As of end of 2008
Live Gate
The Top grossing gate in the history of MMA
CHUCK LIDDELL vs. TITO ORTIZ II
12/30/06 $5,397,300
Top Boxing gates of the last 2 years
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
05/05/07 $18,419,200
Oscar De La Hoya vs Pacquiao
12/6/08 $14,380,300
Ricky Hatton vs Juan Lazcano
5/24/08 $12,000,000
JOE CALZAGHE vs. BERNARD HOPKINS
04/19/08 $ 11,636,400
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR vs. RICKY HATTON
12/08/07 $10,393,950
Biggest one fight purse for each sport in 2008
MMA
Tim Sylvia - $800,000
Andre Arlovski -$749,690
Chuck Liddel l - $500,000
Kimbo Slice - $500,000
Brock Lesnar - $450,000
Forrest Griffin - $310,000
BJ Penn - $250,000
Randy Couture - $250,000
Anderson Silva - $200,000
Boxing
Oscar Delahoya - $24,000,000
Felix Trinidad - $14,000,000
Wladimir Klitschko - $12,000,000
Manny Pacquiao - $11,000,000
Joe Calzaghe - $10,000,000
Roy Jones - $10,000,000
Bernard Hopkins - $8,000,000
Miguel Cotto - $7,000,000
Kelly Pavlik - $3,000,000