The future of PPV fights?

[Pandur]

No matter who had the worst PPV Floyd or Golovkin, both had terribles PPV numbers and neither fight was competitive.

What do you think of PPV fights in the future?
Will we have less of them and how many buys could they possible get?

If Mayweather fights again it will be on PPV, and Mannys last fight will be on PPV as well.

Other than Ward vs. Kovalev, I dont know which fight could be on PPV.

The winner of Canelo/Cotto will only have a PPV fight if they fight Golovkin.

[icha]

No matter who had the worst PPV Floyd or Golovkin, both had terribles PPV numbers and neither fight was competitive.

What do you think of PPV fights in the future?
Will we have less of them and how many buys could they possible get?

If Mayweather fights again it will be on PPV, and Mannys last fight will be on PPV as well.

Other than Ward vs. Kovalev, I dont know which fight could be on PPV.

The winner of Canelo/Cotto will only have a PPV fight if they fight Golovkin.

wrong, the winner of those two will be the PPV kingpin, canelo already can fight a no name in any given date o PPV and make a nice profit for him and his network...

[Fantasiabruja]

Lets be real you guys started worrying about PPV'S Demise when GGG'S PPV Flopped. Everyone new Mayweather vs Berto was going to flop no surprise and it had to do more with his choice opponent than with Floyd plus the stinker that was the May 2nd fight. If the Cotto / Canelo fight lives up to it's expectations you can bet there will be a rematch on PPV and it will do better numbers than the first fight. There will be other PPV fights in the future but in order for it to sell the fighters both have to be stars. If Verdejo keeps doing well Top Ranks goal is to turn him into a PPV star and if there are any Mexican stars at the time that Verdejo reaches stardom we will have a super fight and of course theres always a fight with Lomachenko which will be PPV worthy. Chocolatito is making a case for becoming a headliner and GGG himself will eventually become a PPV star he's just in a bad predicament he's in a weak division, where the PPV worthy fights to be made are against two guys that are technically smaller than him and even if he got one those guys in the ring once that fight happens he will be back at square one with no worthy dance partner. He can beat either guy and if I were him I would negotiate a fight with one of those guys at a catchweight get as much money out of it as possible and beat him and move on. After that GGG will be out of PPV options to no fault of his own. People keep thinking that he will have a breakout win against either Canelo or Cotto and become a super star who will then sell millions of PPV'S, my question to those people is against who will he have PPV. Worthy fights? Who are the opponents? As much as hardcore fans want to see him fight Ward that fight wont happen Ward has moved up and on.

[ИATAS]

Lets be real you guys started worrying about PPV'S Demise when GGG'S PPV Flopped. Everyone new Mayweather vs Berto was going to flop no surprise and it had to do more with his choice opponent than with Floyd plus the stinker that was the May 2nd fight. If the Cotto / Canelo fight lives up to it's expectations you can bet there will be a rematch on PPV and it will do better numbers than the first fight. There will be other PPV fights in the future but in order for it to sell the fighters both have to be stars. If Verdejo keeps doing well Top Ranks goal is to turn him into a PPV star and if there are any Mexican stars at the time that Verdejo reaches stardom we will have a super fight and of course theres always a fight with Lomachenko which will be PPV worthy. Chocolatito is making a case for becoming a headliner and GGG himself will eventually become a PPV star he's just in a bad predicament he's in a weak division, where the PPV worthy fights to be made are against two guys that are technically smaller than him and even if he got one those guys in the ring once that fight happens he will be back at square one with no worthy dance partner. He can beat either guy and if I were him I would negotiate a fight with one of those guys at a catchweight get as much money out of it as possible and beat him and move on. After that GGG will be out of PPV options to no fault of his own. People keep thinking that he will have a breakout win against either Canelo or Cotto and become a super star who will then sell millions of PPV'S, my question to those people is against who will he have PPV. Worthy fights? Who are the opponents? As much as hardcore fans want to see him fight Ward that fight wont happen Ward has moved up and on.

NSB focusses way too much about PPVs, and boxing fans in general, which is mainly because of years of Mayweather/Pacquiao PPV debate. The truth is there are only a very select few in boxing capable of bringing in solid PPV numbers in this niche sport of ours. Most people don't care and don't watch them. 500k - 1m PPVs is a pretty small viewing audience for any sport and they've been in sharp decline over the years with exception to the sports two biggest mega stars in Mayweather and Pacquiao. Outside of those two fighters, no one sells big.

[AddiX]

It will take time to for a fighter to rebuild the ppv market, especially since neither Pacquiao or Floyd has passed there numbers down to another fighter, the way Ocar did for those two. Oscar made them ppv stars.

I also really believe Pacquiao/Floyd really hurt the sport and particularly the ppv market. That fight had to deliver and it was boring as all hell, casuals are not going to forget that anytime soon, and there not going to dish out for this sport for awhile IMO.

[Fantasiabruja]

Good promotion and marketing can help sell any PPV involving two stars of the sport. Pacquiao's visit to the Jimmy Kimmel show helped sell his PPV'S.

[Lester Tutor]

No matter who had the worst PPV Floyd or Golovkin, both had terribles PPV numbers and neither fight was competitive.

What do you think of PPV fights in the future?
Will we have less of them and how many buys could they possible get?

If Mayweather fights again it will be on PPV, and Mannys last fight will be on PPV as well.

Other than Ward vs. Kovalev, I dont know which fight could be on PPV.

The winner of Canelo/Cotto will only have a PPV fight if they fight Golovkin.

That was Floyd's first PPV!

[Dagomba]

They'll be fine.

GGG's fight should have never been a ppv main event, everyone knew this. None have a big enough fan base to headline a ppv event. You could argue that ggg does but most of his fans knew he would walk through lemieux.

Floyd was expected to flop on that fight. People were angry that they spent 100 bucks on a dull fight. Most people said they were not going to buy his fight again. Only his real fans payed for that **** fight. A main PPV where the odds are so one sided is bound to flop. Who wants to pay for a one sided dull beating?

Canelo/Cotto will do great numbers. Those are the types of fights and fighters that should be on ppv.

[IMDAZED]

PPV will be around as long as premium cable is as well. But clearly it's going to take a competitive match-up between two stars in order for it to be successful. The issue is much bigger than PPV though. With so much online already and people streaming like mad, that's where were headed although that may not come to full fruition for another decade. In the meantime, fights like Cotto-Canelo will do well. I don't know about a million buys but anything over 500K would be a big success.

[Eff Pandas]

wrong, the winner of those two will be the PPV kingpin, canelo already can fight a no name in any given date o PPV and make a nice profit for him and his network...

Agree the Canelo/Cotto winner will be the new PPV king basically, but idk about Canelo being able to fight anyone on PPV already doe.