Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor breaks U.K. pay-per-view buys record with over 1 million

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor garnered over 1 million pay-per-view buys in the United Kingdom, Sky Sports confirmed to BoxingNewsOnline.net today.

The significance?

The over-1-million mark breaks the previous U.K. record set by the heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko in April of this year. It also blows away the number for the 2015 fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, which hauled in 700,000 buys.

A final number for the U.S. has yet to be revealed.

Though the $55.4 million live gate for “The Money Fight” between Mayweather and McGregor fell well short of the $72.2 million record set by Mayweather-Pacquiao, things continue to trend in the right direction on the pay-per-view side of things.

Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza told MMAjunkie last week Mayweather-McGregor was “trending” to break the 4.6 million record held by Mayweather-Pacquiao. This came just days after UFC President Dana White might have made a bold claim of an astounding 6.5 million buys.

Mayweather (50-0 boxing) defeated McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC, 0-1 boxing) by 10th-round TKO on Aug, 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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