Mayweather-McGregor gate receipts fail to break record

Almost 7,000 seats were empty on the night.

Conor McGregor’s superfight with Floyd Mayweather has failed to beat the record for the biggest gate receipts, writes Stephen Barry.

While the fight was not a sell-out, with tickets priced between $500 and $10,000, promoters had predicted that the revenue would surpass the Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao record from 2015.