=CNNMoney |agency=CNN |date=May 12, 2015}}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $500,000,000
|-
| {{dts|2017|April|29}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
|
Sky Box Office
| {{nts|1,631,000}}<ref name="WBN"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|50000000|GBR|round=yes}} round -6}}|long=no}}<ref name="joe.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Here's how much Anthony Joshua made for his stunning Wembley showpiece |url=https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/heres-how-much-anthony-joshua-made-for-his-stunning-wembley-showpiece-123717 |website=Joe |date=30 April 2017 |access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|50000000|GBR|round=yes}} round -6}}|long=no}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"|{{dts|2017|August|26}}
| style="background:#ffc;"|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
| style="background:#ffc;"|
Showtime<br>Sky Box Office
| 5,174,000
| style="background:#ffc;"| $500,000,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayweather Vs McGregor Super Fight Was One Of Most Pirated Ever |url=https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/mayweather-vs-mcgregor-super-fight-was-one-of-most-pirated-ever/ |work=UNILAD |date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805052100/https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/mayweather-vs-mcgregor-super-fight-was-one-of-most-pirated-ever/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $500,000,000
|-
| {{dts|2017|September|16}}
| Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,300,000}}<ref name="canelo-ggg" />
| $100,000,000<ref name="canelo-ggg" />
| $100,000,000
|-
| {{dts|2018|March|31}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker
|
Sky Box Office
| {{nts|1,832,000}}<ref name="Joshua-Parker"/><ref name="WBN"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1832000*{{To USD|19.95|GBR|round=yes}})+(12000000/90000*78000) round -6}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Gray|first=James|title=Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker pay-per-view: Price, how to buy and book the fight|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/boxing/937773/Anthony-Joshua-vs-Joseph-Parker-pay-per-view-price-cost-how-to-buy-book-live-stream|work=Daily Express|date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="yahoo-joshua">{{cite news |title=No deal yet for heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/no-deal-yet-heavyweight-title-fight-anthony-joshua-deontay-wilder-182757259.html |work=[[Software:Yahoo Sports|Yahoo Sports]] |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
| $60,000,000
|-
| {{dts|2018|August|25}}
| KSI vs. Logan Paul
| 
[[Company:YouTube|YouTube]]
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1300000*10)+3500000}}|long=no}}<ref name="wkqx">{{cite news |title=Not many enjoyed the KSI vs Logan Paul boxing fight |url=http://www.101wkqx.com/2018/08/26/not-many-enjoyed-the-ksi-vs-logan-paul-boxing-fight/ |work=WKQX-FM |date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessinsider.com/ksi-logan-paul-11-million-youtube-boxing-match-2018-8|title=KSI and Logan Paul probably generated up to $11 million with their YouTube boxing match|last=Ghosh|first=Shona|date=28 August 2018|access-date=28 August 2018 |work=Business Insider}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1300000*10)+3500000}}|long=no}}
|-
| {{dts|2018|Sep|15}}
| Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
|
HBO
| {{nts|1,100,000}}<ref name="canelo-ggg II"/>
| $117,000,000<ref name="canelo-ggg II"/>
| $117,000,000
|-
| Sept 22, 2018
| Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin
|
Sky Box Office
| 1,247,000<ref name="Alexander Povetkin"/><ref name="WBN"/>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1247000*{{To USD|24.95|GBR|round=yes}})+12000000 round -6}}|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Joshua vs Povetkin: All the timing, pricing and booking information for Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin |url=https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/11067/11479988/joshua-vs-povetkin-all-the-timing-pricing-and-booking-information-for-anthony-joshua-vs-alexander-povetkin |work=[[Engineering:Sky Sports|Sky Sports]] |date=September 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin in pictures - all the boxing action and celebrities at Wembley Stadium |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2018/09/22/anthony-joshua-vs-alexander-povetkin-pictures-boxing-action/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2018/09/22/anthony-joshua-vs-alexander-povetkin-pictures-boxing-action/ |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=September 22, 2018}} </ref><ref name="yahoo-joshua"/>
| $53,000,000
|-
|November 9, 2019
|KSI vs. Logan Paul II
|Sky Box Office
DAZN
|2,000,000<ref name="youtube.com">{{Citation |title=Boxing Promoter Eddie Hearn Breaks Down Top 5 Fights He's Promoted {{!}} GQ Sports |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhFQOXBkzw |language=en |access-date=2022-08-17}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| {{dts|2019|December|7}}
| Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II
|
Sky Box Office
| {{nts|1,575,000}}<ref name="Ruiz-Joshua-II"/>
|
|
|-
| {{dts|2020|February|22}}
| Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II
|
ESPN<br>Fox Sports
| {{nts|1,200,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/02/28/las-vegas-fury-vs-wilder-ppv-buys/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Bob Arum reveals Fury vs Wilder PPV buys closer to 1.2m|date=2020-02-28|website=WBN - World Boxing News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
| $112,900,000<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bigfightweekend.com/news/wilder-fury-american-ppv-numbers-fell-short-of-projection/| title=NEWSWilder-Fury American PPV numbers fell short of projection | date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>
|
|-
| {{dts|2020|November|28}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|
[[Biology:Triller|Triller]]
| {{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>
| $80,000,000<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>
| $80,000,000<ref name="Tyson-Jones"/>
|-
|June 6, 2021
|Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Logan Paul
|Showtime
|1,000,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coppinger |first=Mike |title=Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight exceeds 1 million PPV buys: Sources |language=en |work=The Athletic |url=https://theathletic.com/news/floyd-mayweather-vs-logan-paul-fight-exceeds-1-million-ppv-buys-sources/AcOGMD1IF72L/ |access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref>
|$50,000,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Ed |date=2021-06-10 |title=Reports: Mayweather v Logan Paul hits over 1m PPV buys on Showtime |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/mayweather-logan-paul-boxing-fight-ppv-buys-showtime/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|
|}

====United States (closed-circuit theatre TV)====
Select boxing buy rates at American [[Closed-circuit television|closed-circuit]] theatre television venues between 1951 and 2015:

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the US closed-circuit sales record in terms of buys and/or revenue}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Fight !! Buys !! Revenue !! Revenue {{small|(inflation)}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1951|June|15}}
| Joe Louis vs. Lee Savold
| {{nts|81,022}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Attendance Data: TNT Reports on Fightcasts|journal=Broadcasting|date=July 1951|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcNDAQAAIAAJ&q=81%2C022|publisher=Broadcasting Publications}}</ref>
| $100,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89436976/|date=June 13, 1951|page=19}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1951|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1951|September|12}}
| Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randolph Turpin II
| {{nts|100,000}}<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Theater TV: 200-House Web Could Create Own Programs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|magazine=Billboard|date=February 9, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:100000*2}}|}}<ref name="billboard"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|200000|1951|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1952|September|23}}
| Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Walcott
| {{nts|40,000}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Walcott Quits; 'Last King of Line'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40476207/|work=The New York Age|date=September 27, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:40000*4.8}}|}}<ref>{{cite news|title=RAIN THREATENS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10624436/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=September 23, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|192000|1952|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1955|September|21}}
| Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore
| {{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The Troy Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58762372/ |date=April 19, 1956 }}</ref>
| $1,125,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Rocky KO's Moore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/109240434/ |work=The Eugene Guard |date=September 22, 1955 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1125000|1955|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1957|September|23}}
| Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Basilio Beats Robinson on Split Decision |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/135632580/ |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=September 24, 1957 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*3.5}}|}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Robinson, Basilio Title Rout Tonight at Stadium Could Set Two Records |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/pittsfield-berkshire-eagle-sep-23-1957-p-23/ |work=Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle |date=September 23, 1957 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1500000|1957|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1958|March|25}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio II
| {{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117400231/ |date=May 12, 1959 }}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $2,000,000<ref>{{cite book |last=Romano |first=Frederick V. |title=The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television: A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964 |date=2017 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |isbn=9781631440755 |page=164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5N3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT164}}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2000000|1958|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1958|August|18}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. Roy Harris
| {{nts|192,762}}<ref name="Levy78">{{cite book |last1=Levy |first1=Alan H. |title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786439508 |page=[https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy/page/78 78] |url=https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy|url-access=registration }}</ref>
| $763,437<ref name="Levy78"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|763437|1959|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1959|June|26}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson
| {{nts|244,000}}<ref name="Redlands">{{cite news |title=Redlands Daily Facts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/605688/ |date=June 30, 1959 }}</ref>
| $1,032,000<ref name="Redlands"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1032000|1959|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1960|June|20}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleischer |first1=Nat |last2=Andre |first2=Sam |title=An Illustrated History of Boxing |date=2002 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=9780806522012 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfNMYrGgeHgC |quote=A crowd of 31,892, who paid $824,814 and a closed-circuit TV audience of 500,000}}</ref>
| $3,000,000<ref>{{cite book|last1=Springer|first1=Steve|last2=Chavez|first2=Blake|title=Hard Luck: The Triumph and Tragedy of "Irish" Jerry Quarry|date=2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780762768639|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbKCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3000000|1960|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1961|March|13}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="times-record">{{cite news |title=Patterson Kayoes Johansson In Sixth To Keep Heavyweight Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57898255/ |work=The Times-Record |date=March 14, 1961}}</ref>
| $2,500,000<ref name="times-record"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2500000|1961|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1962|September|25}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston
| {{nts|600,000}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Myler |first1=Thomas |title=The Mad and the Bad: Boxing Tales of Murder, Madness and Mayhem |date=2018 |publisher=Pitch Publishing |isbn=9781785314223 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssFeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT160 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3200000|1962|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1963|March|13}}
| Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
| {{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Invitation To Murder: Cassius May Get A Crack At Liston This Summer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107794061/|work=The Courier-Journal|date=March 14, 1963}}</ref>
| $500,000<ref name="Traverse City Record-Eagle"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|500000|1963|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1963|July|22}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston II
| {{nts|563,000}}<ref name="Frazier"/>
| $4,747,690<ref>{{cite book |last1=Unterharnscheidt |first1=Friedrich |last2=Unterharnscheidt |first2=Julia Taylor |title=Boxing: Medical Aspects |date=2003 |publisher=[[Company:Academic Press|Academic Press]] |isbn=9780080528250 |page=746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Vk9C_Cgo20C&pg=PA746}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4747690|1962|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1964|February|25}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
| {{nts|700,000}}<ref name="Ezra82">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon|date=2009|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781592136612|page=82|chapter=Muhammad Ali's Main Bout: African American Economic Power and the World Heavyweight Title|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh3rtDyeSAIC&pg=PA82}}</ref>
| $5,000,000<ref name="Ezra82"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5000000|1964|r=-5}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|January|2}}
| Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo
| {{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power|date=2013|publisher=[[Company:Routledge|Routledge]]|isbn=9781136274756|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL41bsCigZcC&pg=PA109}}</ref>
| $800,000<ref>{{cite book|last=Levy|first=Alan|title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman|date=2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786439508|page=[https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy/page/181 181]|url=https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy|url-access=registration}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|800000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|May|25}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
| {{nts|630,000}}<ref name="mee">{{cite book|last=Mee|first=Bob|title=Liston and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King|date=2011|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=9781907195655|page=308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdWp6foVPA4C&pg=PT308}}</ref>
| $4,300,000<ref name="Ezra"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4300000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|November|22}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Clay Selects Terrell As Next Title Foe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48685114/ |work=The Daily Independent |date=November 23, 1965 }}</ref>
| $4,000,000<ref name="Ezra"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4000000|1965|r=-5}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1966|November|14}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="Ezra114">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power|date=2013|publisher=[[Company:Routledge|Routledge]]|isbn=9781136274756|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL41bsCigZcC&pg=PA114}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*7.5}}|}}<ref name="Ezra114"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3750000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1967|February|6}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|800,000}}<ref name="Philadelphia">{{cite news|title=Terrell Gets Crack at Unbeaten Clay|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179875868/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=February 5, 1967}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:800000*5}}|}}<ref name="Philadelphia"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4000000|1966|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1970|October|26}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:900000*(70/100)|r=-4}}|}}}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Clay Predicts Victory|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/133147735/|work=The Palm Beach Post|date=October 24, 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ezra|first1=Michael|title=Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon|date=2009|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781592136612|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh3rtDyeSAIC&pg=PA82}}</ref>
| $3,500,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Clay-Quarry fight to gross $3.5 million|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/207159853/|work=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=November 10, 1970}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3500000|1970|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1971|March|8}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
