NEW YORK -- The Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield rematch set a boxing record with $16.9 million in gate receipts. However, the pay-per-view sales fell short of the first fight.

Helped by 4,272 tickets sold at $2,000 each, the Saturday night bout broke the previous record of $14.3 million for the second Holyfield-Mike Tyson fight on June 28, 1997.

A total of 17,078 tickets were sold for the fight at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center, in which Lewis won a unanimous decision.

While gate sales were boosted by casino buys, only 850,000 purchased the fight on TVKO, HBO's pay-per-view arm, compared to 1.2 million buys for the first bout in March.

The rematch didn't crack the top 10 in pay-per-view figures. Holyfield's rematch with Tyson set a record with 1.99 million buys while their first fight had 1.59 million.

Lewis-Holyfield I is eighth on the list, just behind Felix Trinidad's victory over Oscar De La Hoya in September, which had 1.25 million buys.