Netflix style cheap ppv stream idea

Surely there's a market for a netflix type ppv model these days. Stream it on an app on a smart tv or chromecast etc for like $10-15. You only get $10 per view but you cut out the cable companies and keep all the profits. To me there is a big gap in boxing between the genuine ppv fights like say GGG v Canelo and the fights that networks will pay for, which are just showcase mismatches mostly. The problem is a name fighter can get $1mil for an easy fight because the opponent gets not much, but if you put 2 good fighters together they both want big $ e.g. $2mil each so it costs 4 times as much to put on. Also you have a bigger market because more people have internet than cable and you can sell it to the whole world.

Comments (6)

_Maxi

People aren't even watching free boxing but you think the problem with PPV is the price? It's not the price, it's the fighters and the sport!!! I also agree with this. Just go to MMA or other similar sports videos on youtube and you'll see comments from people saying stuff like "this is action, not like Mayweather Pacquiao hug fest". Well, something needs to change, boxing needs to bring action action. Tyson like. Hagler-Hearns like. No more clinchers mother****ers. A lot of people here should stop supporting such boring fighters. But life moves on. I'm already getting interest on MMA and other martial arts because I get to see ACTION, not hugs.

9y ago

BreWall

I think Netflix and others that offer similar services can only stream taped movies and shows and not live events. That's probably where the problem lies. In any case, they should at least offer delayed fights or fights that are already recorded.

9y ago

_Maxi

I don't think the cost of PV is as big an issue as most people make it out to be. GGG-Lemieux and Kovalev-Ward were cheaper than PAC vs. Bradley III & PAC vs Vargas & his fights outperformed GGG-Lemieux & Ward-Kovalev. The problem is there aren't any PPV stars except Camelot. He's not really a star he's just solid. Well i think you're wrong. In the UK they are making the same money, but at the same time promoting the sport. Because they price the fights much lower and more people end up buying. Another problem is fighters are making too much money.

9y ago

Blackclouds

Boxing needs to adapt, but it's also old business stuck in its ways. They are married to cable tv and ppv business models. Even PBC just tweaks what boxing has done in the past but aren't very innovative on what type of fights to show for free vs on premium cable. Boxing is a loose group of contractors/companies basically, getting them to work together is like herding cats. Promotions are local and it's damn hard to find information on who's fighting on a given day like they want to keep **** a secret. Belt organizations tend to have completely different top 15 lists. So I don't have much hope until current business models completely collapse of which they probably won't. So that leaves these countless local promotions and they are stuck in their ways too. There's a few that do stream but they charge pretty high prices per fight like www.gfl.tv

9y ago

5burowz

Boxing is the wild-wild west. There is no continuity; no loyalty.

9y ago

warp1432

Paying $10-15 a month for boxing is called HBO

9y ago