Maidana vs Morales, HBO PPV...Really?

[catalinul]

Card;s decent altough considering the hard economic times it shouldn't be 50 bucks.

Prolly 25 or 30.

[Rab-]

How is that a good card? Morales hasn't beaten a decent fighter since 2005. He's shot. Winky Wright is engaging in his 2nd fight since 2007. James Kirkland is returning after 2 years to fight a walkover. So you're spending $50 for Michael Katsidis vs. Robert Guerrero in a battle of lightweight contenders.

When has Morales been in a boring fight? Please do tell you ****ing ******.

[ThePrince]

GBP is who is putting up all of the money. HBO PPV just broadcasts it and takes 50% of the PPV revenue.

So it's an HBO PPV that they didn't have to pay for but will get half the revenues of? Who the hell is GBP's accountant?

I find that extremely hard to believe, any articles backing this up?

[Khalid X]

Neither HBO or Showtime are buying this.

So what would you rather have, the ability to purchase or it to be one of those cards that goes untelevised?

Listen folks, all PPV does is give people the option to buy a fight that otherwise would not be seen. HBO doesn't spend any of its budget on this, freeing up money for better fights, so everyone wins.

If you have that much of a problem, then don't buy it. No one is forcing you. Personally I'm loving it because this will be the first time in a while that I have been able to purchase and watch a Morales fight (one of my all time favorites) instead of waiting several days to download it.

[Sweet Jesus]

When has Morales been in a boring fight? Please do tell you ****ing ******.

I find the newer, fatter, slower version of Erik Morales to be boring.

[Fay]

Im not paying

[Scott9945]

So it's an HBO PPV that they didn't have to pay for but will get half the revenues of? Who the hell is GBP's accountant?

I find that extremely hard to believe, any articles backing this up?

In order to have a PPV you need a network to broadcast it and collect the fees. A boxing promotion isn't set up to do that. HBO PPV can. The network always takes half of the PPV revenues. They don't get live crowd or foreign broadcast money.

This is how the real boxing world works. If you take the time to do the research you will find this out.

[FloydTBE]

streaming it is then

[Perfect Plex]

In order to have a PPV you need a network to broadcast it and collect the fees. A boxing promotion isn't set up to do that. HBO PPV can. The network always takes half of the PPV revenues. They don't get live crowd or foreign broadcast money.

This is how the real boxing world works. If you take the time to do the research you will find this out.

Wow thats very intersting.