| {{nts|2,500,000}}<ref name="Frazier"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:30000000+15000000}}|}}<ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Joe|title=Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786492497|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY4I-7T4Q5gC&pg=PA65}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|45000000|1971|r=-6}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1974|October|30}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*20}}|}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|60000000|1974|r=-7}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1975|October|1}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*20}}|}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|60000000|1975|r=-8}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1976|September|27}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="Danville">{{cite news|title=Ali Wins On Decision|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45803479/|work=The Bee|date=September 29, 1976}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:1500000*20}}|}}<ref name="Enquirer">{{cite news|title=Ali, Norton both promise in tonight's title tilt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/205352097/|work=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=September 28, 1976}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|30000000|1976|r=-7}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1980|Jun|20}}
| Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="Lauderdale">{{cite news|title=The Last Hurrah isn't a box office knockout|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/234896551/|work=Fort Lauderdale News|date=October 2, 1980}}</ref>
| $22,000,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Bardy|first=Dave|title=Leonard vs Duran June 20: Talking Is Over in Montreal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/06/20/the-fightleonard-vs-duran-june-20-talking-is-over-in-montreal/cfe8c92f-83be-4b9f-8976-6b7c1e61e61d/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 20, 1980}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|22000000|1980|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1982|June|11}}
| Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney
| {{nts|2,000,000}}<ref name="badlefthook">{{cite web|title=Imagine A Day At The End Of Your Life: Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney Revisited|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2012/6/11/3078596/imagine-a-day-at-the-end-of-your-life-larry-holmes-gerry-cooney|website=Bad Left Hook|publisher=SB Nation|date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>
| $20,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|20000000|1982|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1985|April|15}}
| Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
| {{nts|700,000}}<ref name="hagler">{{cite news|title=How the Hagler-Leonard superfight changed the combat sports landscape|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/how-hagler-leonard-superfight-changed-combat-sports-landscape-233386|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|date=April 9, 2017}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:700000*15}}|}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Hagler Bout to Be Shown in City|url=http://newsok.com/article/2126051|work=The Oklahoman|date=October 29, 1985}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10500000|1985|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1987|April|6}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| $40,000,000<ref>{{cite news|title='Superfight' becomes reality Monday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/345669866/|work=The Sentinel|date=April 4, 1987}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|40000000|1987|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1988|June|27}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
| {{nts|800,000}}<ref name="spinks">{{cite news |title=PAY-PER-VIEW CAN DRIVE CLOSED-CIRCUIT OFF SCREEN |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/07/02/pay-per-view-can-drive-closed-circuit-off-screen/2f6c6d4d-d7ca-4a3b-931e-f8b4bb5b790b/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 2, 1988}}</ref>
| $32,000,000<ref name="spinks"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|32000000|1988|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1997|June|28}}
| Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:9000000/75}}|}}}}<ref name="Asher">{{cite news|last=Asher|first=Mark|title=TYSON-HOLYFIELD PACKED A BIG FINANCIAL WALLOP|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/07/05/tyson-holyfield-packed-a-big-financial-wallop/f0627f0b-8e93-44d0-94d4-6b583cf44a4d/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 5, 1997}}</ref>
| $9,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|9000000|1997|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|2007|May|5}}
| Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
| {{nts|50,000}}<ref name="oscar-floyd">{{cite news |title=De la Hoya-Mayweather as it happened |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6626009.stm |agency=BBC News |date=6 May 2007}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:50000*55}}|}}<ref>{{cite news |title=TAKE FIVE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR., 'THE WORLD AWAITS' |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2007/may/05/take-five-oscar-de-la-hoya-vs-floyd-mayweather-jr-/ |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=May 5, 2007 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2750000|2007|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|2015|May|2}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:25900000/150 round -3}}|}}}}<ref name="espn"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:6900000+19000000}}|}}<ref name="espn">{{cite news|title=Mayweather-Pacquiao KO's PPV marks, live gate|url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12872711/floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao-fight-shatters-all-live-gate-record|work=ESPN|date=May 12, 2015}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|25900000|2015|r=-4}}|}}
|}

====United States (PPV home television)====
Select PPV boxing buy-rates between 1960 and 2023:

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the US sales record on PPV home television}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Fight !! Result !! Carrier !! Buy rate
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1960|June|20}}
|Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II
|Patterson wins by KO in round 5
|TelePrompTer
|{{nts|25,000}}<ref name="brooks"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1961|March|13}}
|Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III
|Patterson wins by KO in round 6
|TelePrompTer
|{{nts|100,000}}<ref name="lake"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1962|September|25}}
|Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston
|Liston wins by KO in round 1
|TelePrompTer
|{{nts|100,000}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=KLTV fight plea is turned down|journal=Broadcasting/Telecasting|volume=63|date=June–September 1962|page=131|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele63unse#page/130/mode/2up/search/patterson|publisher=Broadcasting Publications}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1964|February|25}}
|Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
|Ali wins by RTD in round 6
|WHCT<ref name="broadcasting">{{cite journal|title=Can the fine arts find a home on television?|journal=Broadcasting|date=1972|volume=83|page=38|url=http://www.projectstraightink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1972-12-11-BC-watermark.pdf#page=38|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Incorporated|quote=Noting that many in the arts community have rested their hopes on pay cable, Mr. Jencks recalled that during a pay-TV experiment over WHCT(TV) Hartford, Conn., 96% of all viewing time was devoted to motion pictures and sports events. A single boxing match between Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali, Mr. Jencks said, attracted nearly four times as many subscribers as the cumulative total of all 50 "educational features" offered by WHCT over a two-year period.|access-date=2018-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511191906/http://www.projectstraightink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1972-12-11-BC-watermark.pdf#page=38|archive-date=2018-05-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{nts|250,000}}<ref name="Ezra83">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon|date=2009|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781592136612|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh3rtDyeSAIC&pg=PA83}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1975|Oct|1}}
|Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
|Ali wins by TKO in round 14
|HBO
|{{nts|500,000}}<ref name="Smith">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Ronald A.|title=Play-by-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport|date=2003|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=9780801876929|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMKqn6LzsBIC&pg=PP101}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1980|Jun|20}}
|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán
|Durán wins by UD (145–144, 148–147, 146–144)
|HBO
|{{nts|155,000}}<ref name="askmen"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1981|Sep|16}}
|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
|Leonard wins by TKO in round 14
|HBO
|{{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:(48.6/100)*1200000}}|}}|}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Boxing on Primetime Network TV: Things Came To An End in The 90s|url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/boxing-on-primetime-network-tv-things-came-to-an-end-in-the-90s/|website=Boxing Insider|date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1985|Apr|15}}
|Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
|Hagler wins by TKO in round 3
|HBO
|{{nts|100,000}}<ref name="hagler"/>
|-
|{{dts|1987|Apr|6}}
|Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
|Leonard wins by SD (118–110, 113–115, 115–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1988|Jun|27}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks 
|Tyson wins by KO in round 1
|HBO
|{{nts|700,000}}<ref name="articles.orlandosentinel.com">[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-10-27/sports/9010270154_1_holyfield-douglas-evander Douglas-Holyfield Draws Record Pay-per-view Fans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316020858/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-10-27/sports/9010270154_1_holyfield-douglas-evander |date=2014-03-16 }}, Orlando Sentinel article, 1990-10-12, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
|- 
|{{dts|1988|Nov|7}}
|Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard 
|Leonard wins by TKO in round 9
|HBO
|{{nts|700,000}}<ref name="Jet Magazine">[https://books.google.com/books?id=764DAAAAMBAJ&dq=donny+lalonde+sugar+ray+leonard+pay-per-view&pg=PA50 Sugar Ray-Lalonde Bout is Richest Pay-TV Event], Jet Magazine article, 1988-11-27, Retrieved on 2020-02-22</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1990|Oct|25}}
|Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield 
|Holyfield wins by KO in round 3
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,000,000}}<ref name="articles.orlandosentinel.com"/>
|-
|{{dts|1991|March|18}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock
|Tyson wins by TKO in round 7
|Showtime
|{{nts|960,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=IRON MIKE IS UNDISPUTED PAY-PER-VIEW WORLD CHAMP |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/iron-mike-undisputed-pay-per-view-world-champ-article-1.787422 |work=New York Daily News |date=January 21, 1998 |quote=Tyson's lowest buy rate was in his first fight with Donovan (Razor) Ruddock, which registered 960,000 buys.}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1991|Apr|19}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
|Holyfield wins by UD (116–111, 117–110, 115–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256">{{cite web|last=Emen |first=Jake |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ac-7170256 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119233805/http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ac-7170256 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-19 |title=Biggest boxing PPVs of all time – UFC |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=2011-10-30 |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1991|Jun|28}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II
|Tyson wins by UD (113–109, 114–108, 114–108)
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="Forbes"/>
|-
|{{dts|1991|Oct|18}}
|Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison
|Mercer wins by KO in round 5
|HBO
|{{nts|200,000}}<ref>[http://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/boxing-on-primetime-network-tv-things-came-to-an-end-in-the-90s/ Low Numbers For Tyson-Botha], Boxing Insider article, 2013-01-22, Retrieved on 2013-08-06</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1992|Jun|19}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes
|Holyfield wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|730,000}}<ref>[http://articles.philly.com/1992-11-13/sports/26007949_1_duva-and-finkel-tvko-holyfield-foreman-bout Pay-per-view Sales High For Holyfield-Bowe], Philadelphia Daily News article, 1992-11-13, Retrieved on 2013-11-16</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1992|Sep|12}}
|Julio César Chávez vs. Héctor Camacho
|Chavez wins by UD (110–119, 111–117, 107–120)
|Showtime
|{{nts|800,000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boxing Notebook: Chavez shows less is more |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/17/Boxing-Notebook-Chavez-shows-less-is-more/4205716702400/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1992|Nov|13}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe 
|Bowe wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 115–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|900,000}}<ref>[http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Evander_Holyfield_vs._Riddick_Bowe_(1st_meeting)], Box Rec, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1993|Jun|7}}
|George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison 
|Morrison wins by UD (117–110, 117–110, 118–108)
|HBO
|{{nts|600,000}}<ref name="foreman-morrison">[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/21/sports/tv-sports-black-box-art-of-steal-per-view.html Black (Box) Art of Steal-Per-View], N.Y. Times article, 1995-04-21, Retrieved on 2013-10-15</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1993|Sep|10}}
|Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez 
|Majority draw (115–113, 115–115, 115–115)
|Showtime
|{{nts|740,000}}<ref name="whitaker-chavez">[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/10/sports/view-from-pay-per-view.html View from Pay-Per-View], N.Y. Times article, 1993-09-10, Retrieved on 2020-04-15</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1993|Nov|6}}
|Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II 
|Holyfield wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)
|HBO
|{{nts|950,000}}<ref>[http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Riddick_Bowe_vs._Evander_Holyfield_(2nd_meeting)], Box Rec, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1994|Nov|18}}
|James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Jones Jr. wins by UD (119–108, 118–109, 117–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/James_Toney_vs._Roy_Jones_Jr. |title= James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr. |publisher= Box Rec |access-date= 2014-01-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1995|May|6}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas
|De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 2
|HBO
|{{nts|330,000}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm |title= About. com Top Pay Per View Events in Boxing History |publisher= about.com |access-date= 2014-03-15 |archive-date= 2007-06-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070606234605/http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1995|Aug|19}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley
|Tyson wins by DQ in round 1
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Montgomery">{{cite news |title=Tyson's millions vanish with nothing to show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260968013/ |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=April 5, 1998}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1995|Nov|4}}
|Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III
|Bowe wins by TKO in round 8
|HBO
|{{nts|650,000}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/bowe-holyfield-knocks-out-26-mil-99123885/ |title= Bowe-Holyfield Knocks Out $26 Mil |magazine= Variety.com |date= 1995-11-12 |access-date= 2014-01-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1996|Mar|16}}
|Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II 
|Tyson wins by TKO in round 3
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
|-
|{{dts|1996|Sep|7}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon
|Tyson wins by TKO in round 1
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1996|Nov|9}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
|Holyfield wins by TKO in round 11
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Montgomery"/>
|-
|{{dts|1997|Apr|12}}
|Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya
|De La Hoya wins by UD (115–111, 116–110, 116–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|720,000}}<ref name="About.com History">[http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm Pay-Per-View History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606234605/http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/payperview.htm |date=2007-06-06 }} at about.com</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|1997|Jun|28}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II
|Holyfield wins by DQ in round 3
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,990,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|-
|{{dts|1997|Sep|13}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho
|De La Hoya wins by UD (120–106, 120–105, 118–108)
|HBO
|{{nts|560,000}}<ref name="About.com History" />
|-
|{{dts|1997|Oct|4}}
|Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota
|Lewis wins by KO in round 1
|HBO
|{{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/1019581.stm |title= Rawling awards Lewis clean sweep |publisher= BBC |date= 2000-11-12 |access-date= 2016-04-16}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1997|Nov|8}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II
|Holyfield wins by RTD in round 8
|Showtime
|{{nts|550,000}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/11/14/Sports-Media/MEDIA-NOTES.aspx |title= Media notes |publisher= Sports Business Daily |date= 1997-11-14 |access-date= 2014-01-13 |archive-date= 2014-01-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134637/http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/11/14/Sports-Media/MEDIA-NOTES.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1999|Jan|16}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha 
|Tyson wins by KO in round 5
|Showtime
|{{nts|750,000}}<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/20/sports/plus-boxing-low-numbers-for-tyson-botha.html Low Numbers For Tyson-Botha], N.Y. Times article, 1999-01-20, Retrieved on 2013-08-05</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1999|Mar|13}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis 
|Split draw (116–113, 113–115, 115–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,200,000}}<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
