De La Hoya has a great grasp of pay-per-view history, but even he admitted that skeptics have called him “crazy” for suggesting Davis-Garcia will exceed two million buys, let alone 2.45 million.

Baltimore’s Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) hurt Garcia badly with a left hand toward the end of the eighth round of their 12-round fight for Davis’ WBA world lightweight title. Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs, 3 ...