Comments Thread For: Gervonta Davis-Mario Barrios: Showtime Pay-Per-View Price Set At $74.99 For Card

[Dakuwaqa]

PPV should only be for mega fights. AJ vs Fury kind of fights. A couple of times a year. Not every ****ing week

[wrecksracer]

I agree but live streaming is harming the sport. You can't grow the sport this way. It won't attract any new fans or the casual viewer so long as it is on the World Wide Web. Moreover, you won't be able to build new stars over the internet either. As it would become more difficult for the rising stars of boxing to find a mainstream crossover audience online. DAZN is only good for the established fighter who's had some television exposure. In addition, it's good for me as a boxing fan but it is detrimental to those of us who don't watch boxing. Taking the sport entirely off of television will inevitably ruin boxing in the long run.

I don't know anybody under 30 that even has cable. It's all streaming. Personally, I love it when PBC puts a decent fight on regular over the air FOX. It lets me relive my childhood (when I used to watch boxing on Wide World of Sports). Otherwise, everything I watch is either live streamed or downloaded. And I'm old.

[daggum]

im a tank fan...but this is obviusly way too much for this fight....heck even having it on ppv alone is kinda wild...but haymon and espinoza know what theyre doing so if they think these moves are wise and worth the risk then who am i to judge? they are only two of the most successful at what they do over the last 10 years or so

arguments against ggg were 1. he fights nothing but bums and 2. he was a media creation

yet you are a tank fan? like to apologize now?

[ValarMargulis]

hahahahaahahaha good luck with getting viewers to pay for this PPV. Tank sure. But against Barrios?!?!?! Not many people would pay for that

[SunDiego-]

I legit want to know who purchases this crappy ppv's? Some unknown fighter and one that is barely making any noise and they expect people to drop some sweet Guac on such a stale event? I dunno makes no sense

[Mike D]

it should be more!

Agreed. I would pay twice the price. I'd pay a grand. Hell I'd even sell my soul to watch Tank and....wait who is he fighting again

[buddyr]

why does mayweather think Tank is a star fighting cherry picked opponents?

[breeto80]

i agree...and im sure many think its a rip off.....but like ive said...haymon and espinoza arent dumb....two of the must successful in the business at what they do...they obviously think its worth it and worth the risk

I think they are dumb. The past is the past. Why is putting Davis vs Barrios for $70 worth it? And of course they can do / risk anything they want. Does that make it successful ? They could be taking a bath for all you know. " Worth the risk " would be taking a smarter risk and putting them on for 29.99 and hoping these guys get more exposure. More buys. So in the future, these guys become more of a household name. Your admitting the price is a " rip off " . I don't know too many people that like getting ripped off. Do you ? I don't care who's responsible for putting on this fight at $70, it's flat out ******.

[FinlandsFinest]

Well at least Davis isn't fighting underground on the web where casual fans can't see or notice him. Prospects like Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia belong on television too so they can help build their profiles among the casual viewer and the mainstream crossover fan as well.

THANK YOU. I was about to type this but you said it already.

One other thing: I prefer PPV over a subscription model like DAZN. Because I dont want to subscribe to something monthly and be 'attached' to it without even watching anything on it for a whole month.

With a PPV, we can get together and buy the PPV, and many of us watch it together on the same TV screen.

[Ray*]

This is too cheap. I mean Tank is a superstar, the price point should be 120 dollars.