It was the first boxing pay-per-view event headlined by heavyweights on US TV since Hasim Rahman vs. Oleg Maskaev II in 2006, and the first heavyweight fight to be PPV in both the US and UK since Lennox Lewis fought Mike Tyson in 2002. The event was both a critical and a commercial success. At $74.99 in HD, the fight generated 325,000 buys in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the fight sold 450,000 buys. Showtime's delayed broadcast a week later drew an average 488,000 viewers, peaking at 590,000, in the United States. According to UK-based anti-piracy company Muso, the fight was watched illegally online by nearly 10 million viewers worldwide via pirated streams, including 1.9 million in the United States and more than 1 million in the United Kingdom. Broadcasting References Boxing matches Boxing matches involving Tyson Fury 2018 in boxing December 2018 sports events in the United States World Boxing Council heavyweight championship matches Boxing in Los Angeles Boxing on Showtime 2018 in sports in California Sports competitions in Los Angeles 2018 in Los Angeles Boxing in California