Why is PBC having so many PPVs?

[nino brown21]

I've read an article before that fox wants at least 4 ppv fights a year from the pbc not including showtime . they got a decent stable but their spreading their fighters out to thin and not matching them right . I wonder how Manny ppvs the Manny fight sold ?

[El_Mero]

Cause theyre trying to follow the ufc model, except they obviously dgaf about the fans because unlike the ufc and their 1-a-month povs, pbc puts up bullsh.it fights majority of the time.

[OnePunch]

Barrios - Thurman and Ortiz - Martin are not PPV fights.

I am not familiar with the economics of boxing, but certainly putting fights on PPV who sell poorly isn't good for business? Why not just put them on free TV?

All of this could be avoided by making good fights who would then sell on PPV.

they put them on PPV and take their chances because the network didnt offer enough money to make the fight on free tv.

Even if a PPV tanks, it can still generate a couple million dollars in revenue, which is probably more than Fox was willing to pay for this fight. And as the broadcaster, Fox will take a small taste (usually a few percent) which helps them offset their production costs......

[QballLobo]

Originally the plan was to put fights on network tv and get paid off the ad revenue. There were some solid fights on CBS/Fox early on. I guess the ratings weren’t enough to keep that ad money high enough.
Now they are just HBO light except fights that would normally be on a Saturday night fighting after dark they are trying to push as PPV fights.

[Superbee]

Weird that nobody talks about the pandemic ...

[Marchegiano]

They like it when I pirate their streams?

[WBC WBA IBF]

When they first hit the scene I remember they were big in bringing boxing back to free TV, but now it seems like every card is being placed as a PPV, why is it?

In 2021, PBC did 5 PPVs plus 1 joint PPV with ESPN. That's out of the 33 PBC events that year. So no, every card wasn't on PPV.

[rickJen]

Bottom line is these fights will never materialize if they're not on PPV.
Meaning, no PPV, no fight. So which one do you prefer?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I would imagine Showtime having payed huge guarantees to Canelo and Wilder previously,doesn't leave much of a budget for much else? The Fox budget seems like it's been peanuts for years with the level of fighters being thrown on there. In other words,probably because they can't afford these cards otherwise.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. I agree.

[brettWall]

The proper question is why are fights that used to be on regular tv are now on PPV all of a sudden? No one will ever know until more details are provided. They certainly give us a view on how the future is going to be from now.