Editing Pay-per-view (section)

====United States (closed-circuit theatre TV)====
Select boxing buy rates at American [[Closed-circuit television|closed-circuit]] [[theatre television]] venues between 1951 and 2015:

{{legend|#ffffcc| — Fights which held the US closed-circuit sales record in terms of buys and/or revenue}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Fight !! Buys !! Revenue !! Revenue {{small|(inflation)}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1951|June|15}}
| [[Joe Louis]] vs. [[Lee Savold]]
| {{nts|81,022}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Attendance Data: TNT Reports on Fightcasts|journal=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=July 1951|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcNDAQAAIAAJ&q=81%2C022|publisher=[[Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|Broadcasting Publications]]}}</ref>
| $100,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89436976/|date=June 13, 1951|page=19}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1951|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1951|September|12}}
| [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] vs. [[Randolph Turpin]] II
| {{nts|100,000}}<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Theater TV: 200-House Web Could Create Own Programs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 9, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:100000*2}}|}}<ref name="billboard"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|200000|1951|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1952|September|23}}
| [[Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano]]
| {{nts|40,000}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Walcott Quits; 'Last King of Line'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40476207/|work=[[The New York Age]]|date=September 27, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:40000*4.8}}|}}<ref>{{cite news|title=RAIN THREATENS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10624436/|work=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]]|date=September 23, 1952}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|192000|1952|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1955|September|21}}
| [[Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore]]
| {{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The Troy Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58762372/ |date=April 19, 1956 }}</ref>
| $1,125,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Rocky KO's Moore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/109240434/ |work=[[The Register-Guard|The Eugene Guard]] |date=September 22, 1955 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1125000|1955|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1957|September|23}}
| [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] vs. [[Carmen Basilio]]
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Basilio Beats Robinson on Split Decision |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/135632580/ |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=September 24, 1957 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*3.5}}|}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Robinson, Basilio Title Rout Tonight at Stadium Could Set Two Records |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/pittsfield-berkshire-eagle-sep-23-1957-p-23/ |work=[[The Berkshire Eagle|Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle]] |date=September 23, 1957 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1500000|1957|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1958|March|25}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] vs. [[Carmen Basilio]] II
| {{nts|400,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117400231/ |date=May 12, 1959 }}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| $2,000,000<ref>{{cite book |last=Romano |first=Frederick V. |title=The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television: A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964 |date=2017 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |isbn=9781631440755 |page=164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5N3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT164}}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2000000|1958|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1958|August|18}}
| [[Floyd Patterson]] vs. [[Roy Harris (boxer)|Roy Harris]]
| {{nts|192,762}}<ref name="Levy78">{{cite book |last1=Levy |first1=Alan H. |title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman |date=2008 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=9780786439508 |page=[https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy/page/78 78] |url=https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy|url-access=registration }}</ref>
| $763,437<ref name="Levy78"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|763437|1959|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1959|June|26}}
| [[Floyd Patterson]] vs. [[Ingemar Johansson]]
| {{nts|244,000}}<ref name="Redlands">{{cite news |title=Redlands Daily Facts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/605688/ |date=June 30, 1959 }}</ref>
| $1,032,000<ref name="Redlands"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1032000|1959|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1960|June|20}}
| [[Floyd Patterson]] vs. [[Ingemar Johansson]] II
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleischer |first1=Nat |last2=Andre |first2=Sam |title=An Illustrated History of Boxing |date=2002 |publisher=[[Citadel Press]] |isbn=9780806522012 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfNMYrGgeHgC |quote=A crowd of 31,892, who paid $824,814 and a closed-circuit TV audience of 500,000}}</ref>
| $3,000,000<ref>{{cite book|last1=Springer|first1=Steve|last2=Chavez|first2=Blake|title=Hard Luck: The Triumph and Tragedy of "Irish" Jerry Quarry|date=2011|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=9780762768639|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbKCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3000000|1960|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1961|March|13}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| [[Floyd Patterson]] vs. [[Ingemar Johansson]] III
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="times-record">{{cite news |title=Patterson Kayoes Johansson In Sixth To Keep Heavyweight Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57898255/ |work=[[The Record (Troy)|The Times-Record]] |date=March 14, 1961}}</ref>
| $2,500,000<ref name="times-record"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2500000|1961|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1962|September|25}}