|-
|{{dts|1999|Sep|18}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad
|Trinidad wins by MD (115–113, 115–114, 114–114)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|-
|{{dts|1999|Nov|13}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
|Lewis wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 115–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|850,000}}<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
|-
|{{dts|2000|Apr|29}}
|Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant
|Lewis wins by KO in round 2
|HBO
|{{nts|340,000}}<ref name="420,000BUYERS" />
|-
|{{dts|2000|Jun|17}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley
|Mosley wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|590,000}}<ref name="About.com History" />
|-
|{{dts|2000|Sep|9}}
|Roy Jones Jr. vs. Eric Harding
|Jones Jr. wins by RTD in round 10
|HBO
|{{nts|125,000}}<ref>[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jb91800.htm], Cyber Boxing Zone article, 2000-09-17, Retrieved on 2014-03-15</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2000|Oct|20}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota
|Tyson wins by TKO in round 3 (later changed to an NC)
|Showtime
|{{nts|450,000}}<ref>[http://articles.philly.com/2000-11-11/sports/25612986_1_lewis-tua-jay-larkin-tyson-holyfield-ii Rarely A Pay-per-view Draw, Lewis Seeks Smashing Win], Philadelphia Inquirer article, 2000-11-11, Retrieved on 2013-08-11</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2000|Nov|11}}
|Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua
|Lewis wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 117–111)
|HBO
|{{nts|420,000}}<ref name="420,000BUYERS" >{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/16/sports/plus-tv-sports-lewis-tua-attracts-420000-buyers.html |title= PLUS: TV SPORTS; LEWIS-TUA ATTRACTS 420,000 BUYERS |publisher= N.Y. Times article |date= 2000-11-16 |access-date=2014-01-04 |first=Richard |last=Sandomir}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2001|Mar|03}}
|Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II
|Ruiz wins by UD (116–110, 115–111, 114–111)
|Showtime
|{{nts|185,000}}<ref name="525,000Buys" >{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/05/sports/othersports/05TVTV.html |title= 525,000 Buys for Jones Bout |publisher= N.Y. Times article |date= 2003-03-05 |access-date=2014-01-04 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2001|Apr|07}}
|Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera
|Barrera wins by UD (116–111, 115–112, 115–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|310,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2810845 |title= Marquez-Barrera pulls in $10.1 million in TV revenue |work= ESPN.com |date= 2007-03-24 |access-date= 2014-01-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2001|Jun|08}}
|Laila Ali vs. Jacqui Frazier-Lyde
|Ali wins by MD (73–79, 75–77, 76–76)
|{{?}}
|{{nts|125,000}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meltzer |first1=Dave |title=Rousey preliminary pay-per-view numbers are strong |url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2013/2/26/4032094/early-ufc-157-pay-per-view-numbers-women-fight-card-mma-news |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=MMA Fighting |publisher=[[Company:Vox Media|Vox Media]] |date=26 February 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2001|Nov|17}}
|Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II
|Lewis wins by KO in round 4
|HBO
|{{nts|460,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Hasim_Rahman_vs._Lennox_Lewis_%282nd_meeting%29 |title= Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis (2nd meeting) |publisher= BoxRec |date= 2015-01-03 |access-date= 2016-04-16}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2002|Jun|8}}
|Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
|Lewis wins by KO in round 8
|HBO/Showtime
|{{nts|1,970,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|-
|{{dts|2002|Sep|14}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas
|De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 11
|HBO
|{{nts|935,000}}<ref name="About.com History" />
|-
|{{dts|2003|Feb|22}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne
|Tyson wins by KO in round 1
|Showtime
|{{nts|100,000}}<ref name="525,000Buys"/>
|-
|{{dts|2003|Mar|1}}
|John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Jones Jr. wins by UD (118–110, 117–111, 116–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|525,000}}<ref name="525,000Buys" />
|-
|{{dts|2003|Sep|13}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II
|Mosley wins by UD (113–115, 113–115, 113–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|950,000}}<ref name="About.com History" />
|-
|{{dts|2003|Oct|4}}
|James Toney vs. Evander Holyfield
|Toney wins by TKO in round 9
|Showtime
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.majorwager.com/forums/mess-hall/128792-holyfield-considering-retirement.html |title= Holyfield considering retirement |publisher= USA TODAY article |date= 2003-10-15 |access-date= 2014-01-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140116090701/http://www.majorwager.com/forums/mess-hall/128792-holyfield-considering-retirement.html |archive-date= 2014-01-16 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2003|Nov|8}}
|Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Jones Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)
|HBO
|{{nts|302,000}}<ref>[http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content1828.html Roy Jones Jr. Says He's the Draw, But it He?], FightHype.com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2004|May|15}}
|Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II
|Tarver wins by KO in round 2
|HBO
|{{nts|360,000}}<ref>[http://www.secondsout.com/usa-boxing-news/usa-boxing-news/tarver-v-jones-ii-ppv-did-360000-buys Tarver v Jones II PPV did 360,000 buys], SecondsOut.Com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2004|Sep|18}}
|Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya
|Hopkins wins by KO in round 9
|HBO
|{{nts|1,000,000}}<ref name="About.com History" />
|-
|{{dts|2004|Dec|11}}
|Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams
|Klitschko wins by TKO in round 8
|HBO
|{{nts|120,000}}<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/dive-boxing-ratings-drop-hbo-canvas-article-1.631834 TAKING A DIVE Boxing ratings drop HBO to the canvas], N.Y.DailyNews.com article, 2004-12-19, Retrieved on 2014-04-10</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2005|Mar|19}}
|Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao
|Morales wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|345,000}}<ref name=boxingscene326>[http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-pacquiao-17-years-superfight-04-05--88942 Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 04/05], BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2015-03-26</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2005|Jun|11}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Kevin McBride
|McBride wins by TKO in round 7
|Showtime
|{{nts|250,000}}<ref>[http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39053 Tyson-McBride 250,000 PPV Buys], BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2014-01-08</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2005|Jun|25}}
|Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
|Mayweather Jr. wins by RTD in round 6
|HBO
|{{nts|340,000}}<ref name=boxingscene326/>
|-
|{{dts|2005|Oct|1}}
|Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. III
|Tarver wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|405,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.secondsout.com/usa-boxing-news/usa-boxing-news/hbo-release-ppv-tarverjones-buys |title= HBO release PPV Tarver/Jones buys  |publisher= SecondsOut.Com article |access-date= 2014-01-10}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Jan|21}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales II
|Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 10
|HBO
|{{nts|360,000}}<ref name=boxingscene41>[http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-pacquiao-17-years-superfight-2006--89192 Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 2006], BoxingScene.com article, Retrieved on 2015-04-01</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Feb|25}}
|Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas
|Mosley wins by TKO in round 10
|HBO
|{{nts|415,000}}<ref name="Mosley-Vargas">{{cite news |title=Mosley-Vargas fight can't match first bout on PPV |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2525430 |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=ESPN.com |agency=ESPN |date=20 July 2006}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Apr|8}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Zab Judah
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 117–111, 119–109)
|HBO
|{{nts|375,000}}<ref name=boxingscene41/>
|-
|{{dts|2006|May|6}}
|Ricardo Mayorga vs. Oscar De La Hoya
|De La Hoya wins by TKO in round 6
|HBO
|{{nts|925,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ricardo_Mayorga_vs._Oscar_De_La_Hoya |title=Ricardo Mayorga vs. Oscar De La Hoya – Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia |publisher=Boxrec.com |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|May|6}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios
|Pacquiao wins by UD (117–110, 118–108, 120–106)
|Top Rank
|{{nts|120,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-pacquiao-17-years-superfight-2006--89192|title=Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight|publisher=BoxingScene|date=April 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Jul|15}}
|Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas II
|Mosley wins by TKO in round 6
|HBO
|{{nts|350,000}}<ref name="Mosley-Vargas"/>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Aug|12}}
|Hasim Rahman vs. Oleg Maskaev II
|Maskaev wins by TKO in round 12
|HBO
|{{nts|60,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=2552728|title=Notebook: Manager says Gatti not retiring yet|publisher=ESPN|date=August 18, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Nov|4}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 118–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|325,000}}<ref name=boxingscene41/>
|-
|{{dts|2006|Nov|18}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs Érik Morales III
|Pacquiao wins by KO in round 3
|HBO
|{{nts|350,000}}<ref name=boxingscene41/>
|-
|{{dts|2007|Apr|14}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs Jorge Solís
|Pacquiao wins by KO in round 8
|Top Rank
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162477748.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106182353/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162477748.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-06|title=Pacquiao fight sold $ 1.3-M tickets.(Sports News)|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|author=Nick Giongco}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|2007|May|5}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
|Mayweather Jr. wins by SD (116–112, 115–113, 113–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|2,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|-
|{{dts|2007|Oct|10}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera II
|Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 115–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|350,000}}<ref name=boxingscene49>Rold, Cliff (2015-04-09). [http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-pacquiao-17-years-superfight-2007--89512 "Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight - 2007"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-04-09.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2007|Dec|8}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton
|Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10
|HBO
|{{nts|920,000}}<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/05/floyd-mayweather-jr-shane-mosley-boxing.html |title=Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight does 1.4 million pay-per-view buys |publisher=LA.Times.com |date=2010-05-11 |access-date=2014-01-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Jan|19}}
|Félix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Jones Jr. wins by UD (116–110, 117–109, 116–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|500,000}}<ref name="HBO releases official PPV numbers">{{cite news|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2008/12/10/689182/hbo-releases-official-ppv |title=HBO releases official PPV numbers |publisher=badlefthook.com |date=2008-12-10 |access-date=2021-04-04}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Feb|16}}
|Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor II
|Pavlik wins by UD (115–113, 117–111, 116–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|250,000}}<ref name="HBO releases official PPV numbers"/>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Mar|15}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez II
|Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 114–113, 112–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Juan_Manuel_Marquez_vs._Manny_Pacquiao_(2nd_meeting) |title=Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao (2nd meeting) |publisher=Boxrec}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Jun|28}}
|David Díaz vs. Manny Pacquiao
|Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 9
|HBO
|{{nts|206,000}}<ref>[http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-pacquiao-17-years-superfight-08-09--89810 "Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight – 08-09"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-04-16.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Jul|26}}
|Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito
|Margarito wins by TKO in round 11
|HBO
|{{nts|450,000}}<ref name="badlefthook.com">[http://www.badlefthook.com/2008/12/10/689182/hbo-releases-official-ppv "HBO releases official PPV numbers: 1.25 million"]. Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 2016-04-16.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Nov|8}}
|Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Calzaghe wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 118–109)
|HBO
|{{nts|225,000}}<ref name="badlefthook.com"/>
|-
|{{dts|2008|Dec|6}}
|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
|Pacquiao wins by RTD in round 8
|HBO
|{{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/>
|-
|{{dts|2009|May|2}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
|Pacquiao wins by KO in round 2
|HBO
|{{nts|850,000}}<ref name="pac-hatton-us">{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/332/manny-pacquiao-ricky-hatton-ppv-numbers-celebrate-even-bob-arum-refuses |title=Pacquiao-Hatton PPV numbers something to celebrate, even if Arum refuses|date=2009-05-14}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2009|Sep|19}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Márquez
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 119–108, 118–109)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,060,000}}<ref name="Mosley fight does 1.4 million"/>
|-
|{{dts|2009|Nov|14}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
|Pacquiao wins by TKO in round 12
|HBO
|{{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="pac-cotto">{{cite web|url= http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4674275 |title= Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV |work= ESPN.com |date= 2009-11-20 |access-date= 2014-01-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2010|Mar|13}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey
|Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 119–109, 120–108)
|HBO
|{{nts|700,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5022192 |title= Pacquiao-Clottey earns big PPV bucks |work= ESPN.com |date= 2010-03-23 |access-date= 2014-01-10}}</ref>
|-
|{{Dts|2010|Apr|3}}
|Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. II
|Hopkins win by UD (118–109, 117–110, 117–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2010/4/16/1426020/jones-hopkins-ii-does-about-150k|title=Jones-Hopkins II does about 150K PPV buys|work=Bad Left Hook|access-date=2017-07-06}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2010|May|1}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (119–109, 118–110, 119–109)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" />
|-
|{{dts|2010|Nov|13}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito
|Pacquiao wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 119–109)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="Margarito">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5842507 |title=Manny Pacquiao generates another 1 million PPV buys |publisher=Sports.espn.go.com |date=2010-11-23 |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2011|May|7}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
|Pacquiao wins by UD (119–108, 120–108, 120–107)
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,340,000}}<ref name="pac-mosley">{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6645782 |title=Bout draws more than 1.3 million buys |publisher=Espn.go.com|date=2011-06-09 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2011|Sep|17}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz
|Mayweather Jr. wins by KO in round 4
|HBO
|{{nts|1,250,000}}<ref name="may-ortiz">{{cite web|url=http://fighthype.com/pages/content11072.html |title=The Numbers Are In! Mayweather-Ortiz Is Second Highest Grossing Non-Heavyweight Fight |publisher=Fighthype.com |date=2011-10-28 |access-date=2011-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2011|Nov|13}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III
|Pacquiao wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 116–112)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,400,000}}<ref name="pac-marquez-3">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/12/pacquiao-vs-marquez-iii-draws-1-4-million-ppv/ |title=Pacquiao vs Marquez III draws 1.4 million PPV |publisher=BoxingNews24 |date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2011|Dec|3}}
|Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II
|Cotto wins by RTD in round 9
|HBO
|{{nts|600,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331|title="Fighting Words" — Deontay Wilder Gets A Reality Check - Boxing News|website=www.boxingscene.com|date=15 June 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2012|May|5}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 118–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="may-cotto">{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/7919965/floyd-mayweather-miguel-cotto-rakes-94m-ppv-sales |title=Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto rakes in $94M in PPV sales|publisher=Espn.go.com |date= 2012-05-11|access-date=2012-05-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2012|Jun|9}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley
|Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|890,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/10350145/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-set-april-controversial-fight-2012/
|title= Pacquiao-Bradley II set for April|work= espn.com |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2012|Sep|15}}
|Sergio Martínez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. 
