The December 8th HBO-PPV clash between Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton generated 850,000 pay-per-view buys and $47 million in PPV revenue.
The breakdown was 520,000 from cable and 330,000 from satellite. It was a tremendous year for Mayweather, who, with Oscar de la Hoyagenerated an all time record 2.4 million buys and $134 million in revenue for their May megabout.
All told, 2007 was the highest performing year in HBO Pay-Per-View history with 4.8 million buys and more than $255 million in revenue across eight boxing events. The previous high for HBO PPV in boxing was in 1999 with four million buys and $200 million in revenue. In 2006, HBO PPV registered 3.7 million buys and $177 million in revenue.