Pay-Per-View Excess

I think all the boxing fans across the world should unite and fuck these promotors up the ass by not buying a single PPV this year. 0 sales! LOL That will teach these dumbfucks a lesson. Boxing should be free just like any other sport. I guess since, in boxing its a little more brutal, ppv's once in a while are ok, but not 50 bucks! MOre like 20. i was going to make your proposition my new years resolution but with morales vs. pac 2 that same month and zab vs. pbf set i know i will break it !!!!

So, again, how much did you spend on PPVs in 2005, and will you spend more, less or the same in 2006? Lets see here, I bought...nope I didn't buy that one. Umm, nope not that one either. Ok I must've purchased the...oh right, I didn't. Hmm...nope. Geez, where's that fucking calculator of mine? Shit, I guess I'll have to do this in my head. Ok, let's see... $0+$0+$0+$0= *shrugs* Well, whatever that total is up there, that's how much I shelled out this year for boxing PPVs. It's also what I'll be spending next year, and if it was possible to spend "less", then I would be doing that for sure. It's not that I'm cheap or don't absolutely love the sport. It's just that I started watching boxing in the mid 70's and I was spoiled for a good ten to twelve years, where if you wanted to watch a championship level fight between two excellant fighters, all you had to do was turn on the television on any given afternoon weekend (or the odd fight shown on primetime) and you'd be all set.

I think all the boxing fans across the world should unite and fuck these promotors up the ass by not buying a single PPV this year. 0 sales! LOL That will teach these dumbfucks a lesson. Boxing should be free just like any other sport. I guess since, in boxing its a little more brutal, ppv's once in a while are ok, but not 50 bucks! MOre like 20.

Not really. I wanted to see them live. Barrera-Fana was probably the worst PPV, followed by Williams/Harrison... Neils??? are you back?

damn, do u regret any??? Not really. I wanted to see them live. Barrera-Fana was probably the worst PPV, followed by Williams/Harrison...

50 Morales/Pacquiao 20 Tua/Griffis 40 Barrera/Fana 30 Margarito/Cintron 50 Wright/Trinidad 45 Chavez Sr/Robinson 50 McBride/Tyson 50 Mayweather/Gatti 20 Vanda/Campas 50 Taylor/Hopkins I 45 Rahman/Barrett 25 Briggs/Mercer 50 Tarver/Jones III 45 Barrera/Peden 50 Castillo/Corrales II 25 Tua/Salif 50 Taylor/Hopkins II 20 Hatton/Maussa 20 Williams/Harrison Think that's all - (adding up in my head)... 735 bucks on PPV damn, do u regret any???

Okay, but how much did everyone spend? 50 Morales/Pacquiao 20 Tua/Griffis 40 Barrera/Fana 30 Margarito/Cintron 50 Wright/Trinidad 45 Chavez Sr/Robinson 50 McBride/Tyson 50 Mayweather/Gatti 20 Vanda/Campas 50 Taylor/Hopkins I 45 Rahman/Barrett 25 Briggs/Mercer 50 Tarver/Jones III 45 Barrera/Peden 50 Castillo/Corrales II 25 Tua/Salif 50 Taylor/Hopkins II 20 Hatton/Maussa 20 Williams/Harrison Think that's all - (adding up in my head)... 735 bucks on PPV

i bought morales vs. pac, tito vs. winky, pbf vs. gatti, and castillo vs. corrales 2....so around 200 $.......

i didint get any ppvs this year, i was gonna get klitschko-rahman that was canceled then i was gonna get whitaker-ibragimov card but i was on vacation at the time and they didnt have it available where i was staying, im glad i didint get any...

I bought: Tito/Winky, Gatti/Mayweather, Hopkins/Taylor and Corrales/Castillo 2. Saw Tarver/Jones 3 and Hopkins/Taylr 2 for free at a sports bar. So my total was ~ $200 I won't buy Vargas/Mosely or Hopkins/Jones 2 next year.

$300-400 a year on PPV cards, one expensive bill!!!

I've gone internet and wait for the torrents. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a cap 2-3 hours after the fight and if you can stay off fightnews and these forums, you might not have anyone spoil it for you.

There are already three or four pay-per-views set for the first three months of 2006. With that in mind, how much did you spend on PPVs in 2005? Last year, we got Morales-Pacquiao for fifty, the ESPN show for thirty, Trinidad-Wright for fifty, Gatti-Mayweather for fifty, Hopkins-Taylor I for fifty, Corrales-Castillo II for fifty (I think), Hatton-Maussa for twenty and Taylor-Hopkins II for fifty. I also went to the sports bar to catch Rahman-Barrett, Barrera-Peden and Tarver-Jones III, and worked Tyson-McBride live. Didn't even pay attention to Barrera-Fana, nor did I purchase any of the Warriors and smaller shows. All told, that was still 8 PPVs for 350 bucks. I can't see doling out fifty for Jones-Hopkins II or Vargas-Mosley, and can see trips to sports bars or finding someone's house to crash out, beer to drink and costs to split as possible replacements. So, again, how much did you spend on PPVs in 2005, and will you spend more, less or the same in 2006? Putting either Vargas-Mosley or Hopkins-Jones is hard to justify, I think. They're all past their primes, and at the moment neither has a great undercard. They're silly ppv's. To answer your question, I spent fifty on the Morales-Pacquiao ppv and ten on the Harrison fight. Twenny bucks for what looks on paper like a big fight is very reasonable. It turned out to be a dud, of course, but I didn't feel like I'd rally been ripped off. I also was gonna buy the Hatton ppv, but at the last minute someone else grabbed the tab.

$150 :(.......

Okay, but how much did everyone spend? All I have to say is blackbox. You get ppv for free. It's amazing!

Okay, but how much did everyone spend?

i think ppvs should cost somewhere from $19.99 to $29.99. but $49.95 is just a fucking ripoff. the only cards i ever paid for that were worth that much was the morales/pacman 1 card and the tito/mayorga card. Back in the 90's Don King used to put together PPV's with 3 or 4 champioship bouts in one card, it was worth the money, some of the PPV nowadays should be broadcasted for free.

Just catch the replays mang... mang? what did you call me?! :mad:

i think ppvs should cost somewhere from $19.99 to $29.99. but $49.95 is just a fucking ripoff. the only cards i ever paid for that were worth that much was the morales/pacman 1 card and the tito/mayorga card.

I disagree. The difference between boxing and major spectator sport leagues like the NFL, MLB and NBA is that they can survive on broadcast television through major television contracts worth billions of dollars. Networks can afford to pay these huge fees for the broadcast rights because so many people are viewers of these sports that advertising rates make their ventures profitable. Boxing was solely supported by network television in earlier days, just like major team sports are nowadays. There was the occasional close circuit fight here and there. I'm not talking the entire NFL, NBA or MLB season just the championship games. As long as we are willing to pay, they're going to stick it to us.