|Martínez wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|475,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8408463/sergio-martinez-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-extremely-solid-ppv-buys-hbo-says |title= Viewers flock to Martinez-Chavez |work= ESPN.com |date= 2012-09-21 |access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2012|Dec|8}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV
|Márquez wins by KO in round 6
|HBO
|{{nts|1,150,000}}<ref name="MarquezPacquiaoPrice" >{{cite web|url= http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8750235/juan-manuel-marquez-manny-pacquiao-iv-exceeds-1-million-ppvs
|title= Marquez-Pacquiao another big draw |work= ESPN.com |date= 2012-12-15 |access-date= 2012-12-15}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2013|May|4}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (117–111, 117–111, 117–111)
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,000,000}}<ref>Satterfield, Lem (2013-05-10). [http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/178807-mayweather-guerrero-over-a-million-ppv-buys "Mayweather-Guerrero: Over a million PPV buys"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507100956/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/178807-mayweather-guerrero-over-a-million-ppv-buys |date=2015-05-07 }}. ''The Ring''. Retrieved 2015-04-30.</ref> 
|-
|{{dts|2013|Sep|14}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez 
|Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (117–111, 116–112, 114–114)
|Showtime
|{{nts|2,200,000}}<ref name="Top 12 Pacquia">[https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/floyd-mayweather-canelo-alvarez-ppv-sales-2-2-213253910--box.html Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez PPV sales at 2.2 million, setting revenue record], Yahoo Sports, October 2, 2013.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2013|Oct|12}}
|Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez 
|Bradley wins by SD (115–113, 116–112, 113–115)
|HBO
|{{nts|375,000}}<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/top-rank-president-todd-duboef-says-bradley-marquez-215616185--box.html Top Rank president Todd duBoef says Bradley-Marquez pay-per-view did 375,000 sales], Yahoo Sports, November 4, 2013.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2013|Nov|24}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Ríos 
|Pacquiao wins by UD (119–109, 120–108, 118–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|475,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/manny-pacquiao-brandon-rios-fight-sells-475-000-213600764--box.html |title= Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight sells 475,000 PPVs, according to HBO Sports |publisher= Sports.Yahoo |date= 2013-12-05 |access-date= 2013-12-20}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Mar|8}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo
|Álvarez wins by TKO in Round 10
|Showtime
|{{nts|350,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10609134/canelo-alvarez-alfredo-angulo-bout-generates-big-ppv-numbers
|title= Canelo Alvarez scores on PPV |work= ESPN.com |date=2014-03-14 |access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Apr|12}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II
|Pacquiao wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|800,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10912510/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-pay-per-view-sales-dropped-rematch |title=Pacquiao-Bradley II numbers down |publisher=Espn.go.com|date=2014-05-10 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|May|3}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
|Mayweather Jr. wins by MD (114–114, 117–111, 116–112)
|Showtime
|{{nts|900,000}}<ref name=yahoosports2014918>{{cite web|url= https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/source--mayweather-maidana-ii-does-925-000-pay-per-view-buys-182401464.html |title= Source: Mayweather-Maidana II does 925,000 pay-per-view buys |publisher= Yahoo.Sports |date= 2014-09-18 |access-date= 2015-01-30}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Jun|7}}
|Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martínez
|Cotto wins by RTD in round 10
|HBO
|{{nts|315,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.si.com/boxing/2014/06/25/miguel-cotto-sergio-martinez-pay-per-view
|title= Cotto-Martinez fight brings in disappointing pay-per-view audience |publisher= SI.com |date=2014-06-26 |access-date=2014-06-27}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Jul|12}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Erislandy Lara
|Álvarez wins by SD (115–113, 117–111, 113–115)
|Showtime
|{{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/10148/golovkin-rubio-up-next
|title= Golovkin-Rubio up next? |work= ESPN.com |date=2014-08-15 |access-date=2014-08-29}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Sep|13}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–111, 116–111, 115–112)
|Showtime
|{{nts|925,000}}<ref name=yahoosports2014918/>
|-
|{{dts|2014|Nov|23}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri
|Pacquiao wins by UD (119–103, 119–103, 120–102)
|HBO
|{{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/12/06/14/pacquiao-vs-algieri-gets-over-400k-ppv-buys |title=Pacquiao vs Algieri gets over 400K in PPV buys |date=6 December 2014 |publisher=ABS-CBNnews.com}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{dts|2015|May|2}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 118–110)
|HBO/Showtime
|{{nts|4,600,000}}<ref name="boxingscene">Idec, Keith (2015-11-10). [http://www.boxingscene.com/hbos-taffet-still-stunned-by-46m-buys-pac--97976 "HBO's Taffet Still Stunned By 4.6M Buys For May-Pac"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved 2017-06-29.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2015|Sep|12}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto
|Mayweather Jr. wins by UD (120–108, 118–110, 117–111)
|Showtime
|{{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/15282539/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-iii-ppv-numbers-terrible-says-top-rank-promoter-bob-arum|title=Bob Arum: Pacquiao-Bradley III lost money, had 'terrible' PPV numbers|publisher=Espn.go.com |date=April 21, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2015|Oct|17}}
|Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux
|Golovkin wins by TKO in round 8
|HBO
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>Thompson, Ben (2015-10-20). [http://www.fighthype.com/news/article22213.html "Golovkin vs. Lemieux does roughly 150,000 PPV buys"] fighthype.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2015|Nov|21}}
|Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez
|Álvarez wins by UD (117–111, 119–109, 118–110)
|HBO
|{{nts|900,000}}<ref>Rafael, Dan (2015-12-03). [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14282398/canelo-alvarez-miguel-cotto-pay-per-view-gets-900k-buys-58m-revenue "Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto pay-per-view approximately $58M in revenue"]. ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-16.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2016|Apr|9}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III
|Pacquiao wins by UD (116–110, 116–110, 116–110)
|HBO
|{{nts |400,000}}<ref>[http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/15282539/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-iii-ppv-numbers-terrible-says-top-rank-promoter-bob-arum Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. III PPV numbers 'terrible', says Top Rank promoter Bob Arum]. Espn.go.com (April 21, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-06-25.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2016|May|7}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan
|Álvarez wins by KO in round 6
|HBO
|{{nts|600,000}}<ref>Rafael, Dan (May 14, 2016). [http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/15523779/canelo-alvarez-amir-khan-fight-sells-close-600000-pay-per-view-buys-golden-boy-promotions-says "Canelo Alvarez, Amir Khan fight sells close to 600,000 pay-per-view buys, Golden Boy Promotions says"]. ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2016|July|23}}
|Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol
|Crawford wins by UD (118–107, 118–107, 117–108)
|HBO
|{{nts|55,000}}<ref>[http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/16668/notes-arum-says-he-lost-about-100k-on-crawford-postol-ppv Arum says he lost about $100k on Crawford-Postol PPV]. Espn.go.com (September 3, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-09-10.</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2016|Sep|17}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Liam Smith
|Álvarez wins by TKO in round 9
|HBO
|{{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/canelo-smith-ppv-buys--109098|title=Canelo-Smith PPV: Golden Boy Pleased With 300K Buys|publisher=boxingscene.com |date=September 25, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2016|Nov|5}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas
|Pacquiao wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 114–113)
|Top Rank
|{{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/11/15/bob-arum-manny-pacquiao-jessie-vargas-fight-300k-ppv-buys/ |title=Bob Arum: Pacquiao-Vargas fight surpassed 300K PPV buys; Is Pacquiao-Mayweather II possible? |newspaper=USA Today |date=November 15, 2016 |access-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116160402/http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/11/15/bob-arum-manny-pacquiao-jessie-vargas-fight-300k-ppv-buys/ |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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|{{dts|2016|Nov|19}}
|Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward
|Ward wins by UD (114–113, 114–113, 114–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|165,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/ward-kovalev-33-million-live-gate-from-10066-tickets-sold--111447|title=Ward-Kovalev: $3.3 Million Live Gate From 10,066 Tickets Sold|publisher=BoxingScene|date=December 5, 2016 }}</ref>
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|{{dts|2017|Mar|18}}
|Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs
|Golovkin wins by UD (115–112, 115–112, 114–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|170,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/loeffler-confirms-golovkin-jacobs-about-170k-ppv-buys--114934|title=Loeffler Confirms Golovkin-Jacobs Did About 170K PPV Buys |publisher=BoxingScene |date=March 24, 2017 }}</ref>
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|{{dts|2017|May|6}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.
