The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao championship bout on May 2nd drew more pay-per-view purchases than any other boxing match in history. According to The New York Times, “An estimated 4.4 million viewers paid a record price of $89.95 to $99.95 to watch the fight, generating more than $400 million in domestic revenue, Showtime, HBO and the fighters’ promoters said. The pace of purchases was so great on fight night that the bout was delayed by about a half-hour to process the flurry of late orders. The total nearly doubled the previous record for boxing pay-per-view buys: 2.48 million, for the Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya bout in 2007.”