| [[Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston]]
| {{nts|600,000}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Myler |first1=Thomas |title=The Mad and the Bad: Boxing Tales of Murder, Madness and Mayhem |date=2018 |publisher=Pitch Publishing |isbn=9781785314223 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssFeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT160 }}</ref>
| $3,200,000<ref name="Frazier">{{cite book|last1=Frazier|first1=Joe|author-link1=Joe Frazier|last2=Berger|first2=Phil|title=Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier|date=2013|publisher=[[AudioGO]]|isbn=9781620642160|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_cuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT104}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3200000|1962|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1963|March|13}}
| [[Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones]]
| {{nts|150,000}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Invitation To Murder: Cassius May Get A Crack At Liston This Summer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107794061/|work=[[The Courier-Journal]]|date=March 14, 1963}}</ref>
| $500,000<ref name="Traverse City Record-Eagle"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|500000|1963|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1963|July|22}}
| [[Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson]] II
| {{nts|563,000}}<ref name="Frazier"/>
| $4,747,690<ref>{{cite book |last1=Unterharnscheidt |first1=Friedrich |last2=Unterharnscheidt |first2=Julia Taylor |title=Boxing: Medical Aspects |date=2003 |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |isbn=9780080528250 |page=746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Vk9C_Cgo20C&pg=PA746}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4747690|1962|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1964|February|25}}
| [[Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay]]
| {{nts|700,000}}<ref name="Ezra82">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon|date=2009|publisher=[[Temple University Press]]|isbn=9781592136612|page=82|chapter=Muhammad Ali's Main Bout: African American Economic Power and the World Heavyweight Title|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh3rtDyeSAIC&pg=PA82}}</ref>
| $5,000,000<ref name="Ezra82"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5000000|1964|r=-5}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|January|2}}
| [[Floyd Patterson]] vs. [[George Chuvalo]]
| {{nts|300,000}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power|date=2013|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781136274756|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL41bsCigZcC&pg=PA109}}</ref>
| $800,000<ref>{{cite book|last=Levy|first=Alan|title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman|date=2008|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|isbn=9780786439508|page=[https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy/page/181 181]|url=https://archive.org/details/floydpattersonbo0000levy|url-access=registration}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|800000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|May|25}}
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II]]
| {{nts|630,000}}<ref name="mee">{{cite book|last=Mee|first=Bob|title=Liston and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King|date=2011|publisher=[[Mainstream Publishing]]|isbn=9781907195655|page=308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdWp6foVPA4C&pg=PT308}}</ref>
| $4,300,000<ref name="Ezra"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4300000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1965|November|22}}
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson]]
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Clay Selects Terrell As Next Title Foe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48685114/ |work=[[Independent Tribune|The Daily Independent]] |date=November 23, 1965 }}</ref>
| $4,000,000<ref name="Ezra"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4000000|1965|r=-5}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1966|November|14}}
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams]]
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="Ezra114">{{cite book|last=Ezra|first=Michael|title=The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power|date=2013|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781136274756|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL41bsCigZcC&pg=PA114}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*7.5}}|}}<ref name="Ezra114"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3750000|1965|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1967|February|6}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell]]
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|800,000}}<ref name="Philadelphia">{{cite news|title=Terrell Gets Crack at Unbeaten Clay|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179875868/|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=February 5, 1967}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:800000*5}}|}}<ref name="Philadelphia"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4000000|1966|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1970|October|26}}
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry]]
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:900000*(70/100)|r=-4}}|}}}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Clay Predicts Victory|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/133147735/|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|date=October 24, 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ezra|first1=Michael|title=Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon|date=2009|publisher=[[Temple University Press]]|isbn=9781592136612|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh3rtDyeSAIC&pg=PA82}}</ref>
| $3,500,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Clay-Quarry fight to gross $3.5 million|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/207159853/|work=[[Battle Creek Enquirer]]|date=November 10, 1970}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3500000|1970|r=-4}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1971|March|8}}
| [[Fight of the Century|Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier]]