|Álvarez wins by UD (120–108, 120–108, 120–108)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,000,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/19420711/canelo-alvarez-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-crosses-historic-1-million-mark-pay-per-views|title= Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. hits 1 Million Pay-Per-View Buys |publisher=ESPN |date=May 19, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2017|Jun|17}}
|Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev II
|Ward wins by TKO in round 8
|HBO
|{{nts|130,000}}<ref>Idec, Keith (June 28, 2017). [http://www.boxingscene.com/ward-kovalev-rematch-replay-peaked-947k-viewers-on-hbo--117984 "Ward-Kovalev Rematch Replay Peaked at 947K Viewers on HBO"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref>
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|{{dts|2017|Aug|26}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
|Mayweather Jr. wins by TKO in round 10
|Showtime
|{{nts|4,300,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/12/14/16778858/floyd-mayweather-vs-conor-mcgregor-ends-up-second-biggest-north-american-ppv-ever|title=Mayweather vs. McGregor ends up second-biggest North American PPV ever|access-date=1 November 2018|date=2017-12-14}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2017|Sep|16}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
|Split draw (118–110, 115–113, 114–114)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,300,000}}<ref name="canelo-ggg">Idec, Keith (September 27, 2017).  [http://www.boxingscene.com/report-canelo-golovkin-fight-produced-13-million-ppv-buys--120889 "Report: Canelo-Golovkin Fight Produced 1.3 Million PPV Buys"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved September 27, 2017.</ref>
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|{{dts|2018|Sep|15}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
|Álvarez wins by MD (115–113, 114–114, 115–113)
|HBO
|{{nts|1,100,000}}<ref name="canelo-ggg II">Rafael, Dan (September 25, 2018).  [http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/24787655/canelo-alvarez-gennady-golovkin-rematch-sold-11-million-ppv-buys "Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch sold 1.1 million PPV buys"]. ESPN. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref>
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|{{dts|2018|Dec|1}}
|Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury
|Split draw (115–111, 113–113, 112–114)
|Showtime
|{{nts|325,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury hailed a heavyweight Pay-Per-View success |url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2018/12/05/deontay-wilder-tyson-fury-ppv-success/ |work=World Boxing News |date=December 5, 2018}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2019|Jan|19}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner
|Pacquiao wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
|Showtime
|{{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacquiao-Broner PPV sales hit 400,000, earn $30 million |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/24/19/pacquiao-broner-ppv-sales-hit-400000-earn-30-million |access-date=January 25, 2019 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=January 24, 2019}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2019|Mar|16}}
|Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia
|Spence Jr. wins by UD (120–107, 120–108, 120–108)
|Fox
|{{nts|375,000}}<ref>[https://www.boxingscene.com/porter-talks-spence-cleveland-browns-during-fox-nfl-segment--142768 Porter Talks Spence, Cleveland Browns During Fox NFL Segment - Boxing News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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|{{dts|2019|Apr|20}}
|Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan
|Crawford wins by TKO in round 6
|ESPN
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingnews24.com/2019/04/crawford-vs-khan-does-150k-ppv-buys-according-to-source/|title=Crawford vs. Khan does 150K PPV buys according to source|date=2019-04-27|website=Boxing News 24|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2019|Jul|20}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman
|Pacquiao wins by SD (115–112, 115–112, 113–114)
|Fox
|{{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacquiao vs. Thurman estimated at 500,000 buys |url=https://www.boxingnews24.com/2019/07/pacquiao-vs-thurman-estimated-at-500000-buys/ |access-date=July 26, 2019 |work=Boxing News 24 |date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2019|Sep|28}}
|Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter
|Spence wins by SD (116–111, 116–111, 112–115)
|Fox
|{{nts|350,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Mike Coppinger on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/MikeCoppinger/status/1178810683787341825 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2019|Nov|9}}
|KSI vs. Logan Paul II 
|KSI wins by SD (56–55, 57–54, 55–56)
|DAZN
|{{nts|2,000,000}}<ref name="youtube.com"/>
|-
|{{dts|2019|Nov|23}}
|Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II
|Wilder wins by KO in round 7
|Fox
|{{nts|275,000}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilder vs. Ortiz Rematch PPV buys lands just north of|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/wilder-ortiz-rematch-ppv-buys-land-just-north-275|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=December 4, 2019}} </ref>
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|{{dts|2020|Feb|22}}
|Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II
|Fury wins by TKO in round 7
|ESPN/Fox
|{{nts| 800,000}} <ref>{{cite news|url=https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/675344/wilder-vs-fury-2-ppv-buys-north-america-bob-arum-lewis-vs-tyson-2002/amp/ |title= ESTIMATE Wilder vs Fury 2 PPV buys estimated between 800-850k in North America, eclipsing Lewis vs Tyson in 2002 but falling short of Bob Arum's hopes | date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2020|Sep|26}}
|Jermall Charlo vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
|Charlo wins by UD (116–112, 118–110, 117–111)
|Showtime
|{{nts|120,000}}<ref name="Mike Coppinger">{{cite news |title=Sources: Showtime's PPV doubleheader featuring the Charlo twins is expected to generate more than 100,000 buys with a chance to top out at 120,000 |work=Mike Coppinger |url=https://twitter.com/MikeCoppinger/status/1311831091523645442 |date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2020|Oct|31}}
|Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz
|Davis wins by KO in round 6
|Showtime
|{{nts|225,000}}<ref name="Hans Themistode">{{cite news |title=Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz Reportedly Bring's In 200,000-225,000 PPV Buys |work=Mike Coppinger |url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/gervonta-davis-vs-leo-santa-cruz-reportedly-brings-in-200000-225000-ppv-buys/ |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2020|Nov|28}}
|Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.
|Split draw (76–76, 79–73, 76–80)
|[[Software:Triller (app)|Triller]]
|{{nts|1,600,000}}<ref name="Tyson-Jones">{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Josh |title=Mike Tyson's return to boxing against Roy Jones Jr. generated more than $80 million in revenue |url=https://usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2020/12/07/mike-tyson-vs-roy-jones-jr-bout-80-m-pay-per-view-bonanza/6487482002/ |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[Software:USA Today|USA Today]] |publisher=[[Company:Gannett|Gannett]] |date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2020|Dec|5}}
|Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny García
|Spence wins by UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)
|Fox
|{{nts|250,000}}<ref name="Spence-Danny Garcia">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Sean |title=Errol Spence Jr vs. Danny Garcia does 250,000+ PPV buys |url=https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/12/errol-spence-jr-vs-danny-garcia-does-250000-ppv-buys/ |access-date=11 December 2020 |work=Boxing News 24 |date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2021|May|1}}
|Chris Arreola vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.
|Ruiz wins by UD (118–109, 118–109, 117–110)
|Fox
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1390810618677051392|user=MikeCoppinger|author=Mike Coppinger|title=Sources: The Andy Ruiz Jr.-Chris Arreola PBC on FOX PPV generated in excess of 125,000 buys at $49.99, and the fina…|date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2021|Jun|6}}
|Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul
|Exhibition fight, no winner declared
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,000,000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-logan-paul-vs-floyd-mayweather-pay-per-view-buys-how-many-ppv-buys-event-generate |title=How many PPV buys did the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight generate? |date=8 June 2021 |first=Deepit |last=Sharma |website=www.sportskeeda.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=By&nbsp;Neelabhra Roy |url=https://www.givemesport.com/1703745-floyd-mayweather-vs-logan-paul-how-many-ppv-buys-did-fight-do |title=Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul: How many PPV buys did fight do? |publisher=GiveMeSport |date=2021-06-08 |accessdate=2021-12-26}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2021|Jun|26}}
|Mario Barrios vs. Gervonta Davis
|Davis wins by TKO in round 11
|Showtime
|{{nts|200,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coppinger |first1=Mike |title=Sources: The Gervonta Davis-Mario Barrios Showtime PPV generated in excess of 200,000 buys |url=https://twitter.com/MikeCoppinger/status/1412121724481585155 |website=Twitter |access-date=8 July 2021 |language=English |date=5 Jul 2021}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2021|Aug|21}}
|Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugás
|Ugas wins by UD (116–112, 116–112, 115–113)
|Fox
|{{nts|250,000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/09/03/pacquiao-ugas-ppv-flops/ |title=Pacquiao-Ugás PPV flops |first=Josef |last=Ramos |date=September 3, 2021 |website=businessmirror.com.ph}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2021|Aug|29}}
|Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley
|Paul wins by SD (78–74, 77–75, 75–77)
|Showtime
|{{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/9/14/22674480/report-jake-paul-vs-tyron-woodley-card-sold-approximately-500000-pay-per-view-buys|title=Report: Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley card sold approximately 500,000 pay-per-view buys|date=2021-09-14|website=www.mmafighting.com|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/9/13/22672140/jake-paul-vs-tyron-woodley-boxing-match-estimated-half-million-ppv-buys-news|title=Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley boxing match estimated to hit near 500,000 PPV buys|date=2021-09-13|website=www.bloodyelbow.com|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-13}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2021|Oct|9}}
|Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III
|Fury wins by KO in round 11
|ESPN/Fox
|{{nts|600,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Jesse |title=Fury vs Wilder 3 PPV buys: Domestic haul falls well below expectations |url=https://www.mmamania.com/2021/10/14/22726841/fury-vs-wilder-3-ppv-buys-domestic-haul-falls-well-below-expectations-boxing |website=MMA Mania |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=English |date=14 Oct 2021}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2021|Nov|6}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant
|Álvarez wins by TKO in round 11
|Showtime
|{{nts|800,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rafael |first1=Dan |title=Canelo vs. Plant pay per view numbers prove P4P king's starpower  |url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2021/11/12/canelo-pay-per-view-numbers/ |website=World Boxing News |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=English |date=12 Nov 2021}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2021|Nov|20}}
|Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter
|Crawford wins by TKO in round 10
|ESPN
|{{nts|135,000}}<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1462957617462927367|user=KevinI|author=Kevin Iole|title=The #CrawfordPorter PPV did approximately 190k units.|date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Allan Binoy |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-bob-arum-gives-terence-crawford-the-boot-weve-lost-money-on-every-fight/ |title=Bob Arum Gives Terence Crawford the Boot: â€˜Weâ€™ve Lost Money on Every Fight' |publisher=EssentiallySports |date= 2 December 2021|accessdate=2021-12-26}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|2021|Dec|5}}
|Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz
|Davis wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 116–112)
|Showtime
|{{nts|100,000}}<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1471430857470713860|user=RealRickGlaser1|author=Rick Glaser|title=Lost in #LeonardEllerbe's hoopla, failure to release #TankDavis PPV buys is he didn't have to, I did, I was nice sa…|date=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1470455171729739790|user=RealRickGlaser1|author=Rick Glaser|title=So many want to know #TankDavis PPV number, it "tanked" way below 100,000. Out of respect for those in powers that…|date=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2021/12/13/gervonta-davis-inaccurate-ppv-sales/ |title=Double denial issued after 'inaccurate' Gervonta Davis PPV sales report |publisher=Worldboxingnews.net |date=2021-12-13 |accessdate=2021-12-26}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2022|May|7}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol
|Bivol wins by UD (115–113, 115–113, 115–113) 
|DAZN
|{{nts|520,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christ |first1=Scott |title=Canelo vs GGG 3 PPV buys and a breakdown of boxing's recent numbers |url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2022/9/21/23365579/canelo-vs-ggg-3-dazn-reports-ppv-buys-subscription-numbers-boxing-news-2022 |website=Bad Left Hook |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=English |date=September 21, 2022}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2022|May|28}}
|Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero
|Davis wins by TKO in round 6
|Showtime
|{{nts|275,000}}<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1532420317792051200|user=DanRafael1|author=Dan Rafael|title=Per source involved in last week's event, the #DavisRomero Showtime PPV will generate nearly 275k domestic buys, which will represent @Gervontaa's best selling of his 4 PPV events. The replay of the fight will open Showtime's tripleheader telecast on Saturday night. #boxing|date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2022|Sep|17}}
|Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III
|Álvarez wins by UD (116–112, 115–113, 115–113) 
|DAZN
|{{nts|850,000}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nosmokeboxing.com/canelo-vs-ggg-3-ppv-buys-from-the-us-around-850k/|title=Eddie Hearn Reveals Canelo Vs GGG 3 PPV Buys Around 850k From The US|date=22 September 2022 }}</ref>
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|{{dts|2022|Oct|15}}
|Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius
|Wilder wins by KO in round 1
|Fox
|{{nts|75,000}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/deontay-wilder-robert-helenius-pulls-in-around-75000-ppv-buys/253081|title=Deontay Wilder – Robert Helenius Pulls In Around 75,000 PPV Buys|date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2023|Apr|22}}
|Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia
|Davis wins by TKO in round 7
|Showtime
|{{nts|1,200,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stern |first1=Adam |title=Davis-Garcia sells over 1.2M PPV, draws $22.8M gate |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2023/04/26/gervonta-davis-ryan-garcia-showtime-sells-more-ppv-units.aspx |website=Sports Business Journal |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=English |date=26 April 2023}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2023|May|20}}
|Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko
|Haney wins by UD (115–113, 116–112, 115–113) 
|ESPN
|{{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rafael |first1=Dan |title=Notebook: Haney-Loma fallout: PPV total, protest, lobbying, fine |url=https://danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-haney-loma-fallout-ppv-total |website=Substack |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=English |date=25 May 2023}}</ref>
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|{{dts|2023|Jul|29}}
|Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford
|Crawford wins by TKO in round 9
|Showtime
|{{nts|675,000}}<ref>{{cite tweet |url-access=limited |title=Register |user=DanRafael1 |number=1687153318554906624 |url=https://twitter.com/DanRafael1/status/1687153318554906624}}</ref>
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====United Kingdom====
<section begin="UK PPV" />
Select boxing pay-per-view figures (mainly from Sky Box Office) since 1966. Many of these figures are based on BARB weekly viewing data figures.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly viewing summary |url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/ |website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the UK PPV sales record}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Fight !! Network !! Buys !! Source(s) 
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1966|May|21|format=dmy}}
| Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II
| Pay TV
| 40,000
| <ref>{{cite book|last=Haynes|first=Richard|title=BBC Sport in Black and White|date=2016|publisher=[[Company:Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]|isbn=9781137455017|page=213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM-GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1996|March|16|format=dmy}}
| Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II
