Joshua-Ruiz had 1.8 million viewers on DAZN

good numbers!!!!!

I don't believe his chin is that bad, he just couldn't recover after being hurt because his muscles were depleting his oxygen and weighing him down too much. Every boxer gets hurt, especially in the heavyweight division. It's about how you recover from taking the shot. Ali has been dropped 4 times in his career, Holmes was 4 times and seriously could have been waved off by the ref , the shaves fight would have been stopped if it was now , Lewis was knocked out 2 times , Hurt against Briggs , akinwande was KD but missed , Louis was knocked down numerous times and KOed twice , Tyson was koed by Douglas and Lewis , stopped by Holyfield , hurt by tucker and ruddock. Heavyweight fighters can get hurt regularly...it’s the nature of the sport

I actually couldn't believe how big this fight was on a Saturday afternoon. I went to a bar to meet 4 people that wanted to watch it and the place was PACKED! Standing room only when I got there about 15 minutes before the fight. Crowd was going crazy with every punch that landed, huge Pro-Ruiz crowd where I was obviously. Even my brother who doesn't watch any boxing was texting me midway thru the fight to get my account info for DAZN so he could watch. Despite not being an action packed war, I think the HW division came out better for it. Walking out everybody at the bar was debating Joshua vs the winner of Wilder/Fury. Mannnn that warms the heart!

These are fantastic numbers and a massive win for boxing all around... anyone saying otherwise is just salty. LOL, the MILLIONS Wilder could have been making... imagine a 3 Fight series with AJ? Would surely break Mayweather's $$$.

1.8m viewers is pretty impressive considering how few subscribers DAZN probably has. Especially considering that the fight was at an inconvenient time for USA based fans, and DAZN isn't available in the UK and Mexico.

That Joe guy from DAZN? Yeah, joe malokovoski or whatever his name is :lol1: He said "around half" of the viewers came from the U.S.

I thought the figure was 1.6m at £25.00 each Get real. 1.6M x £25 is NOT what the promoter is receiving. Like the U.S., the UK PPV distributors take 40-50% - so the promoter receives £12.5 - 15 per buy.

Because Brits are cucks for the BBC... they fly 10,000 miles for the BBC. Simple really. For Sir David Attenborough, I'd fly 100,000 miles.

The numbers are great.....good for boxing.... Sky sport is smiling to the bank.

Because Brits are cucks for the BBC... they fly 10,000 miles for the BBC. Simple really.

You got me confused with someone else. I'm not talking DAZN going outta business. F#ck man I'm the guy saying the same sh^t you just said that they live or die on acquiring major sports. But we can analyze and discuss the boxing numbers to for what they mean now & in comparison to other past subscription service numbers. I hear you dude, but you asked if it's good or bad. The answer is... no one knows. My point is, just look at how clueless even industry people are to this stuff. Chris Mannix, long before he joined DAZN, was going around saying PBC was a "failed experiment." Then boom, the Fox deal was announced and PBC is here to stay. Lots of writers and posters will grab numbers and try and drop them into narratives they want to see, but the truth is DAZN's viewership numbers aren't really comparable to any other networks because they're a unique thing.

The DAZN guy confirmed that more than half of the viewers came from the U.S. So I guess you were wrong. A link would be much appreciated

Is 1.8M across 9 markets good, average or bad? Seems bad to me still. Although its still the noob & this seems bigger than the last numbers across multiple markets. Itd be more interesting to see the US numbers specifically. No one can speak intelligently on DAZN USA's prospects down the line. We don't have the data, and even if we did we can't anticipate how their strategy will play out. DAZN is in boxing in the USA to build brand equity, so they'll eventually have the credibility to move onto bigger sports. They could potentially be a major player in boxing in the long run, but that's not their strategy. They want NFL, MLB, etc. I will say this: if anything you read arguing the chances of success or failure of DAZN comes from boxing sites, you should definitely ignore it.

Great numbers. For the Canelo fight with jacobs half of the reported global viewers came from the US. Makes sense since a majority of the boxing content caters to the US while other DAZN regions are heavy on soccer and others sports. Likely the US viewers 700-900K.

Primetime is still primetime; let's not act like the US has some massive subscriber base for DAZN either or that Germany/Italy/Spain somehow have no population. C'mon man The DAZN guy confirmed that more than half of the viewers came from the U.S. So I guess you were wrong.

I actually couldn't believe how big this fight was on a Saturday afternoon. I went to a bar to meet 4 people that wanted to watch it and the place was PACKED! Standing room only when I got there about 15 minutes before the fight. Crowd was going crazy with every punch that landed, huge Pro-Ruiz crowd where I was obviously. Even my brother who doesn't watch any boxing was texting me midway thru the fight to get my account info for DAZN so he could watch. Despite not being an action packed war, I think the HW division came out better for it. Walking out everybody at the bar was debating Joshua vs the winner of Wilder/Fury.

Well PPV has changed a bit in the last 30 years. As has technology. In the UK I'm assuming they buy it through their Sky box... it validates through the internet and charges their account. I'd be shocked if they couldn't tell you the precise number of PPV buys at any given time. What would they be doing in this extra time needed? Counting coins? The National Lottery knows exactly how many tickets have been sold and immediately knows how many winners there are when the draw is made. It's all online and automated. Exactly, I think there might be some differences between the UK and US which is adding to the confusion, I live in neither so I'm not 100% but in the US don't you have the distributor (Showtime/previously HBO), then the cable companies like Comcast/Cox/Charter whoever. Whereas isn't it just all through Sky for this PPV? So in the US you have to wait for the various cable companies to report in, where as in the UK it would literally be a query on a single database table at Sky? Anyway regardless, broke the UK PPV record, sounds like the biggest dazn fight yet add in that monster site fee, loosing to Ruiz while under a rematch clause was the best thing to ever happen to Joshua financially speaking.

My DAZN script is in the trash now. It’s the commentary (Chris Mannix in particular) I can’t stand to here. However I do like Sergio Mora, but he needs some better people to work with!

That's great for Boxing!

Is 1.8M across 9 markets good, average or bad? Seems bad to me still. Although its still the noob & this seems bigger than the last numbers across multiple markets. Itd be more interesting to see the US numbers specifically. To consider its outside his main market and the majority of those 9 don’t really watch boxing it’s impressive. At a guess you would suggest 300k Germany, 300k Canada and majority of the rest in America - so maybe about 1 mil in America. Obviously that’s working on logic which may not be completely the case. But Ortiz wilder did less than 300k? So as a comparison it’s really the same ball park for a fight which wasn’t prime time in the USA and Joshua not being American.