10 Highest Grossing Pay-Per-View Boxing Matches In History

6. 5. Mike Tyson vs Peter McNeeley (August 19, 1995)

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Rating: £64.4million ($96million)

Tyson's return to the ring following his three-year prison term for rape saw him destroy McNeeley in 89 seconds - with more than 1.5million households witnessing the one-sided bout, drawing in £64.4million ($96million).

 
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