Floyd-Conor purse could reach $700M

Conor McGregor’s super fight with Floyd Mayweather was one of the most hyped events in modern sports history, and all signs indicate it actually exceeded expectations at the box office.

Tallied all up, the purse could hit $700 million, according to the Telegraph, and while the official split is confidential, many believe it to be 70-30 in Mayweather’s favor.

The most concrete proof of the fight’s huge purse came from Mayweather himself, who revealed at his post-fight press conference that they had broken the live gate record for a boxing match.

“We did break the record tonight for the biggest gate. Me and [Manny] Pacquiao done $72 million, I think we’d done something over $80 million for the live gate,” Mayweather said.

This came despite the fact the 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena was not sold out.

The 50-0 champion then claimed that they’d also broken the record for payper-view buys. Official numbers, though, won’t be released for at least a week.

Mayweather and Pacquiao currently hold the record for the biggest fight in history. Their 2015 snoozefest, which was years in the making, drew 4.6 million pay-per-view buys in the United States, according to ESPN, with the standarddefinition broadcast costing $89.99 and the high-definition version cost $10 more.