This weekend’s WBC light middleweight fight between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar de la Hoya is set to become the highest grossing fight in boxing history and could be worth over $100 million.
The pay-per-view bout will be seen in 176 countries and could surpass the record 1.99 million pay-per-view sales (and $99 million) set by Tyson-Evander Holyfield II in 1997. It has already set a record for the biggest live gate at £9.6 million.
De la Hoya, 34, is reportedly being paid £15 million and Mayweather, 30, £6 million.
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