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Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view figures set to break $1b mark – but US viewers were furious with outages on Showtime

FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S bank account was the real winner after his blockbuster bout with Conor McGregor.

The undefeated American called time on his illustrious boxing career with his 50th win to equal the great Rocky Marciano’s record. 

Floyd Mayweather is now worth a billion dollars after his fight with Conor McGregor
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Floyd Mayweather pocketed a staggering £230m from his fight against Conor McGregor
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And now the ‘Money Man’ can enjoy his retirement knowing he is worth a staggering ONE BILLION dollars, around £772million.

His fight with McGregor, which was watched in over 200 countries, tipped Mayweather over the ten figure mark.

The Las Vegas showdown was worth around £540m after pay-per-view figures making it the richest in boxing history by far.

Mayweather pocketed £230m from the scrap and wasn’t shy in showing off his wealth by posting an image on Instagram of a table full of money whilst sitting on a private jet.

And it is no wonder the 40-year-old trousered a huge amount of money after figures revealed the pay-per-view sales record was smashed by almost two million viewers.

In the UK, viewers were being charged £19.95 to tune in whilst in America the fight cost a huge £76 as around 6.6m fight fans paid to watch the scrap.

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Floyd Mayweather hung up his gloves with a staggering record of 50 wins, no defeats
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Mayweather held the previous record when he fought Manny Pacquiao in 2015 - taking home £193m in the process.

But furious viewers in America felt like they were left shortchanged after Showtime, the channel broadcasting the fight, endured a string on technical difficulties.

The fight even had to be delayed whilst services were being rebooted.

Tens-of-thousands of fans were unable to watch the fight with the stream continually buffering under the strain of viewers tuning in.

Zack Barter, of Portland, Oregon, is suing over the $99 stream which was plagued with “grainy video, error screens, buffer events, and stalls”.

And a lawsuit has even been filed in the US against channel Showtime for unlawful trade practices and unjust enrichment.

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