Death of Boxing PPVs ??

[Peterp]

I was looking through the upcoming fight schedule for the next few months. There are hardly any PPV events! I guess this is good news for fans, they don't need to pay as such, just pay for the channels.

Then i got thinking, how many current boxers can headline a PPV event ?

Not many!

you have

PBF
DLH
Possibly Pacman
Klitchko

whose else can sell a PPV on their own ? (meaning average undercard fights and standard opponent)

[Kball15]

hopkins, taylor, roy jones maybe, mosley.

lots of guys. But none can seem to break more then 400,000 buys

ODLH is the only guy that breaks the millions

[Darkstar]

Trinidad ,vargas. mayorga and winky wright. MAB, but not on thier own. Their at levels now where they fight other top guys.

[Kball15]

not a lot of PPV's?

John DUDDY is on freakin PPV!!!!

[Peterp]

The fact is most of the fighters mentioned are just about done !

Even PBF and DLH are just about done

What does Boxing have to look forward to in terms of PPV superstars ?

[Left2body]

The fact is most of the fighters mentioned are just about done !

Even PBF and DLH are just about done

What does Boxing have to look forward to in terms of PPV superstars ?

Cotto is entertaining and has an entertaining style of fighting. He was able to get good buys when he fought Paulie. I think he will have some very good ppv sales especially when he steps up and goes against other established champions at WW i.e. Mosley, Margarito, PBF, Hatton(if he ever goes back to WW).

[Kball15]

there are a TON of extremely talented Prospects that will more then likely be PPV stars within a few years.

JOHN DUDDY
ANDRE BERTO
JOEL JULIO
EDISON MIRANDA
ALLAN GREEN
JOEL JULIO
etc,etc,etc

[Darkstar]

Thier are a lot of PPVs. Like were RJJ Holyfield and cotto fight sometimes. I dont know what it is but when i think of PPV its HBO ONLY. Show time doesnt even put out to many anymore.

[Unscarred1985]

Most of the time, the fights that end up being on PPV are lousy. I am a big supporter of boxing, but I and many others hate shelling out $50 for fights that don't end up living up to the hype. I know it's boxing and you never know what might happen, of course, but for $50 and the result is a crap/boring fight, it hurts the sports image. I hope DLH vs. Mayweather Jr. will not fall under this category since it's getting hyped up so much; the outcome could very well help the sports state today.

[gattifan24]

I think I might spend my $50 on Cott-Margarito instead of the Oscar fight. Its SO much less significant but it should be a much better fight. I hate to invite friends over who don't watch much boxing and then have them watch what Floyd did to Baldomir where it was one-sided and boring as hell. I have to think about the PBF_ODH card some more.