Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed becoming the first boxer to help generate back-to-back 1 million-plus pay-per-view buys in the same year. According to figures released Monday by HBO, the Dec. 8 battle of unbeatens between Mayweather and England’s Ricky Hatton generated 850,000 buys and $47 million in pay-per-view revenue.

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