Pacquiao-Algieri Watched By 48 Million Chinese Homes

[AllBoxingAD]

We all believe you Arum.

The sad part of that interview to me is that Im now convinced that Arum wont make the Pac fight. He found his new angle and he is sticking to it. Floyd vs Pac wont happen because its disrespectful to Mexican people.

[Beercules]

INB4 Pacfans saying Pac is the real cashcow...

Pacquiao is the real cash cow. Bradley and Rios made very good money fighting Pac.


Ffs Rios made 4 million

[JohnnyRebel]

Damn, imagine if they charged like $5 for each of those views. That's an easy $240 million in revenue

Imagine how many people wouldn't have watched if they were being charged? I mean look at the viewership of the NFL and then imagine the views after having to pay to watch it...

[boxinggod101]

Im a Pac fan who was in China when that fight happened. They didnt show the whole card but just when Zhou fought and the Manny fight. Lets be real here... the Chinese wanted to see Zhou fight, not Manny... I wacthed the fight in a bar and as soon as Zhou fight finished some waiter seemed lesss interested in watching.

[ThePrince]

I seriously doubt they charged anything, especially since their boxing Hero was on the undercard and the sport is fresh and new to the mainstream Chinese audience.

They didn't charge anything (not counting TV rights). I was just speaking hypothetically. Arum has plans to open the Chinese PPV market and he's been using these Macau cards to build up the potential audience.

For being a country of over a billion people, those numbers are quite low. Perhaps once the sport grows in popularity in China the numbers would explode, that means Zou keeps winning and seeing as how Amnat is down the road next year, that might be a conflict. Mexico has 1/10th the population of China and it pulls in 20 - 30 million views for the big fighting events, in case anyone was wondering why I think China's numbers are low when the country consist of over 1 billion people.

Obviously Boxing is not as culturally entrenched in China as it is in Mexico. But 48 million homes tuning in to an event is impressive regardless of what percentage of the audience it is. As far as I know, this is the first time any promoter has made a concerted effort to court the Chinese market. Considering the economic boom that China is experiencing right now coupled with the American Boxing market becoming stale, it's pretty ingenious.

It may take a little while to build up, but it could end up paying massive dividends in the future.

Imagine how many people wouldn't have watched if they were being charged? I mean look at the viewership of the NFL and then imagine the views after having to pay to watch it...

Plenty of people pay for the NFL Network. If they charged people to watch the Superbowl or even playoff games, people would pay.

Plus Arum has been smart enough to feature Asian fighters in those Macau cards. The Chinese love them some Zou and Pac is an international superstar. Donaire has been there a few times, etc.

[IMDAZED]

Damn, imagine if they charged like $5 for each of those views. That's an easy $240 million in revenue

They didn't.

And I've learned that Arum is full of it when it comes to viewership. Said one thing about the Zou Shiming show (the first one) and one journalist was forced to retract after learning that Arum had "overestimated" by two zeroes.

[El-blanco]

They didn't.

And I've learned that Arum is full of it when it comes to viewership. Said one thing about the Zou Shiming show (the first one) and one journalist was forced to retract after learning that Arum had "overestimated" by two zeroes.

No **** Sherlock, he's speaking hypothetically, or is that beyond your capability? Arum comes out with **** numbers relative to their population and these rejects say he's lying again. Wouldn't he have picked a higher number if he wanted to lie?

[IMDAZED]

No **** Sherlock, he's speaking hypothetically, or is that beyond your capability? Arum comes out with **** numbers relative to their population and these rejects say he's lying again. Wouldn't he have picked a higher number if he wanted to lie?

I'll try not to hurt your feelings again.

[Aztekkas]

They didn't charge anything (not counting TV rights). I was just speaking hypothetically. Arum has plans to open the Chinese PPV market and he's been using these Macau cards to build up the potential audience.



Obviously Boxing is not as culturally entrenched in China as it is in Mexico. But 48 million homes tuning in to an event is impressive regardless of what percentage of the audience it is. As far as I know, this is the first time any promoter has made a concerted effort to court the Chinese market. Considering the economic boom that China is experiencing right now coupled with the American Boxing market becoming stale, it's pretty ingenious.

It may take a little while to build up, but it could end up paying massive dividends in the future.

Hope it turns out well but they need to begin manufacturing more Chinese fighters, Arum can't count on Zou alone. Boxing has been pushed in China for over 2 years going on 3 or so soon with Zou flagshipping the entire events. Sure Pacquiao is there but that's mostly for the Filipino's whom work or travel there frequently, seriously doubt the Chinese would care too much for a boxing card without it involving one of their fighters. Idk, I hope boxing explodes in China though, they don't have any significant fighters but it would be interesting what they could churn out in the future. Hopefully their interest spreads out to fighters from different countries as well but who knows.

[El-blanco]

I'll try not to hurt your feelings again.

Dude I'm not even a PAC fan, at all. But you floyd fans have to be the dumbest group of societal rejects I've ever encountered.