Floyd Mayweather’s comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas attracted 1 million pay-per-view buys, according to figures released today by HBO PPV.

The total includes 525,000 from cable homes and 475,000 from satellite homes. It’s the highest performing boxing PPV event this year and generated $52 million in pay-per-view revenue. It’s only the fifth time in boxing pay-per-view history that a non-heavyweight event has reached the one million buy mark.

Mayweather, returning from a 21-month retirement, won a one-sided 12-round decision over Marquez to improve to 40-0. “I am truly humbled by the numbers, and I appreciate all of the sports fans who either came to the fight or bought it on pay-per-view,” Mayweather said in a released statement. “It felt great to be back in the ring and next time I will be even better.”

Mayweather vs. Marquez will be replayed this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on HBO, which will also televise the live heavyweight title fight between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and Cristobal Arreola from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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