Comments Thread For: Ali-Frazier Fight Was Watched Live By Estimated 300 Million Worldwide 50 Years Ago Today

[15round]

Numbers are impressive, Keep in mind back in those days there 3 total channels, and also this was world wide. Mayweather vs Pac did 90 million world wide viewership, Canelo vs Mayweather, 55 million, Canelo vs GGG 40 million. It's not 300 million but pretty good considering there's 500 thousand channels and apps.

Great point. That wasn't long after the first walk on the moon. What are people going to watch? Hollywood Squares, Leave it to Beaver or the Moon walk. A, B, or C?

[Ray*]

This fight cost $20 on close circuit as well. Which is a lot of money back then.