FLOYD MAYWEATHER made an incredible PS1.2BILLION in pay-per-view sales over his long career.
Surprisingly, nearly 50% of all box office purchases were made in only TWO fights.
Mayweather, 45 has headlined 17 American PPV shows, his first being against Arturo Gatti in 2005.
It was a memorable night for Gatti, who unfortunately died at 37 in 2009.
They sold 340,000 PPVs that earned PS12m, which is just a fraction of the revenue Mayweather would generate.
Conor McGregor (33), defeated Mayweather in the last fight of his historic 50-0 record. It was a lucrative crossover bout that lasted ten rounds.
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They gathered a combined fanbase of 4.3 million PPVs in the US. This accumulated a staggering PS275m.
These numbers were only topped by Mayweather's 2015 win over long-time rival Manny Pacquiao (43).
The "Fight of the Century", a fight between the best boxers in the world, was years in the making. It pitted the two most successful fighters in the world against one another, although it was at the backend of their careers.
It sold a record 4.6 million PPVs on Showtime, with a huge revenue of PS300m.
SIGN UP DEALS AND FREE BETS - THE BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERINGSThis means that for Mayweather's victories over Pacquiao & McGregor, PS575m was earned, accounting for nearly half the total money earned from PPVs throughout his career.
Other highlights include a win over Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, which saw 2.4m box-office buys and made PS100m.
It was also the last time Mayweather would appear on the B-side in negotiations. He dethroned the Golden Boy that night, becoming boxing's most popular attraction.
Six years later, De La Hoya (49) would seek revenge on Canelo Alvarez, fighting for his honor.
Mayweather taught the Mexican star boxing lessons over 12 rounds. The fight sold 2.2 million PPVs and earned PS110m.
Similar to Mayweather's defeat, Canelo (31), would soon be the sport's best pound-for–pound performer.
Although Mayweather has yet to make a comeback to professional boxing, he has made great strides in the ring.
He was back for an exhibition fight with Logan Paul, 27, a YouTube star. The bout sold 1m PPVs.
Mayweather made yet another comeback in Abu Dhabi and dominated Don Moore, his ex-sparring partner, in an exhibition.
