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and i cant use the "great fights" argument. anyone know the amount or good estimate of what the total payout for fighters was this year? how bout a good estimation of PPV buys for all the fights this year? this MMA fan that i know swears that boxing is completely dead and hardly a whisper and i just dont wanna say, "NUH UH SHUT UP!!"
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ODLH vs Mayweather got 2.5 million buys.
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i can safely assume that this one got atleast 1 mill buys i guess.Comment
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lol lol
This was a great fight.
MMA is in a world of hurt because of the ****ty rules.
MMA is made for grapplers. The casual fan dont like to see guys laying on the ground.
They like to see strikes which is why Chuck was so popular.Comment
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Tonite was a great example of how boxing was not dead.
Two great fighers fought a great and exciting fight.Comment
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largest UFC attendance was only 19049
and the largest PRIDE attendance was 64450
largest boxing attendance, 136274Comment
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in the past two years, HBO, Showtime, and ESPN INCREASED their number of annual shows. Hell HBO had to add a second broadcast team for BAD.
Last year was HBO's second most successful year in PPV and this year may break their all time record depending on how tonight's fight did.
Live boxing is usually on five nights a week in the U.S.
Ths sport is even more popular in other parts of the world such as the Phillipines, Japan and Europe.
But none of this matters. The whole 'Boxing is dying', and 'Can this be the fight that saves Boxing' thing has been going on for decades. It's a big part of Boxing's schtick and always has been.
What has changed is that Boxing has become a niche sport since it was driven off ABC, CBS and NBC in the 80's. At that point it moved to cable and has been surviving quite nicely ever since as a niche sport.
The last half of 07 was spectacular. I hope we can duplicate some of these awesome matchups next year.Comment
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