{"id":141288,"date":"2015-04-30T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=141288"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:16","slug":"boxings-first-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/boxings-first-billionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing&#8217;s First Billionaires?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1.png\" alt=\"Mayweather Pac 1\" width=\"730\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1-585x339.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mayweather-Pac-1-390x226.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prize-fighting may see the ultimate reward this weekend after Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao meet in the ring on Saturday evening. With a $100 price tag and an estimated estimated 2.5 million PPV buys, &#8216;Money&#8217; and &#8216;Pac-Man&#8217; could both easily reach the $1 Billion in career pay-per-view revenue.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report from Forbes broke it down, &#8220;Assuming Saturday&#8217;s fight tops at least 2.5 million buys, Mayweather and Pacquiao will both reach $1 billion in career PPV revenue. Mayweather and Pacquiao have reached PPV&#8217;s pinnacle over the last decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather and Pacquiao already sit at the top of the list of highest PPV revenue fighters in the sport&#8217;s history above the likes of Oscar de la Hoya and Mike Tyson. Kurt Badenhausen of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kurtbadenhausen\/2015\/04\/30\/mayweather-and-pacquiao-are-boxings-first-billion-dollar-ppv-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> continued, &#8220;Mayweather has generated $873 million in PPV revenue over 13 fights with Pacquiao&#8217;s 20 fights generating $741 million in PPV revenue over the course of his career. Boxing&#8217;s next biggest PPV stars all-time are Oscar De La Hoya ($696 million), Evander Holyfield ($548 million) and Mike Tyson ($545 million).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have the $100 to spare&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAKE SURE TO COME TO BJPENN.COM FOR COVERAGE OF MAYWEATHER\/PACQUIAO THIS SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REAL TALK! 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