KSI vs Logan does 800,000 buys, breaks UK records.

I guess if you look at the Brightside it brought attention to the sport of boxing. This UFC youth era seen boxing as a real fight...

That's very true. Wembley might do 100,000 but the gates at Vegas generate more and Hearn has admitted as much. Makes me wonder, Hearn said he was open to having the AJ Wilder fight in US then all of a sudden said UK only. Despite the fact he admits it will make more money in Vegas. That's fishy to me. They want control of the promotion pure and simple. Which is perfectly normal bearing in mind who will be bringing the big money to the event (on either side of the pond). I think Joshua vs Wilder or Fury would prob be looking at just below $20million dollars in a 100,000 seated Wembley and ticket prices adjusted for AJ being a legit superstar now. That would put him well up there in the all time Vegas gates based on the list im looking at on NSAC website. In 70,000 seater at Cardiff, he did about $12.9mill (£10mill) based on reported numbers. That puts him 14th all time just behind ODLH vs Trinidad. And that was vs a complete non draw in Pulev (when the tickets were sold). He is drawing comparable numbers to Vegas fights in the UK. If he got above $15mill he would be doing better than the Mayweather Maidana fights and close to top 5 all time.

This just goes to show how powerful social media is in this day and age. Those are ridiculous numbers for some amateurs. That said, all 4 guys that I watched show some decent skills for their first fight or two. I was really surprised.

kind of like when people act like UK fighters on ppv are bigger draws than US ones at the gate or on TV. joshua - klitschko, for instance, did less revenue at the gate than hopkins - calzaghe. That's very true. Wembley might do 100,000 but the gates at Vegas generate more and Hearn has admitted as much. Makes me wonder, Hearn said he was open to having the AJ Wilder fight in US then all of a sudden said UK only. Despite the fact he admits it will make more money in Vegas. That's fishy to me.

Props for being honest. But you're too self aware to be a moron, so I most certainly don't include you. let me guess, we're morons, and deontay wilder ducked anthony joshua in 2018.

It did more sales than those fights but was 3 times less in price. kind of like when people act like UK fighters on ppv are bigger draws than US ones at the gate or on TV. joshua - klitschko, for instance, did less revenue at the gate than hopkins - calzaghe.

Good numbers for them

The fight sold over 860K in both the UK and US combined, not just the UK alone. Those are still impressive numbers, among the biggest PPV fights in recent years.

800k world wide at a $10 PPV. "Great numbers" Mayweather-Hatton UK alone did 1 Million at £15 so not sure how it breaks UK records. They don't even know how many of the 800K are even from the UK for starters. It's still great numbers, especially for 2 non boxers. Some of the biggest names in the sport can't really pull those numbers even on Show or HBO. It's unfair the compare numbers to the highest PPV seller in the history of the sport. What I've noticed though is what do Mayweather and Logan Paul/KSI have in common? People love to hate them, and want to watch a personality more so than an amazing fight. It's sort of sad thats the way the sports going, but people are looking for entertainment prior to the fight. Casual fans eat it up and will watch for that reason alone. It's becoming very common place for fighters to just fight which sadly in this day in age isn't cutting it. You have to SELL the fights, and the best way to do that is hype and cringe worthy press tours / conferences.

We really are. Props for being honest. But you're too self aware to be a moron, so I most certainly don't include you.

No country has the morons that the US have. you're in a league of your own. And the PPV was £7.50. It's not exactly going to break the bank is it? We really are.

nah mate, logan paul is american boxings biggest star now lol. Looks like he is now, yeah. Haha.

Why are all 800k sales being attributed to the UK? Was it not available to buy worldwide, or are they just the UK numbers? It was PPV for the world, but those numbers are just from the UK sales. The other PPV's came from the rest of the world. EDIT: Those numbers are for the whole world, not the UK.

Man, they buy some real garbage in the UK. Not letting Americans off the hook as those idiots made Paul a star. But, for all their smugness, UK cats are the same type of morons found in just about every country. No country has the morons that the US have. you're in a league of your own. And the PPV was £7.50. It's not exactly going to break the bank is it?

You have to laugh that this fight had a sold out crowd while Deontay Wilder hasn't come close to doing that in 40 fights. And he's Americas biggest star. Haha.

Logan Paul is the A side against any boxer. How can Logan be the A side when most of the PPV came from the UK? Plus, the venue was sold out mostly due to KSI, not Logan.

How were they able to count so fast? Youtube purchases must be easier to tally up I'm assuming.

How were they able to count so fast? I'm guessing because the PPV was on YouTube.

These guys literally made millions for a 6 round amateur fight. They will run this YouTube boxing **** to the ground

How were they able to count so fast?