| Sky Box Office
| 660,000
| <ref name="Forrester">{{cite book |last=Forrester |first=Chris |title=Business of Digital Television |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781136029783 |pages=151–152 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u92En9MeF9IC&pg=PA151 |quote=Average BSkyB [...] 1996 [...] 5m [...] 1997 [...] 5.8m [...] UK-based boxing promoter, Frank Warren in June 1997 described championship boxing as: the most honest form of TV [...] Our first match (Bruno v Tyson) created a 14 per cent buy-rate (660 000 subs) even at 5 a.m. 'Judgement Night' got 420 000 subs (9 per cent). The 'Night of Champions' 720,000 buys or 15.5 per cent and the 'Brit Pack' on May 3 [1997] achieved a 6 per cent buy rate}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1996|November|9|format=dmy}}
| Naseem Hamed vs. Remigio Molina
| Sky Box Office
| 420,000
| <ref name="Forrester"/><ref name="Boyle">{{cite book |last1=Boyle |first1=Raymond |last2=Haynes |first2=Richard |title=Power play: sport, the media and popular culture |date=2009 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9780748635931 |pages=141–142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8agWAQAAMAAJ |quote=An estimated 420,000 ppv customers watched the event, bringing BSkyB's 50 per cent share in the revenue to more than £25 million. 'Judgement Night' augured a new experience for fans of boxing, packaged and glossily delivered by television. [...] In the run-up to 'Judgement Night' Evans argued that Hamed thrived on the adrenaline rush of 'putting on a show' as much as he appeared to relish 'the pleasurable anticipation' of knocking out his opponent.}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1997|February|8|format=dmy}}
| Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson
| Sky Box Office
| 720,000
| <ref name="Forrester"/><ref>{{cite news |title=McGuigan's patience of Job jab at the Prince |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/mcguigan-s-patience-of-job-jab-at-the-prince-1.41477 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=10 February 1997}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1997|May|3|format=dmy}}
| Naseem Hamed vs. Billy Hardy
| Sky Box Office
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:5800000*(6/100)}}|}}
| <ref name="Forrester"/><ref>{{cite news |title=British Face-Off #11 - Robin Reid v Henry Wharton |url=http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/29796/9028943/british-face-off-11-robin-reid-v-henry-wharton |work=[[Engineering:Sky Sports|Sky Sports]] |date=19 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1997|June|28|format=dmy}}
| Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
| Sky Box Office
| 550,000
| <ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last=Davies|first=Gareth A.|title=Ricky Hatton shatters viewing record|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/2329041/Ricky-Hatton-shatters-viewing-record.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/2329041/Ricky-Hatton-shatters-viewing-record.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 December 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1999|March|13|format=dmy}}
| Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis
| Sky Box Office
| 400,000
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Satellites keep shining stars from our gaze|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/satellites-keep-shining-stars-from-our-gaze-26060449.html|work=Irish Independent|date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2000|January|29|format=dmy}}
| Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis
| Sky Box Office
| 500,000
| <ref name="telegraph"/>
|-
| {{dts|2000|August|19|format=dmy}}
| Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez
| Sky Box Office
| 300,000
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |title=Boxing: BBC chase Hamed TV deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jan/14/kevinmitchell |work={{wipe|The Guardian}} |date=14 January 2001}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2002|June|8|format=dmy}}
| Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
| Sky Box Office
| 750,000
| <ref name="lewis-tyson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609|title=Haye looks for heavyweight payday|last=Lalani|first=Zahid|date=2011-06-29|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2007|December|8|format=dmy}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton
| Sky Box Office
| 1,150,000
| <ref name="Welch">{{cite news|last=Welch|first=Ben|title=Joshua vs Klitschko set for record pay-per-view sales|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-vs-wladimir-klitschko-10323995|work=Daily Mirror|date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2009|May|2|format=dmy}}
| Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
| Sky Box Office
| 900,000
| <ref name="pac-hatton-uk">{{cite news |title=Pacquiao vs Mosley Could Be Highest-Selling Pacquiao PPV Ever |url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2011/5/12/2168277/pacquiao-vs-mosley-ppv-buys-highest-ever-margarito-oscar-de-la-hoya-mayweather |work=Bad Left Hook |agency=SB Nation |publisher=[[Company:Vox Media|Vox Media]] |date=May 12, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2009|July|18|format=dmy}}
| Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik
| Sky Box Office
| 100,000
| <ref>{{cite news|title=MORE THAN 100,000 WATCHED KHAN|url=http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/BN08/detail.asp?id=1215|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804035754/http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/BN08/detail.asp?id=1215|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2009|work=Boxing News|access-date=4 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2009|November|7|format=dmy}}
| Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye
| Sky Box Office
| 469,000 
| <ref name="bbc">{{cite news|last=Lalani|first=Zahid|title=Haye looks for heavyweight payday|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609|work=BBC News|date=29 June 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2010|April|3|format=dmy}}
| David Haye vs. John Ruiz
| Sky Box Office
| 253,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 29 March 2010 and 4 April 2010)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2010|April|24|format=dmy}}
| Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler
| Primetime
| 50,000
| <ref name="boxingnews24">{{cite news|title=Khan-McCloskey does well on Primetime PPV|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/04/khan-mccloskey-does-well-on-primetime-ppv/|work=Boxing News 24|date=17 April 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2010|September|18|format=dmy}}
| Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings
| Sky Box Office
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:10000+5000}}|}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 13{{ndash}}26 September 2010)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> 
|-
| {{dts|2010|November|13|format=dmy}}
| David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
| Sky Box Office
| 304,000
| <ref name="bbc"/><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2010|December|11|format=dmy}}
| Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
| Sky Box Office
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:92000+72000}}|}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 6{{ndash}}19 December 2010)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2011|April|16|format=dmy}}
| Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey
| Primetime
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4*50000}}|}}
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Warren on Khan-Judah, Froch-Johnson, More|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/frank-warren-on-khan-judah-froch-johnson-more--39946|access-date=4 June 2011|work=BoxingScene}}</ref><ref name="boxingnews24"/>
|-
| {{dts|2011|May|21|format=dmy}}
| George Groves vs. James DeGale
| Sky Box Office
| 43,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 16{{ndash}}22 May 2011)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2011|July|02|format=dmy}}
| Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye
| Sky Box Office
| 1,197,000
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 13-19 June 2011) |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/ |website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 20-26 June 2011) |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/ |website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 27 June-3 July 2011) |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/ |website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| {{dts|2013|May|25|format=dmy}}
| Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II
| Sky Box Office
| 32,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 20{{ndash}}26 May 2015)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2013|November|23|format=dmy}}
| Carl Froch vs. George Groves
| Sky Box Office
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:39000+8000}}|}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 18 November 2013 and 1 December 2013)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2014|May|31|format=dmy}}
| Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
| Sky Box Office
| 355,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 26 May 2014 and 1 June 2014)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2014|November|22|format=dmy}}
| Tony Bellew vs. Nathan Cleverly II
| Sky Box Office
| 131,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 17 and 23 November 2014)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 24 and 30 November 2014)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2015|May|2|format=dmy}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
| Sky Box Office
| 942,000
| <ref name="businessinsider">{{cite news|title=UK broadcasters are in a bidding war to show Mayweather v McGregor — and it could break box office records|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/bidding-war-floyd-mayweather-v-conor-mcgregor-boxing-mma-ufc-2017-7|work=Business Insider|date=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 20 April{{ndash}}10 May 2015)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2015|May|30|format=dmy}}
| Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin
| Sky Box Office
| 139,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 25{{ndash}}31 May 2015)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2015|November|28|format=dmy}}
| Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury
| Sky Box Office
| 655,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 23{{ndash}}29 November 2015)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2015|December|12|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte
| Sky Box Office
| 699,000
| <ref name="boxingnewsandviews">{{cite news|title=Big Fight UK Boxing PPV Buys Revealed Over Last 18 Months|url=https://www.boxingnewsandviews.com/2017/05/31/uk-boxing-ppv-buys/|work=Boxing News and Views|date=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 7{{ndash}}20 December 2015)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2016|February|27|format=dmy}}
| Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg
| Sky Box Office
| 220,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 22{{ndash}}28 February 2016)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.irish-boxing.com/eddie-hearn-believes-whyte-chisora-could-do-twenty-times-more-ppv-buys-than-warrington-frampton/|title=Eddie Hearn believes Whyte-Chisora could do TWENTY TIMES more PPV buys than Warrington-Frampton -|date=2018-09-14|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2016|April|9|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin
| Sky Box Office
| 1,368,000
| <ref name="boxingnewsandviews"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 28 March{{ndash}}10 April 2016)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2016|June|25|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale
| Sky Box Office
| 617,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 20{{ndash}}26 June 2016)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2016|September|10|format=dmy}}
| Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook
| Sky Box Office
| 752,000
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-boxing-canelo-alvarez-pay-per-view-buys-smith-20160922-snap-story.html|title=Canelo Alvarez's shrinking pay-per-view audience not expected to surpass 300,000 buys|date=2016-09-22|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-09-16|issn=0458-3035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923004945/http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-boxing-canelo-alvarez-pay-per-view-buys-smith-20160922-snap-story.html|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 5{{ndash}}18 September 2016)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2016|December|10|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina
| Sky Box Office
| 764,000
| <ref name="boxingnewsandviews"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 25 November{{ndash}}18 December 2016)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2017|February|4|format=dmy}}
| Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Renold Quinlan
| ITV Box Office
| 86,000
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Eubank Jr, Canelo and the Diminishing Value of the Boxing Pay-Per-View |url=http://firstclassboxing.com/eubank-jr-canelo-and-the-diminishing-value-of-the-boxing-pay-per-view/ |work=First Class Boxing |date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2017|March|4|format=dmy}}
| David Haye vs. Tony Bellew
| Sky Box Office
| 1,515,000
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1038905-anthony-joshua-to-receive-substantial-payday-for-wladimir-klitschko-fight|title=The staggering amount Joshua will pocket from Klitschko fight [Sun]|date=2017-04-26|work=GiveMeSport|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2017|April|29|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
| Sky Box Office
| 1,631,000
| <ref name="joe.co.uk"/><ref>[http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/ "Sky Box Office Events: buyrates between April, 24 and April 30, 2017"]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McKenna |first=Chris |title=Anthony Joshua to receive stunning record purse for Joseph Parker fight |url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/boxing/939523/Anthony-Joshua-Joseph-Parker-Principality-Stadium-Boxing-news |work=Daily Express |date=31 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="WBN">{{cite news |last1=Jay |first1=Phil |title=Joshua vs Klitschko UK PPV record |url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/01/05/joshua-klitschko-ppv-record-obliterated/ |access-date=10 January 2020 |work=World Boxing News |date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2017|May|27|format=dmy}}
| Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr.
| Sky Box Office
| 405,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 15 May{{ndash}}4 June 2017)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2017|August|26|format=dmy}}
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
| Sky Box Office
| 1,007,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 14{{ndash}}27 August 2017)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2017|October|28|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam
| Sky Box Office
| 1,009,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 23{{ndash}}29 October 2017)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2018|March|31|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker
| Sky Box Office
| 1,832,000
| <ref name="Joshua-Parker">{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 26 March 2018 and 1 April 2018)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2018|May|5|format=dmy}}
| David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II
| Sky Box Office
| 1,048,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 30 April 2018 and 6 May 2018)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2018|July|28|format=dmy}}
| Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker
| Sky Box Office
| 571,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 23 July 2018 and 29 July 2018)|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12184/11424063/whyte-vs-parker-all-the-timing-pricing-and-booking-details-for-the-sky-sports-box-office-event|title=Whyte vs Parker: All the timing, pricing and booking details for the Sky Sports Box Office event|work=Sky Sports|access-date=2018-07-26}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2018|September|22|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin
| Sky Box Office
| 1,247,000
| <ref name="Alexander Povetkin">{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 17 September 2018 and 30 September 2018)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2018|November|10|format=dmy}}
| Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew
| Sky Box Office
| 819,000
| <ref name="Oleksandr Usyk">{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 5 November 2018 and 11 November 2018)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2018|December|1|format=dmy}}
| Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury
| BT Sport Box Office
| 450,000
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Deontay Wilder-Dominic Breazeale and the heavyweight puzzle |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/deontay-wilder-dominic-breazeale-and-the-heavyweight-puzzle/hyjpretosnal1k4w8ccyzpv68 |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=Sporting News |date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2018|December|22|format=dmy}}
| Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora II
| Sky Box Office
| 532,000
| <ref name="Dillian Whyte">{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 10 December 2018 and 23 December 2018)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2019|June|1|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr.
