Fights That Don't Belong on PPV

[big_james10]

I am reading more and more about how promoters want to build certain fighters so that they can make them PPV stars, such as Broner and Alvarez. PPV used to be reserved only for megafights featuring megastars. Now, promoters will thrown anything on PPV because they think boxing fans are so ****** and gullible that they can feed us bulls..t if they promote it as filet mignon. There are very few fights and fighters out there today who actually belong on PPV and, for one, am tired of being told I have to pay or may have to pay $40 to $60 to see a decent fighter fight another decent fighter. Showtime.

After De La Hoya lost to Mayweather, his next fight was against Steve Forbes, but it was not on PPV because De la Hoya knew that it was not a PPV worthy fight. Fights like Bradley/Marquez and Pacquaio/Rios should not be on PPV. No fight featuring Adrien Broner should be on PPV regardless of who he fights and no fight featuring Alvarez unless it against Cotto, Martinez or Cotto should be on PPV because, quite frankly, neither Alvarez or Broner are good enough to carry a PPV.

I have been a boxing fan for 30 years, but if promoters start a trend where the only quality matchups they make are put on PPV, I will definitely stop watching it.

[The Big Dunn]

every fight other than manny v floyd, vitali v wlad, and canelo v chavez jr.

[Spray_resistant]

No one now, no one in the world is such a cross over star that non boxing fans watch like how Tyson was.

[Russian Crushin]

Fights go on PPV because the network cannot afford the purse.

Marquez Bradley had $10 mil in the main event alone and Pac/Rios have like $25 mil +. HBO cant going to pay that, its not hard to understand.

[ИATAS]

10 years ago there were like 15-20 PPVs a year! HBO alone would have close to a dozen PPVs. So it's actually got a lot better believe it or not. It's now at a point when there are really 2-3 a year (not including the tiny independent cards).

[Tay Roc]

all of them except floyd v. manny...in 2010.

[NEETzsche]

froch-groves

[Russian Crushin]

10 years ago there were like 15-20 PPVs a year! HBO alone would have close to a dozen PPVs. So it's actually got a lot better believe it or not. It's now at a point when there are really 2-3 a year (not including the tiny independent cards).

10 years ago we had a black box

[ИATAS]

10 years ago we had a black box

And now everyone streams

[Sugar Adam Ali]

pretty much every fight should be on regular tv, unless its a true superfight like floyd-manny, serg-chavez jr, the 1 or 2, maybe 3 fights a year should be ppv,,,

this year, floyd-canelo should have been the only ppv, maybe klit-povetkin,,, but other than that- they should all be on regular tv,,,,,

ppv is what is ruining boxing's popularity with the general masses,,,, Bring it back on free tv and you would see the popularity comeback like it was in the 60s-80s..