| {{nts|2,500,000}}<ref name="Frazier"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:30000000+15000000}}|}}<ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Joe|title=Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries|date=2013|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|isbn=9780786492497|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY4I-7T4Q5gC&pg=PA65}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|45000000|1971|r=-6}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1974|October|30}}
| [[The Rumble in the Jungle|Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman]]
| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*20}}|}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|60000000|1974|r=-7}}|}}
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| {{dts|1975|October|1}}
| [[Thrilla in Manila|Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III]]
| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*20}}|}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|60000000|1975|r=-8}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1976|September|27}}
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III]]
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="Danville">{{cite news|title=Ali Wins On Decision|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45803479/|work=[[Danville Register & Bee|The Bee]]|date=September 29, 1976}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:1500000*20}}|}}<ref name="Enquirer">{{cite news|title=Ali, Norton both promise in tonight's title tilt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/205352097/|work=[[Battle Creek Enquirer]]|date=September 28, 1976}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|30000000|1976|r=-7}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1980|Jun|20}}
| [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán]]
| {{nts|1,500,000}}<ref name="Lauderdale">{{cite news|title=The Last Hurrah isn't a box office knockout|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/234896551/|work=[[Fort Lauderdale News]]|date=October 2, 1980}}</ref>
| $22,000,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Bardy|first=Dave|title=Leonard vs Duran June 20: Talking Is Over in Montreal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/06/20/the-fightleonard-vs-duran-june-20-talking-is-over-in-montreal/cfe8c92f-83be-4b9f-8976-6b7c1e61e61d/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=June 20, 1980}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|22000000|1980|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1982|June|11}}
| [[Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney]]
| {{nts|2,000,000}}<ref name="badlefthook">{{cite web|title=Imagine A Day At The End Of Your Life: Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney Revisited|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2012/6/11/3078596/imagine-a-day-at-the-end-of-your-life-larry-holmes-gerry-cooney|website=Bad Left Hook|publisher=[[SB Nation]]|date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>
| $20,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|20000000|1982|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1985|April|15}}
| [[Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns]]
| {{nts|700,000}}<ref name="hagler">{{cite news|title=How the Hagler-Leonard superfight changed the combat sports landscape|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/how-hagler-leonard-superfight-changed-combat-sports-landscape-233386|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|date=April 9, 2017}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:700000*15}}|}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Hagler Bout to Be Shown in City|url=http://newsok.com/article/2126051|work=[[The Oklahoman]]|date=October 29, 1985}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10500000|1985|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dts|1987|April|6}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| [[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard]]
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{nts|3,000,000}}<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| $40,000,000<ref>{{cite news|title='Superfight' becomes reality Monday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/345669866/|work=[[The Sentinel (Pennsylvania)|The Sentinel]]|date=April 4, 1987}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|40000000|1987|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1988|June|27}}
| [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks]]
| {{nts|800,000}}<ref name="spinks">{{cite news |title=PAY-PER-VIEW CAN DRIVE CLOSED-CIRCUIT OFF SCREEN |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/07/02/pay-per-view-can-drive-closed-circuit-off-screen/2f6c6d4d-d7ca-4a3b-931e-f8b4bb5b790b/ |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=July 2, 1988}}</ref>
| $32,000,000<ref name="spinks"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|32000000|1988|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|1997|June|28}}
| [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II]]
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:9000000/75}}|}}}}<ref name="Asher">{{cite news|last=Asher|first=Mark|title=TYSON-HOLYFIELD PACKED A BIG FINANCIAL WALLOP|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/07/05/tyson-holyfield-packed-a-big-financial-wallop/f0627f0b-8e93-44d0-94d4-6b583cf44a4d/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=July 5, 1997}}</ref>
| $9,000,000<ref name="bloodyelbow"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|9000000|1997|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|2007|May|5}}
| [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
| {{nts|50,000}}<ref name="oscar-floyd">{{cite news |title=De la Hoya-Mayweather as it happened |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6626009.stm |agency=[[BBC News]] |date=6 May 2007}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:50000*55}}|}}<ref>{{cite news |title=TAKE FIVE: OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR., 'THE WORLD AWAITS' |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2007/may/05/take-five-oscar-de-la-hoya-vs-floyd-mayweather-jr-/ |work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |date=May 5, 2007 }}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2750000|2007|r=-4}}|}}
|-
| {{dts|2015|May|2}}
| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:25900000/150 round -3}}|}}}}<ref name="espn"/>
| ${{formatnum:{{#expr:6900000+19000000}}|}}<ref name="espn">{{cite news|title=Mayweather-Pacquiao KO's PPV marks, live gate|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12872711/floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao-fight-shatters-all-live-gate-record|work=[[ESPN]]|date=May 12, 2015}}</ref>
| ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|25900000|2015|r=-4}}|}}
|}