Froch v Groves = 900k PPV buys

[shade darkar]

U.S has a population of 300mill, UK has a population of 60mill. I think it did pretty well, especially because people aren't used to paying for Boxing PPVs here, Boxnation is a one off payment for 6 months I think. Faaaaar cheaper for Boxing heads.

boxnation is £12 a month

[Scary]

That must make Froch the top 4th international superstar.

1. Mayweather
2. Pacquaio
3. Canelo
4. Carl "Genuinely International Superstar" Froch

[slimshandy69]

In that case, 900k is weak. But it did good numbers in the US so I cant bash it.

how is it, we have a much smaller population than USA. Which is around 320 million. UK is around 70 million.

[Hook-Right]

Sine yall are accountants and have stakes in multiple companies, I thought I'd give you a heads up. I'm not sure about the validity of the results but this is what's being reported. 900K is impressive for those who care, it's some 50-100k more than the Pac and May PPV fights this year.

To put into perspective, there are about 10mil+ Sky TV subscribers, half of those are Sky HD subs, not sure.

Taking into account the 10mil figure, almost 10% of people who have Sky watched the fight on TV with a further few thousand probably watching on illegal streams. To put it into further perspective, never has this occurred in the US, where 10% of either HBO or Showtime subscribers have tuned in for a PPV fight.

Suck it Americans!

Mayweather's PPV was $75 HD. How much did Froch-Groves 2 cost in $?

Edit: Just saw it was much less expensive. Still happy to hear it did that well though. Massive fight.

[ShoulderRoll]

Do you have a source for these numbers?

What is your source?

Answer this, please.

[kej718]

Solid numbers but at that price Floyd or Pac could do 2 millions buys easy in the states. Still good considering Groves is not really a big name.

[Pigeons]

It's funny. Not only does England care about boxing way more than America, but your PPVs are priced at 1/3 of the amount. No wonder boxing is alive in one country and dead in the other.

How do you attract new fans to your sport when the premier fights costs $75 to watch? America is losing, Britain is winning.

[LacedUp]

I won't believe those figures.

Sky religiously don't give out their numbers.

[removed]

Sky religiously don't give out their numbers.

Any idea why mate? They must have smashed that PPV, everyone seemed to have bought it

[LacedUp]

Any idea why mate? They must have smashed that PPV, everyone seemed to have bought it

Yes - It's private business.

That has always been their mantra, and I doubt anyone who works with/for Sky would give out that information as it would be a breach of their contract.

So, as I said, I sincerely doubt those numbers are real - first and foremost because I know nobody at Sky would release those figures and only very people in the organization know them. Secondly, because I don't think it did 900k. or close to that.