The Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor is expected to make upwards of $500 million in the United States and over $700 million worldwide.
While Showtime hasn’t responded to the lawsuit itself, with Chris DeBlasio, Showtime Sports’ VP Communications, announcing that the network will issue a full refund to any customer who purchased the event directly from Showtime and suffered outages.
The fight costs $99.99 to watch through various pay-per-view providers, with the lawsuit adding that this was the first major boxing pay-per-view fight that was available without a cable subscription.
The historic Mayweather vs. McGregor fight transcended the sports world this weekend, becoming a true cultural phenomenon, with the fight even cracking the top 10 at the box office.