Calzaghe-Jones does 225k buys or less

[ИATAS]

Hopkins/Pavlik did under 200,000 as well. Neither were worthy of PPV imo anyways.

Boxing is really shooting itself in its foot by *****g up too many PPV's and too many non-worthy PPVs as well. Last year HBO had I believe 6 total PPVs. I think it's at or over 10 already for 2008. IMO there should be no more then 3-4 PPV fights a year!

A critical time is coming for American boxing since all of it's stars are old and near retirement. It would serve itself well in the long run to have LESS PPV's, or else it will only alienate fighters from the masses even further and there simply will no longer be any real american star fighters.

[Savino]

Now there will be a lot of focus on what DLH-Pacquiao does. A poor buy rate may change PPV forever.

What did Oscar and Mayweather do? was that big numbers? Is this fight been hyped much in the states?

[ИATAS]

What did Oscar and Mayweather do? was that big numbers? Is this fight been hyped much in the states?

Mayweather/de la hoya did 2.4 million, which was a record by a mile. It was hyped to death. Pacman/oscar isn't getting nearly as much press or hype. I've read it will do over 1 million buys. I'm starting to think its going to do a lot less (like between 500-800k).

And yes, a lot of it does have to do with the economy. People simply aren't spending as much as they did. Also, December isn't as good as say, May. With the bad economy and christmas, there will be lots of people who normally would buy the fight pass this time around.

[mrpain81]

What did Oscar and Mayweather do? was that big numbers? Is this fight been hyped much in the states?

Mayweather vs Oscar did 2.4 million buys.

PPV's need to be only 1-2 a year, Phuck paying for HBO,Showtime,Cable,Internet plus 55 dollar PPV's each month to be a boxing fan.

[Thread Stealer]

I only went to one Closed Circuit event, but I kind of liked it. DLH-Chavez 1.

The atmosphere was intense, although since it was at least half Mexican, they were all mad at the end.

I've heard a lot of bad things about closed circuits, but I wouldn't mind seeing one or two of those a year.

[neils7147933]

I'm kind of glad. The undercard ******, hell even the main event was more of name recognition than a quality matchup. Jones hadn't shown anything impressive in the ring since 2003.

Jones only did HBO PPV for Ruiz, maybe the Tarver rematch (?), Trinidad and did indy PPVs for Hanshaw & Ajamu his entire career....

[Mr. Fantastic]

[B]
Mayweather vs Oscar did 2.4 million buys.

PPV's need to be only 1-2 a year, Phuck paying for HBO,Showtime,Cable,Internet plus 55 dollar PPV's each month to be a boxing fan.[/B]

I'm glad someone else feels my pain lol.

[neils7147933]

I cant believe in America they have PPV's for the price of $49.99. that is crazy. I thought our prices of £14.99 were bad.

I wonder what they reckon they will do for the Hatton and Malignaggi fight.


I think Sky Box Office are putting the next Amir Khan fight on Box Office.

Hatton -Malignaggi wouldn't do 100 K in the US, it's on free HBO....

[neils7147933]

I'm glad someone else feels my pain lol.

Also, DVD's of the fights NEVER come out (I think Corrales-Freitas is the only one I've seen either network put out) and it's rare that you ever see replays except now on SHO2 and ESPN Classic. You can pick up WWE or TNA or UFC or K-1 or EliteXC etc. on DVDs at the mall or from amazon.com or wal-mart. No way to get ahold of fights unless you get obscure cable channels and you stalk the schedule (I miss Sunshine Network, MSG, etc. on the directv sports pak when I had a satellite)

Another thing that keeps other combat sports popular is ****e TV is replaying their PPV's a couple months after the main events and mixed in its compilation shows. Let's say a fan wanted to watch Calzaghe-Lacy or Jones-Hopkins before the fight. They can't go rent it and HBO didn't even own the rights to the Calzaghe fight to air it...

[Savino]

Hatton -Malignaggi wouldn't do 100 K in the US, it's on free HBO....

oh thats good then. I think I will just stream it instead of paying for the Box Office. opefully can get a HBO stream for it instead of the Sky one.