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==Pay-per-view bouts== ===Boxing=== ====PPV home television==== {| class="wikitable" |+ United States ! No. !! Date !! Fight !! Billing !! Buys !! Network |- |align=center|1 |{{center|{{dts|1988|June|27|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Spinks |[[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|Once and For All]] |{{right|700,000<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/10/27/douglas-holyfield-draws-record-pay-per-view-fans/ Douglas-Holyfield Draws Record Pay-per-view Fans], Orlando Sentinel article, 1990-10-12, Retrieved on March 15, 2014</ref>}} |King Vision |- |align=center|2 |{{center|{{dts|1991|March|18|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Ruddock |[[Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock|The Fight of the Year]] |{{right|960,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Iron Mike Is Undisputed Pay-Per-View World Champ |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/iron-mike-undisputed-pay-per-view-world-champ-article-1.787422 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=January 21, 1998 |quote=Tyson's lowest buy rate was in his first fight with Donovan (Razor) Ruddock, which registered 960,000 buys. |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160609/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/iron-mike-undisputed-pay-per-view-world-champ-article-1.787422 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |King Vision |- |align=center|3 |{{center|{{dts|1991|June|28|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Ruddock II |[[Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II|The Rematch]] |{{right|1,250,000<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Van Riper |first=Tom |title=In Pictures: The 10 Biggest Pay-Per-View Fights |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/24/boxing-de_la_hoya-television-biz-sports-cx_tvr_1124boxing_slide_10.html |magazine=Forbes |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002909/https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/24/boxing-de_la_hoya-television-biz-sports-cx_tvr_1124boxing_slide_10.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |King Vision |- |align=center|4 |{{center|{{dts|1995|August|19|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. McNeeley |[[Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley|He's Back]] |{{right|1,600,000<ref name="Montgomery">{{cite news |title=Tyson's millions vanish with nothing to show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260968013/ |work=[[The Montgomery Advertiser]] |date=April 5, 1998 |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160619/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260968013/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |Showtime/King Vision |- |align=center|5 |{{center|{{dts|1996|March|16|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Bruno II |[[Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II|The Championship Part I]] |{{right|1,400,000<ref name="Montgomery"/>}} |Showtime/King Vision |- |align=center|6 |{{center|{{dts|1996|September|7|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Seldon |[[Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson|Liberation: Champion vs. Champion]] |{{right|1,150,000<ref name="Emen-2011">{{cite news|last=Emen |first=Jake |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ac-7170256 |title=Biggest boxing PPVs of all time โ UFC |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=October 30, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124221124/http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ac-7170256 |archive-date=November 24, 2011 }}</ref>}} |Showtime/King Vision |- |align=center|7 |{{center|{{dts|1996|November|9|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Holyfield |[[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|Finally]] |{{right|1,600,000<ref name="Montgomery"/>}} |Showtime/King Vision |- |align=center|8 |{{center|{{dts|1997|June|28|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Holyfield II |[[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II|The Sound and the Fury]] |{{right|1,990,000<ref name="Emen-2011"/>}} |Showtime/King Vision |- |align=center|9 |{{center|{{dts|1999|Jan|16|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Botha |[[Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha|Tyson-Botha]] |{{right|750,000<ref name="Emen-2011"/>}} |Showtime |- |align=center|10 |{{center|{{dts|2000|October|20|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Golota |[[Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota|Showdown in Motown]] |{{right|450,000<ref name="Emen-2011"/>}} |Showtime |- |align=center|11 |{{center|{{dts|2002|June|8|format=mdy}}}} |Lewis vs. Tyson |[[Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson|LewisโTyson Is On]] |{{right|1,970,000<ref name="Emen-2011"/>}} |HBO/Showtime |- |align=center|12 |{{center|{{dts|2003|February|22|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Etienne |[[Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne|Back to Business]] |{{right|100,000<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/05/sports/othersports/05TVTV.html |title= 525,000 Buys for Jones Bout |publisher= N.Y. Times article |date= March 5, 2003 |access-date= January 4, 2014 |archive-date= November 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131114164241/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/05/sports/othersports/05TVTV.html |url-status= live }}</ref>}} |Showtime |- |align=center|13 |{{center|{{dts|2004|July|30|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. Williams |[[Mike Tyson vs. Danny Williams|Return for Revenge]] |{{right|150,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Tyson Delivers (For PPV) |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/tyson-delivers-ppv-333772 |work=[[Multichannel News]] |date=June 17, 2005 |language=en-us |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160556/https://www.multichannel.com/news/tyson-delivers-ppv-333772 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |Showtime |- |align=center|14 |{{center|{{dts|2005|June|11|format=mdy}}}} |Tyson vs. McBride |[[Mike Tyson vs. Kevin McBride|Tyson-McBride]] |{{right|250,000<ref>[http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39053 Tyson-McBride 250,000 PPV Buys] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140108234151/http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39053 |date=January 8, 2014 }}, BoxingScene, Retrieved on January 8, 2014</ref>}} |Showtime |- |align=center|15 |{{dts|2020|November|28|format=mdy}} |Tyson vs. Jones Jr. |[[Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.