I guess we should hold off on writing that eulogy for boxing.Despite going head-to-head against UFC last Saturday in a matchup of combat PPV's , the Floyd Mayweather - Juan Manuel Marquez headlined fight drew an incredible 1 Million plus PPV buys.
The fight generated $52 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue and is only the fifth time in boxing PPV history that a nonheavyweight event has reached seven figures.
Mayweather has participated in two of them. His May 2005 split decision victory against Oscar De La Hoya set the all-time record, generating 2.44 million buys. Source: ESPN
Even with this result boxing is still perilously trying to hold whatever ground it has against UFC. Mayweather is clearly a big draw, but sadly for boxing he's about the only one who still remains.
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