| Sky Box Office
| 652,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 27 May 2019 and 9 June 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2019|July|20|format=dmy}}
| Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas
| Sky Box Office
| 368,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 8 July 2019 and 21 July 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2019|August|31|format=dmy}}
| Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell
| Sky Box Office
| 205,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 26 August 2019 and 1 September 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2019|October|26|format=dmy}}
| Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis
| Sky Box Office
| 176,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 21 October 2019 and 27 October 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2019|November|9|format=dmy}}
| KSI vs. Logan Paul II
| Sky Box Office
| 216,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 4 November 2019 and 10 November 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
|- 
| {{dts|2019|December|7|format=dmy}}
| Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II
| Sky Box Office
| 1,575,000
| <ref name="Ruiz-Joshua-II">{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between 2 December 2019 and 8 December 2019)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="WBN"/>
|-
| {{dts|2020|August|22|format=dmy}}
| Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
| Sky Box Office
| 337,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between up until 13 September 2020, Total Three Screen Viewing (As Viewed), Four Week Reach|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2020|October|31|format=dmy}}
| Oleksandr Usyk vs. Derek Chisora
| Sky Box Office
| 1,059,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 19 and 25 October 2020, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 26 October and 1 November 2020, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 2 and 8 November 2020, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2020|December|12|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev
| Sky Box Office
| 948,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 16/22 November 2020 and 14/20 December 2020, Total Three Screen Viewing (As Viewed)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2021|March|27|format=dmy}}
| Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II
| Sky Box Office
| 197,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 15 and 21 March 2021, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 22 and 23 March 2021, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2021|May|1|format=dmy}}
| Derek Chisora vs. Joseph Parker
| Sky Box Office
| 145,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between up until 23 May 2021, Total Three Screen Viewing (As Viewed), Four Week Reach|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2021|September|25|format=dmy}}
| Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk
| Sky Box Office
| 1,232,000
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 11 and 17 October 2021, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary: Sky Box Office Events buys between 20 September and 26 September 2021, C7 TV Set (As Broadcast)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weekly viewing summary (Sky Box Office Events buys between up until 17 October 2021, Total Three Screen Viewing (As Viewed), Four Week Reach|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-viewing-summary-new/|website=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2021|October|9|format=dmy}}
 |Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III
| BT Sport Box Office
| 300,000
| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Kettle|first=Harry|date=2021-10-15|title=Fury vs Wilder 3 PPV buys fall well short of pre-fight goal|url=https://www.bjpenn.com/boxing-news/fury-vs-wilder-3-ppv-buys-fall-well-short-of-pre-fight-goal/|access-date=2021-10-16|website={{!}} BJPenn.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|19 February 2022
|Amir Khan vs Kell Brook
|Sky Box Office
|600,000
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Monthly Viewership Summary in the United Kingdom |url=https://www.barb.co.uk/monthly-viewing/ |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=barb.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|20 August 2022
|Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II
|Sky Box Office
|1,249,000
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Usyk vs Joshua 2 PPV numbers revealed, Fury price rise expected|url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2022/09/16/usyk-vs-joshua-2-ppv-numbers-fury-price/|website=World Boxing News|date=16 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|3 December 2022
|Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III
|BT Sport Box Office
|500,000
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=HE IS P***ED OFF! - Frank Warren says NO FURY VS JOSHUA next year, HEARN TALK|url=https://www.secondsout.com/seconds-out-videos/hes-ped-off-frank-warren-says-no-fury-vs-joshua-next-year--hearn-talk|access-date=2022-12-30|website=Seconds Out|language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Mixed martial arts (MMA)===
The first pay-per-view mixed martial arts bout was Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, which took place in {{wipe|Japan}} on {{dts|1976|June|26}}. It sold at least {{nowrap|2 million}} buys on closed-circuit theatre TV.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stravinsky|first=John|title=Muhammad Ali|date=1998|publisher=Literary Express|isbn=9781581650457|page=133|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZLFk0KqxUcC&q=millions|quote=Probably the dullest event in sports history, it was watched by millions over closed-circuit television as well as by suckers in Tokyo who forked over $1,000 per ringside seat.}}</ref> At a ticket price of $10,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bull|first=Andy|title=The forgotten story of ... Muhammad Ali v Antonio Inoki|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/nov/11/the-forgotten-story-of-ali-inoki|work={{wipe|The Guardian}}|date=November 11, 2009}}</ref> the fight grossed at least {{US$|{{#expr:2*10}} million|long=no}} (inflation-adjusted {{US$|{{Inflation|US|20|1976|r=-1}} million|long=no}}) or more from closed-circuit theatre TV revenue in the United States.

====Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)====
The highest buy rates for the UFC {{as of|2021|1|lc=y}} are as follows.<ref name="Business Insider" />

''Note: The UFC does not release official PPV statistics, and the following PPV numbers are as reported by industry insiders.  As of April 2019, all PPV's are iPPV's, with distribution on the internet exclusively via ESPN+.''

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the UFC PPV sales record}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable static-row-numbers" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;" id="UFC"
|- class=static-row-header
! Date !! Event !! Headline !! Buy rate !! Revenue ({{estimation}})
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2018|Oct|6}}
| UFC 229
| Khabib vs. McGregor
| 2,400,000<ref name="Talksport">{{cite web |last1=Coleman |first1=Joe |title=Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone reaches two million PPV buys as 'The Notorious' makes record-breaking UFC return |url=https://talksport.com/sport/mma/659052/conor-mcgregor-246-donald-cerrone-ppv-buys-notorious-record-ufc-return/amp/ |website=Talksport |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(65*2.5)+17.2 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Live UFC 229 PPV Feed, Streaming Updates With Flyin' Brian! |url=https://www.mmamania.com/2018/10/6/17946698/ufc-229-live-stream-online-youtube-conor-mcgregor-khabib-results-reaction-ppv-fight-updates |work=MMA Mania |agency=SB Nation |date=October 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="mmajunkie">{{cite news|url=https://mmajunkie.com/2018/10/ufc-229-draws-20034-fans-17-million-gate|title=UFC 229 draws 20,034 fans, falls just shy of live gate record|website=MMAjunkie.com|author=Steven Marrocco|date=2018-10-07|access-date=2018-10-07}}</ref>
|-
|Jul 10, 2021
|UFC 264
|Poirier vs. McGregor 3
|1,800,000
|
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2016|Aug|20}}
| UFC 202
| Diaz vs. McGregor 2
| 1,650,000<ref name="Business Insider" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:(1.65*49.99)+7.7 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2016/08/ufc-202-ppv-price-mcgregor-vs-diaz-2-how-to-order-online-tv-xbox-one/|title=How to Order UFC 202 McGregor vs. Diaz 2 PPV|first=Tim|last=Keeney|date=19 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates">{{cite web |access-date=July 21, 2018 |url=http://boxing.nv.gov/results/Top_MMA_Gates/|title=Top MMA Gates |publisher=Nevada State Athletic Commission}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2021|Jan|24}} || UFC 257 || Poirier vs. McGregor 2||1,600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/01/ufc-257-conor-mcgregor-dustin-poirier-blockbuster-numbers-per-reports|title=UFC 257: Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier does blockbuster PPV numbers, per reports|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Staff|date=2021-01-25|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>||
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2009|Jul|11}}
| UFC 100
| Lesnar vs. Mir
| 1,600,000<ref name="Business Insider">{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Alan |title=The 55 best-selling pay-per-view fight nights in history |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-best-selling-pay-per-view-events-boxing-ufc-wrestling-tv-history-2017-8?r=US&IR=T |website=Business Insider |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>
| $82 million
|-
|Jan 18, 2020
|UFC 246
|McGregor vs Cowboy
|1,353,429<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/search/mma-event-figures/ppv-pay-per-view-buys-buyrate|author=Staff|title=Pay per View Buys|date=2021-01-25|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2016|Mar|5}}
| UFC 196
| McGregor vs. Diaz
| 1,317,000<ref name="Talksport" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.5)+5.1 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Keeney |first=Tim |title=How to Order UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz PPV Online, on TV |url=https://heavy.com/sports/2016/03/ufc-196-mcgregor-vs-diaz-ppv-price-order-online-tv-cable-ps4-xbox-one-mobile-app-holm-tate/ |work=Heavy.com |date=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
|-
| {{dts|2020|Jul|11}} || UFC 251 || Usman vs. Masvidal || 1,300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/1926427/2020/07/13/sources-ufc-251-generates-around-1-3-million-ppv-buys-most-since-2018/|title=Sources: UFC 251 generates around 1.3 million PPV buys, most since 2018|publisher=theathletic.com|author=Mike Coppinger|date=2020-07-13|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>
| {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.3)+12.9 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=UFC 251 PPV Numbers Are In and They Are Huge|url=https://www.sportbible.com/ufc/news-ufc-251-ppv-numbers-are-in-and-theyre-huge-jorge-masvidal-reacts-20200714|first=Nasir|last=Jabbar|date=14 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2016|Nov|12}} || UFC 205 || Alvarez vs. McGregor || 1,300,000<ref name="Talksport" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.3)+17.7 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2016/11/ufc-205-mcgregor-vs-alvarez-ppv-cost-price-pay-per-view-order-watch-comcast-verizon/|title=How to Order UFC 205 McGregor vs. Alvarez PPV|first=Tim|last=Keeney|date=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="mmajunkie"/>
|-
| {{dts|2016|Jul|9}} || UFC 200 || Tate vs. Nunes || 1,200,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.2)+10.7 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Keeney |first=Tim |title=How Much Does the UFC 200 PPV Cost? |url=https://heavy.com/sports/2016/07/ufc-200-ppv-cost-price-how-much-deals-sale-hd-sd-fight-pass-how-to-watch/ |work=Heavy.com |date=July 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2016/07/ufc-200-draws-announced-18202-fans-for-10-7-million-live-gate-at-new-t-mobile-arena|title=UFC 200 draws announced 18,202 fans for $10.7 million live gate at new T-Mobile Arena|publisher=mmajunkie.com|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2016-07-10|access-date=2016-07-10}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2015|Dec|12}}
| UFC 194
| Aldo vs. McGregor
| 1,200,000<ref name="Talksport" />
| {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.4)+10 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Keeney |first=Tim |title=How to Order UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor PPV Online, on TV |url=https://heavy.com/sports/2015/12/order-ufc-194-aldo-vs-mcgregor-ppv-how-to-online-mobile-tablet-tv-price-comcast/ |work=Heavy.com |date=December 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
|-
| {{dts|2010|Jul|3}} || UFC 116 || Lesnar vs. Carwin || 1,160,000<ref name="Business Insider" />|| $55 million
|-
| {{dts|2015|Nov|15}} || UFC 193 || Rousey vs. Holm || 1,100,000|| $60 million
|-
| {{dts|2016|Dec|30}} || UFC 207 || Nunes vs. Rousey || 1,100,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || {{US$|{{#expr:(49.99*1.1)+4.75 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Keeney |first=Tim |title=How Much Does the UFC 207 PPV Cost? Are There Any Deals? |url=https://heavy.com/sports/2016/12/ufc-207-ronda-rousey-vs-nunes-ppv-price-how-much-does-it-cost-deals-sale-hd-sd-fight-pass-how-to-watch-order/ |work=Heavy.com |date=December 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2016/12/ufc-207-draws-sold-out-18533-attendance-a-las-vegas-ufc-record-for-4-75-million-live-gate|title=UFC 207 draws sold-out 18,533 attendance, a Las Vegas UFC record, for $4.75 million live gate|publisher=mmajunkie.com|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2016-12-31|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|2006|Dec|30}} || UFC 66 || Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 || 1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || $53 million
|-
