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    Sep 10, 2020 3 minutes

    5 FLOYD MAYWEATHER w pts 12 CANELO ALVAREZ

    September 14, 2013; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV

    THOSE who now belittle the impact that Floyd Mayweather had on the sport should look again at the numbers this superfight generated. Following an 11-city promotional tour – spread over two countries – tickets for this super-welterweight tussle, costing between $350 and $2,000, sold out within 24 hours of being released. Add to that $20m haul the $150m generated from US pay-per-views and the gate receipts from screenings at 550 cinemas and this broke records as the highest-grossing fight

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