Not many people are gonna watch Mayweather/DLH

[squealpiggy]

I don't give a damn if some Euro or Canucker has some small **** syndrome over this.

What the hell does this mean? This PPV will be as big in Canada as it is in the States. This statement is needlessly disrespectful. No wonder people get fed up with "Americans" when this is the kind of crap some of them subject us to.

In fairness this is the kind of fight that can be on PPV, because it is so huge. It's the kind of fight that everyone will want to see. There's room for maybe three or four ppv fights per year, the rest should be available on network TV or HBO.

[OptimusWolf]

ermm, in the UK at least a pub can't just order the ppv for one house and screen it to 100s of people. there are special rates for public places with uch higher costs.

But I doubt it will get very high viewing over here compared to heavyweight fights or domestic fighters.

[squealpiggy]

It's being shown on sky in the UK I heard, it would be tough to sell it as a ppv due to the time difference.

[The Wire]

It's being shown on sky in the UK I heard, it would be tough to sell it as a ppv due to the time difference.

It would also be tough to sell it as a ppv as very few people know it's happening outside of hardcore boxing fans. I just said to a guy at uni that one of the biggest boxing matches in about fifteen years was on on Saturday - he had no idea whatsoever. And he watches most of the big matches that are on on ITV1 (the heayweights and Calzaghe, really), and had no ****ing idea. It really isnt big over here at all, which is a shame.

[Addison]

OK, congratulations on completely missing my point there.

What I'm saying is that whilst ppv records stand at 2 million people - 2 MILLION PEOPLE IS NOT A LOT

Eastenders (a British soap opera on four times a week) gets 8 million viewer EVERY TIME IT'S ON.

If ppv's were cheaper perhaps more people would buy them and the promoters would actually make more money. In a country as big as America a fight as big as this should be hitting 20, 30 even 50 million buys. Not 2.

That 2 million viewers comes to over 100 million for a single days broadcast.

Granted; there's millions invested off the top, and it's cut more times than homeless pie - but regardless, that money makes sense to HBO.

I mean.. HBO isn't running infomercials the other 364 days of year..

That money is all good.


Try to keep in mind it's going to be the biggest shot in the arm Boxing has had in a spell..


Well... Depending on whether or not it gets ugly..

And by ugly I do mean offensive.


If Oscar and Floyd really care about Boxing they'll give us something special.

Hopefully, all their talent and experience adds up to understanding this.

This isn't just about them.


How does the saying go?...


Oh yeah.


"It's not just about winning and losing."

[guru]

i think this will be a HUGE PPV and will do giant #'s.... mostly because of oscar....

however i DO NOT agree that this is a "fight of the century" type fight, since PBF is a pretty big favorite.... oscar/tito, ali/frazier, leonard/hearns were all close to even fights.. IMO they were much bigger/more important fights than this one....

[David06]

however i DO NOT agree that this is a "fight of the century" type fight, since PBF is a pretty big favorite

Last time I checked, PBF was a 2:1 favorite...that's not a "pretty big favorite" by any means.

[guru]

Last time I checked, PBF was a 2:1 favorite...that's not a "pretty big favorite" by any means.

thats a bigger favorite than in the other superfights i mentioned(leonard/hearns, oscar/tito, ali/frazier).... thats what keeps this fight from comparing to those.... pbf at 2 to 1 is a clear fav, where as those fights it was about a toss up...

[Technical_Skill]

It might break the record for ppv buys of 2million. 2 MILLION!?!?! That's not a lot of people watching. Eastenders gets more than that and it's on four times a week. The sheer cost of ppv's in America is what's destroying boxing. The sport it eating itself, promoters and TV companies are too greedy and before long no one will be watching boxing. It'll end up the new showjumping.

Lol, i do hope you are joking,

Eastenders aint pay per view at $54.99 a time, if it was, it would do **** numbers.

Enough with the prophetic statements about Boxing in decline, its bull****, there will always be a demand for boxing.

Chillout.

[jabsRstiff]

Wire.....

You started off by saying this fight has a great chance of setting the record for the most PPV buys.....then say the high price tag is holding it back.
Well, then what the hell was it that kept the previous PPV from doing better than this one will do ?

I don't get it.