Alvarez-Golovkin fight generated 1.3 million pay-per-view buys
The Canelo Alvarez -Gennady Golovkin middleweight title fight produced 1.3 million pay-per-view buys, the best showing between two world champion boxers since Floyd Mayweather's record-setting 2015 triumph over Manny Pacquiao . The figure was given to the Los Angeles Times by an individual intimately familiar with sales, but unauthorized to speak publicly on the matter.