Are the Brits poor?

[dan-b]

I remember I visited the UK for a month in summer back in the 00s and they got all the WWE ppvs free on cable sports, no PPV involved.

I think they are used to getting **** for free, I've never seen a nation complaining so much about boxing ppvs, which are very cheap over there.

The Australians call them "whining poms", so moaning and complaining about 3 dollars extra for a ppv that's still very cheap seems par for the course.

WWE is shown on Sky Sports which is a subscription channel so is not free.

[dan-b]

UK PPV revenue is not needed to make Canelo-GGG 3, it probably does 50k buys if that.

Taken in isolation you're right, but for the overall model it makes sense to have it on PPV in all regions. As I said previously, just don't buy it and listen on 5-Live on your earbuds in bed, which is what I'll probably do. If it's a classic I'll pay and watch in the morning.

[Citizen Koba]

Can't generalise but this particular muthafecker is.... reckon I can probably find a tenner for a PPV though - if I can be arsed staying up.

[dan-b]

if I can be arsed staying up.

That's the thing, I usually can't anymore. Sleep (and consequently my health) is more important to me than sport. If I happen to wake up I will stick my earbuds in and listen on the radio.

[NorvernRob]

They charge the maximum they can get away with and still sell well in each country. For you Yanks they know you’ll pay anything, so rip you off with 70 and 80 dollar events. Us Brits just won’t pay anything like that, even the £27 for AJ-Usyk is pushing it and I’ll just stream it for free.

Of course, there’s also the time difference and the fact that your prime time events are 4 and 5am for us, which severely limits who’s going to actually watch it as well. AJ-Usyk doesn’t have that issue though so they’re charging a bit more.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Americans seem not to understand that when we pay PPV for an American card, we are not watching it at 10/11pm, but at 4/5am, and only the hardcore base are going to be awake, the likes of Nash. I think Joshua vs Usyk 2 is around $37, but we are not used to paying higher prices here so people won't take it. Forget the cliches about England, it's highly likely nothing like you imagine, and approx 0.1% of England speak the Queens English. And less than 5% speak anything like English people speak on American TV shows and movies. Coffee is almost as popular as tea, and I can't even remember the last time I saw somebody eat a crumpet or a scone. Nash out.

I always respect how the UK area fans and other Euros stay up till 5am for the US main events of name boxers to start. Your cards here start 10 or 11am pacific my time. Not a boxing time for me. Sometimes I side watch them, unless the Great Katie Taylor is fighting. I sit for that one with coffee and a joint of my best kush.

[BoxingIsGreat]

What is British cuisine anyways

This one I really wanna know. I know the cuisine of the Dutch and Germans. Bland.

[tritium_arma]

More like Americans willing to pay for inferior goods. Ruiz Ortiz PPV costs $40 which is actually almost half the Canelo or Spence PPV cost but actually $40 more than it should be.

[Rockybigblower]

You never seen the sun.

That's not true. They saw the sun last week....and about 50 of them dropped dead.

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The same Brits who are claiming that the PPV is too expensive will still spend £50 on beer and £70 for a gram of coke.