LOS ANGELES – Floyd Mayweather's win over Mexico's Saul Alvarez has been confirmed as the richest fight in boxing history with nearly $150 million in pay-per-view revenues, US cable network Showtime said Thursday. The revenues for Saturday's unified super welterweight championship in Las Vegas surpassed the $136 million that was generated by Mayweather's 2007 showdown with Oscar de la Hoya. Showtime said that the fight attracted some 2.2 million pay-per-view buys which is second all-time to the 2.48 million buys for the Mayweather/de la Hoya fight. Showtime said the numbers on the pay-per-view are still being added up but it has already beaten...
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