Pay-Per-View Excess

[Mr. David]

Okay, but how much did everyone spend?

[ImSicilian]

Okay, but how much did everyone spend?

All I have to say is blackbox. You get ppv for free. It's amazing!

[Pico Hollywood]

$150 .......

[whdempsey]

There are already three or four pay-per-views set for the first three months of 2006. With that in mind, how much did you spend on PPVs in 2005?

Last year, we got Morales-Pacquiao for fifty, the ESPN show for thirty, Trinidad-Wright for fifty, Gatti-Mayweather for fifty, Hopkins-Taylor I for fifty, Corrales-Castillo II for fifty (I think), Hatton-Maussa for twenty and Taylor-Hopkins II for fifty. I also went to the sports bar to catch Rahman-Barrett, Barrera-Peden and Tarver-Jones III, and worked Tyson-McBride live. Didn't even pay attention to Barrera-Fana, nor did I purchase any of the Warriors and smaller shows.

All told, that was still 8 PPVs for 350 bucks.

I can't see doling out fifty for Jones-Hopkins II or Vargas-Mosley, and can see trips to sports bars or finding someone's house to crash out, beer to drink and costs to split as possible replacements.

So, again, how much did you spend on PPVs in 2005, and will you spend more, less or the same in 2006?

Putting either Vargas-Mosley or Hopkins-Jones is hard to justify, I think. They're all past their primes, and at the moment neither has a great undercard. They're silly ppv's.

To answer your question, I spent fifty on the Morales-Pacquiao ppv and ten on the Harrison fight. Twenny bucks for what looks on paper like a big fight is very reasonable. It turned out to be a dud, of course, but I didn't feel like I'd rally been ripped off. I also was gonna buy the Hatton ppv, but at the last minute someone else grabbed the tab.

[RiverCityMike]

I've gone internet and wait for the *******s. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a cap 2-3 hours after the fight and if you can stay off ********* and these forums, you might not have anyone spoil it for you.

[Atwa_66]

All I have to say is blackbox. You get ppv for free. It's amazing!

Don't they send out waves frequently to destroy those things though?
If not, that's what I heard.

[Round 1]

$300-400 a year on PPV cards, one expensive bill!!!

[Pac Man Fan 83]

I bought: Tito/Winky, Gatti/Mayweather, Hopkins/Taylor and Corrales/Castillo 2.

Saw Tarver/Jones 3 and Hopkins/Taylr 2 for free at a sports bar.

So my total was ~ $200

I won't buy Vargas/Mosely or Hopkins/Jones 2 next year.

[masterdirector]

Boxing was solely supported by network television in earlier days, just like major team sports are nowadays. There was the occasional close circuit fight here and there.
I'm not talking the entire NFL, NBA or MLB season just the championship games.
As long as we are willing to pay, they're going to stick it to us.

No, that won't happen. The minute they start sticking the major sports' championships on PPV is the minute they see a HUGE ratings drop. Those sports thrive so much without PPV that it would be a slap in the face to those fans to ask them to buy PPVs of the championships. They can make a lot more by getting advertising and sponspors.

yeah boxing used to be on network TV, but that was before we had the cable explosion. Look at how many channels there are now. And how many shows. I don't see boxing on network tv in any mega matches until boxing gets rid of the bull**** so that sponsors feel safe advertising with them. they'd get rid of so much bull**** simply by having a single boxing league come in and destroy any need for all promoters and sanctioning bodies.

[Leo Pradun]

i didint get any ppvs this year, i was gonna get klitschko-rahman that was canceled then i was gonna get whitaker-ibragimov card but i was on vacation at the time and they didnt have it available where i was staying, im glad i didint get any...