Mayweather vs. McGregor ends up second-biggest North American PPV ever

The hype leading into the Aug. 26 boxing megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor hinted that the matchup in Las Vegas could eclipse the combat sports pay-per-view buyrate record.
Four months later, the numbers have been tallied. And while it didn’t quite break the mark, it wasn’t all that far off.
Mayweather’s 10th-round TKO of the UFC lightweight champion at T-Mobile Arena sold 4.3 million units in North America, Showtime announced on Thursday.
That puts the