How Much Was They Worth
Top 5 Highest Earning Fights Ever
With the reality of the biggest Heavy-Weight Boxing match of all time set to be announced for 2023, that real Sky Bet already have odds Fury @1/2 and Usyk @6/4 we look at how much this fight could be worth based on the past top 5 grossing fights.
Our Estimate: 1 Billion
Seems an unreal amount but this, we believe would be the biggest fight in history.
The list is dominated by Floyd Mayweather, but he isn’t called the Money for nothing.
No 5, Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson 2
Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, billed as the Sound and the Fury and afterwards infamously referred to as The Bite Fight, was a professional boxing match contested between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson on June 28, 1997, for the WBA Heavyweight Championship.
Gross Income from Fight: £145.7 Million
No 6, Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as The World Awaits, was a super welterweight superfight that took place on May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada between six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya and undefeated four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Gross Income from Fight: £187 Million
No 3, Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV.
Gross Income from Fight: £214.7 Million
No 2, Mayweather vs Conor McGregor
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as The Money Fight and The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History, was a professional boxing match between undefeated eleven-time five-division boxing legend Mayweather and one of UFC’s most decorated fighters McGregor.
Gross Income from Fight: £662.5 Million
No 1, Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, was a professional boxing superfight between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.
Gross Income from Fight: £678 Million
This fight reaching almost £680m give us a big indication that Fury Usyk could break the 1 billion mark for the first time in history and if we find a betting market on this we will definitely back this.
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