| {{dts|2010|May|29}} || UFC 114 || Rampage vs. Evans || 1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || {{US$|{{#expr:(44.99*1.05)+3.895 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=UFC® 114 OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT |url=http://kr.ufc.com/news/UFC-114-OFFICIALLY-SOLD-OUT |work=UFC |date=May 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/19456/nsac-corrects-ufc-114-attendance-and-gate-promotions-estimates-nearly-spot-on.mma|title=NSAC corrects UFC 114 attendance and gate; promotion's estimates nearly spot-on|publisher=mmajunkie.com|access-date=June 9, 2010|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630015355/http://mmajunkie.com/news/19456/nsac-corrects-ufc-114-attendance-and-gate-promotions-estimates-nearly-spot-on.mma|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2010|Oct|23}} || UFC 121 || Lesnar vs. Velasquez || 1,050,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || $45 million
|-
| {{dts|2013|Dec|28}} || UFC 168 || Weidman vs. Silva II || 1,025,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || {{US$|{{#expr:(49.95*1.025)+6.238792 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite news |title=UFC 168 pay-per-view price shoots up $5.00 |url=https://www.foxsports.com/ufc/haymaker/story/ufc-168-pay-per-view-price-shoots-up-5-121513 |work=Fox Sports |date=December 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2014/01/final-ufc-168-gate-ranks-second-all-time-for-mma-in-nevada-in-excess-of-6-2-million/|title=Final UFC 168 gate ranks second all-time for MMA in Nevada in excess of $6.2 million|author=MMAjunkie Staff|date=January 6, 2014|access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|2008|Nov|15}} || UFC 91 || Couture vs. Lesnar || 1,010,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || $47 million

|-
| {{dts|2008|Dec|27}} || UFC 92 || Evans vs. Griffin || 1,000,000<ref name="Business Insider" /> || {{US$|{{#expr:44.99+3.46844 round 0}} million|long=no}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pay-Per-View Events with Comcast Digital Cable |url=http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Programming/Comingevents.ashx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217095922/http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Programming/Comingevents.ashx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |publisher=Comcast |access-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Top MMA Gates"/>
|- 
| {{dts|2013|Mar|16}} || UFC 158 || St-Pierre vs. Diaz ||950,000<ref name="Business Insider" />||
|-
| {{dts|2012|Jul|7}} || UFC 148 || Silva vs. [[Biography:Chael Sonnen|Sonnen]] II ||925,000||
|-
| {{dts|2009|Jan|31}} || UFC 94 || St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 ||920,000||
|-
| {{dts|2015|Aug|1}} || UFC 190 || Rousey vs. Correia ||900,000||
|-
| {{dts|2017|Nov|4}} || UFC 217 || Bisping vs. St-Pierre ||875,000||
|-
| {{dts|2017|Jul|29}} || UFC 214 || Cormier vs. Jones 2 ||860,000||
|-
| {{dts|2009|Aug|8}} || UFC 101 || Declaration ||850,000||
|-
| {{dts|2015|Jul|11}} || UFC 189 || Mendes vs. McGregor ||825,000<ref name="UFC189BR">{{cite web |last1=McCarry |first1=Patrick |title=Conor McGregor's title win may not have pulled as many PPVs as the UFC first claimed |url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/mma/conor-mcgregors-title-win-may-not-have-pulled-as-many-ppvs-as-the-ufc-first-claimed-37474 |website=SportsJOE.ie |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2021|Mar|6}} || UFC 259 || Błachowicz vs. Adesanya ||800,000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Adam |title=Report - UFC 259 sold 800,000 pay-per-views worldwide |url=https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/report-ufc-259-sold-800000-pay-per-views-worldwide/ |website=BJPenn |date=11 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2011|Apr|30}} || UFC 129 || St-Pierre vs. Shields ||800,000||
|-
| {{dts|2015|Jan|03}} || UFC 182 || Jones vs. Cormier ||800,000||
|-
| {{dts|2010|Dec|11}} || UFC 124 || St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 ||785,000||
|-
| {{dts|2010|Mar|27}} || UFC 111 || St-Pierre vs. Hardy ||770,000||
|-
| {{dts|2011|Dec|30}} || UFC 141 || Lesnar vs. Overeem ||750,000||
|-
| {{dts|2011|Feb|5}} || UFC 126 || Silva vs. Belfort ||725,000||
|-
| {{dts|2021|Nov|6}} || UFC 268
|| Usman vs. Covington 2 ||700,000||
|-
| {{dts|2007|Dec|29}} || UFC 79 || Nemesis ||700,000||
|-
| {{dts|2012|Apr|21}} || UFC 145 || Jones vs. Evans	||700,000||
|-
| {{dts|2012|Nov|17}} || UFC 154 || St. Pierre vs. Condit ||700,000||
|-
| {{dts|2018|Dec|29}} || UFC 232 || Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 ||700,000||
|-
| {{dts|2021|Apr|24}} || UFC 261 || Usman vs. Masvidal 2 ||700,000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Mookie |title=Report: UFC 261 generated over 700,000 domestic pay-per-view buys |url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/4/27/22405911/report-ufc-261-generated-over-700000-domestic-pay-per-view-buys-mma-news |website=Bloody Elbow |date=27 April 2021 |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2020|May|9}} || UFC 249 || Ferguson vs. Gaethje ||700,000<ref>{{cite web|title=UFC 249 generates over 700,000 PPV buys on ESPN+ |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ufc-249-generates-over-700000-ppv-buys-on-espn-despite-coronavirus-pandemic-040155445.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA1ex0UOdxWUICKvIpnb5BxdRphfOvxRZg4FxjrmFpBU4MXi5Oy4hWLp6BH2GtA80Czc3v93nuNt-_5Jegll4dfpvTzaHsPQqQm9TquRV9L14gVqYqwcfWP7ilGIZBTK9voqyaGVfwDQJaN-fmK5L4fcQIMeTxOsifn5sJju6XxH|publisher=sports.yahoo.com|author=Kevin Iole|date=2020-05-12|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2020|Sep|26}} || UFC 253 || Adesanya vs. Costa ||700,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/2109158/2020/10/01/sources-ufc-253-generated-more-than-700000-ppv-buys-globally/|title=Sources: UFC 253 generated more than 700,000 PPV buys globally|publisher=theathletic.com|author=Mike Coppinger|date=2020-10-01|access-date=2020-10-02}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2020|Oct|24}} || UFC 254 || Khabib vs. Gaethje ||675,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/10/29/21539704/ufc-254-khabib-vs-gaethje-reportedly-sells-500k-pay-per-view-buys-in-the-u-s|title=UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje reportedly sells 500K pay-per-view buys in the U.S.|publisher=mmafighting.com|author=Damon Martin|date=2020-10-29|access-date=2020-10-29}}</ref>||
|-
| {{dts|2007|May|26}} || UFC 71 || Liddell vs. Jackson ||675,000||
|}

===Professional wrestling (United States)===

WrestleMania I in March 1985 sold over 1{{nbsp}}million buys on closed-circuit theatre TV in the United States, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event in the US at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestlemania In Photographs: 1-10|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/wrestlemania-in-photographs-1-10|work=Sportskeeda|date=April 1, 2017}}</ref>

====PPV home television====
The highest buy rates for professional wrestling events on pay-per-view home television {{as of |2015 | June | lc = on}} are as follows.<ref name="wwe">{{cite web |title=WWE PPV Pay-Per-View Buyrates |url=http://www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml |website=2XZONE.com |access-date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the professional wrestling PPV sales record}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Event !! Buy rate
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 1
| {{dts|2012|Apr|1}} || WrestleMania XXVIII || style="text-align:right;"|1,300,000<ref>{{cite web |title=WrestleMania XXVIII sets pay-per-view record |url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/28/wrestlemania-ppv-record |website=[[Company:WWE|WWE]] |access-date=October 20, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 2
| {{dts|2007|Apr|1}} || WrestleMania 23 || style="text-align:right;"|1,200,000
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 3
| {{dts|2005|Apr|3}} || WrestleMania 21 || style="text-align:right;"|1,085,000
|-
! 4
| {{dts|2011|Apr|3}} || WrestleMania XXVII || style="text-align:right;"|1,059,000
|-
! 5
| {{dts|2008|Mar|30}} || WrestleMania XXIV || style="text-align:right;"|1,058,000
|-
! 6
| {{dts|2013|Apr|7}} || WrestleMania 29 || style="text-align:right;"|1,048,000
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 7
| {{dts|2001|Apr|1}} || WrestleMania X-Seven || style="text-align:right;"|1,040,000
|-
! 8
| {{dts|2004|Mar|14}} || WrestleMania XX || style="text-align:right;"|1,007,000
|-
! 9
| {{dts|2006|Apr|2}} || WrestleMania 22 || style="text-align:right;"|975,000
|-
! 10
| {{dts|2009|Apr|5}} || WrestleMania XXV || style="text-align:right;"|960,000
|-
! 11
| {{dts|2010|Mar|28}} || WrestleMania XXVI || style="text-align:right;"|885,000
|-
! 12
| {{dts|2002|Mar|17}} || WrestleMania X8 || style="text-align:right;"|880,000
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 13
| {{dts|2000|Apr|2}} || WrestleMania 2000 || style="text-align:right;"|824,000
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 14
| {{dts|1999|Mar|28}} || WrestleMania XV || style="text-align:right;"|800,000
|-
! 15
| {{dts|2001|Jul|22}} || WWF Invasion || style="text-align:right;"|770,000
|- style="background:#ffc;"
! 16
| {{dts|1989|Apr|2}} || WrestleMania V || style="text-align:right;"|767,000
|}

==List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales==
This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales, with at least 10{{nbsp}}million buys. It includes sportsmen who have participated in boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Sportsman
! Total sales ({{estimation}})
! Closed-circuit theatre TV
! PPV home television
! Years
! Sport(s)
|-

| rowspan="3" | Muhammad Ali
| rowspan="3" | 1963{{ndash}}1985
| Professional boxing
|-
| Mixed martial arts
|-
| Professional wrestling
|-
|  Joe Frazier
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="Smith"/>
| 1965{{ndash}}1981
| Professional boxing
|-
|Triple H
|60,000,000<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Triple H: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD) |url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/triple-h-193.html?res=5000 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=www.profightdb.com}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|60,000,000<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
|1992–2022
|Professional wrestling
|-
|The Undertaker
|56,675,000<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Tempest |date=2020-08-31 |title=Every WWE Pay-Per-View Buyrate |url=https://wrestletalk.com/stats/every-wwe-pay-per-view-buyrate/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=WrestleTalk |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Undertaker: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD) |url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/the-undertaker-124.html#google_vignette |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.profightdb.com}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|56,675,000<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
|1990{{ndash}}2020
|Professional wrestling
|-
|  George Foreman
| {{nts|52,000,000}}
| {{nts|50,000,000}}<ref name="The Morning Herald" />
| {{nts|{{#expr:1400000+600000}} }}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256" /><ref name="foreman-morrison" />
| 1974{{ndash}}1993
| rowspan="2" |Professional boxing
|-
| rowspan="2" | Floyd Mayweather Jr.
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|29,090,000}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:50000+(25900000/150) round -3}}|}} }}<ref name="oscar-floyd" /><ref name="espn" />
| rowspan="2" | 2005{{ndash}}2017
|-
| Professional boxing
|-
|  Manny Pacquiao
| {{nts|{{#expr:25900000/150 round -3}}|}}<ref name="espn"/>
| 2005{{ndash}}2019
| Professional boxing
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mike Tyson
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|920,000}}{{efn|name=Tyson|See {{Section link|Mike Tyson|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 1988{{ndash}}2020
| Professional boxing
|-
| Professional wrestling
|-
| rowspan="2" |  Conor McGregor
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|18,400,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Conor McGregor|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2015{{ndash}}2021
| Mixed martial arts
|-
| Professional boxing
|-
| John Cena
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|15,389,000}}{{efn|name=WWE|See List of WWE pay-per-view events }}
| 2002{{ndash}}2021
| rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling
|-
|The Rock
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|14,859,000}}{{efn|See Dwayne Johnson }}
| 1998{{ndash}}2013
|-
| Oscar De La Hoya
| {{nts|50,000}}<ref name="oscar-floyd"/>
| {{nts|14,090,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Oscar De La Hoya|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| 1995{{ndash}}2008
| Professional boxing
|-
|  Anthony Joshua
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|13,441,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Anthony Joshua|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| 2015{{ndash}}2021
| Professional boxing
|-
| rowspan="2" |  Brock Lesnar
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|12,771,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Brock Lesnar|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2002{{ndash}}2020
| Professional wrestling
|-
| Mixed martial arts
|-
|  Evander Holyfield
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:9000000/75}}|}} }}<ref name="Asher"/>
| {{nts|12,600,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacquiao among biggest PPV draws of all time |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/09/14/pacquiao-among-biggest-ppv-draws-all-time |work=ABS-CBN News |date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>
| 1984{{ndash}}2003
| Professional boxing
|-
| Shawn Michaels
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|10,160,000}}{{efn|name=WWE}}
| 1988{{ndash}}2018
| Professional wrestling
|}

==See also==
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* Bel Air Circuit
* [[Social:Conditional access|Conditional access]]
* DAZN
* List of AEW pay-per-view events
* List of Bellator events
* List of DREAM events
* List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
* List of K-1 events
* List of ROH pay-per-view events
* List of Strikeforce events
* List of TNA pay-per-view events
* List of UFC events
* List of WCW pay-per-view events
* List of WWE pay-per-view events
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* Capsule history at [http://www.museum.tv/star sports 2/etv/P/htmlP/payperview/payperview.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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