|Lockdown Knockdown]] |{{nts|1,600,000}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Josh |title=Mike Tyson's return to boxing against Roy Jones Jr. generated more than $80 million in revenue |url=https://usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2020/12/07/mike-tyson-vs-roy-jones-jr-bout-80-m-pay-per-view-bonanza/6487482002/ |access-date=December 9, 2020 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=December 8, 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209002046/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2020/12/07/mike-tyson-vs-roy-jones-jr-bout-80-m-pay-per-view-bonanza/6487482002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |Triller |- ! ! ! Total sales ! ! 15,920,000 ! |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ United Kingdom ! Date !! Fight !! Network !! Buys !! Source(s) |- | {{dts|1996|March|16|format=mdy}} | [[Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II]] | [[Sky Box Office]] | 600,000 | <ref>{{cite book|title=Screen Digest|date=1997|publisher=[[Screen Digest]] Limited|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ&q=naseem+hamed|language=en|quote=BSkyB's third pay-per-view sports event โ evening of boxing including world title fight involving 'Prince' Naseem Hamed โ pulled in 650,000 subscribers (more than 600,000 who bought Tyson/Bruno fight, BSkyB's first).|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626201459/https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ&q=naseem+hamed|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{dts|1997|June|28|format=mdy}} | [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II]] | Sky Box Office | 550,000 | <ref name="Davies-2007">{{cite news|last=Davies|first=Gareth A.|title=Ricky Hatton shatters viewing record|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/2329041/Ricky-Hatton-shatters-viewing-record.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=December 20, 2007|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173801/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/2329041/Ricky-Hatton-shatters-viewing-record.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2000|January|29|format=mdy}} | [[Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis]] | Sky Box Office | 500,000 | <ref name="Davies-2007"/> |- | {{dts|2002|June|8|format=mdy}} | [[Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson]] | Sky Box Office | 750,000 | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609|title=Haye looks for heavyweight payday|last=Lalani|first=Zahid|date=June 29, 2011|work=BBC News|access-date=May 12, 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205610/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2020|November|28|format=mdy}} | [[Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.]] | [[BT Sport Box Office]] | | |- ! ! Total sales ! ! 2,400,000 ! |} ====Closed-circuit theater TV==== Select [[pay-per-view]] boxing buy rates at American [[closed-circuit television|closed-circuit]] theater television venues: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Date !! Fight !! Buys !! Revenue !! Revenue (inflation) |- | {{dts|1988|June|27|format=mdy}} | [[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 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830041410/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/07/02/pay-per-view-can-drive-closed-circuit-off-screen/2f6c6d4d-d7ca-4a3b-931e-f8b4bb5b790b/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | $32,000,000<ref name="spinks"/> | ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|32000000|1988|r=-4}}|}} |- | {{dts|1997|June|28|format=mdy}} | [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II]] | {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:9000000/75}}|}}}}<ref>{{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|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630185657/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/07/05/tyson-holyfield-packed-a-big-financial-wallop/f0627f0b-8e93-44d0-94d4-6b583cf44a4d/|url-status=live}}</ref> | $9,000,000<ref>{{cite news|title=History of Prizefighting's Biggest Money Fights|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/8/24/16170894/history-of-prizefightings-biggest-money-fights-boxing-mma-ufc|work=[[Bloody Elbow]]|agency=[[SB Nation]]|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023055845/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/8/24/16170894/history-of-prizefightings-biggest-money-fights-boxing-mma-ufc|url-status=live}}</ref> | ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|9000000|1997|r=-4}}|}} |- ! ! Total sales ! 920,000 ! $41,000,000 ! $79,930,000 |} ===Professional wrestling=== ====World Wrestling Federation==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Event ! Venue ! Location ! Buys ! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}} |- | {{dts|1998|3|29}} || [[WrestleMania XIV]] || [[FleetCenter (Boston)|FleetCenter]] || [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. || 730,000 || <ref>{{cite web |title=WWE PPV Pay-Per-View Buyrates |url=http://www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml |website=2xzone.com |access-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020025848/http://www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> |} ====All Elite Wrestling==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Event ! Venue ! Location ! Buys ! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}} |- | {{dts|2020|5|23}} || [[Double or Nothing (2020)|Double or Nothing]] || [[Daily's Place]]<br>[[TIAA Bank Field]] || [[Jacksonville, Florida]] || 115,000โ120,000 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/june-1-2020-observer-newsletter-death-hannah-kimura-97626|title=June 1, 2020 Observer Newsletter: Death of Hana Kimura|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|first=Dave|last=Meltzer|date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208043938/https://account.f4wonline.com/protect/new-rewrite?f=14&url=%2Findex.php&host=members.f4wonline.com&ssl=on|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/mike-tyson-present-aew-tnt-title-aew-double-or-nothing|title=Mike Tyson To Present AEW TNT Title At AEW Double Or Nothing|work=Fightful|first=Jeremy|last=Lambert|date=May 13, 2020|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518040152/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/mike-tyson-present-aew-tnt-title-aew-double-or-nothing|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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