article_snippet: Those figures are based on Promoter Bob Arum's firm expectation that this, the richest fight of all time, will not just break the pay-per-view record in America – but double it.
article_snippet: Floyd Mayweather says: 'We are looking at four to five million buys.
article_snippet: Promoter Bob Arum Promoter Bob Arum believes there will be between 'four and five million buys' of this fight on May 2 .
article_snippet: The double-up factor will begin with the Grand Garden taking $40m at the box office, compared with the previous high-mark of $20m for Mayweather v Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in September 2013.
article_snippet: But it is the pay-per-view TV sales – with rival networks HBO and Showtime sharing the broadcast – which will generate most of the revenue.
article_snippet: The record number of buys stands at 2.4m for Mayweather v Oscar De La Hoya eight years ago.
article_snippet: Oscar De La Hoya fight with Mayweather in 2007 holds the record for the most pay-per-view buys at 2.4m .
article_snippet: this 'The Half-Billion Dollar Fight' came when Mayweather beat Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas in September 2014 .
article_snippet: Thus Arum's five million buys – along with such ancillary income as TV rights overseas, including Britain - would make this 'The Half-Billion Dollar Fight'.
article_snippet: That would generate $200m to be shared among the likes of the local broadcasting stations, the MGM hosts, the promoters, the undercard fighters and so on.
highlights_snippet: But pay-per-view sales could add another $50m to the fight's pot .
  
highlights_snippet: Promoter Bob Arum believes there will be 'four to five million' PPV buys .
  