Comments Thread For: Canelo-Khan PPV Buys: Multiple Sources Point To 460,000

[mathed]

Point is Canelo has options.

What options does Golovkin have?

GGG needs Alvarez much more than Alvarez needs him.

According to GGG, he can take the fight or leave the fight, it makes no difference as long as he gets "his" belt. He doesn't act or talk like he needs Candelita for much of anything besides the belt.

[The plunger man]

That's a completely different argument altogether. It speak to 1) the absolute ****hole boxing currently resides in in this county and 2) the ludicrous premise that I must pay $60-70 to watch two guys fight each other when HBO and SHO already cost $10-20/month each.

Pigeon I think the time of ppv is about to end...it's been used up and people are tired of getting ripped off.....they could have made it $20 dollars and probably it would attract 2 million buys every time , .but $60 dollars is a lot...when a big fight happens in the uk we have two options if it's sky sports box office ...it's $30 maximum and you have boxnation which is $16 dollars a month....I've seen ward,golovkin,canelo,fury,postol,Crawford,pacquaio and every big fight there is....but the states seem like ur hpgetting ripped off money wise

[Pigeons]

Pigeon I think the time of ppv is about to end...it's been used up and people are tired of getting ripped off.....they could have made it $20 dollars and probably it would attract 2 million buys every time , .but $60 dollars is a lot...when a big fight happens in the uk we have two options if it's sky sports box office ...it's $30 maximum and you have boxnation which is $16 dollars a month....I've seen ward,golovkin,canelo,fury,postol,Crawford,pacquaio and every big fight there is....but the states seem like ur hpgetting ripped off money wise

The crazy thing is boxing is much more loved in your country AND PPVs are more affordable. I don't know where this idea that PPVs have to cost $70 in America started, but it couldn't be any worse for the health of the sport in my country. You gotta burn it down before you can start over again.

[The plunger man]

The crazy thing is boxing is much more loved in your country AND PPVs are more affordable. I don't know where this idea that PPVs have to cost $70 in America started, but it couldn't be any worse for the health of the sport in my country. You gotta burn it down before you can start over again.

Very true and if you sold it for $30 dollars u would get 2 million buys....I wouldn't pay Ł50 ($70) for a ppv....it's to much for people to keep laying out for and then HBO AND SHOWTIME wonder why it's poor numbers....crazy business module

[daggum]

Point is Canelo has options.

What options does Golovkin have?

GGG needs Alvarez much more than Alvarez needs him.

ggg can fight canelo at 155, fight jacobs at 160 or move up to 168 and fight a champ.

what can canelo do? fight ggg at 160 and get ko'd, duck ggg and if he moves up to 160 he exposes himself as a coward who ducked ggg. if he stays at 155 he has no belt and is just fighting random cherry picks.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I love boxing and I'm happy that mismatch didn't do big numbers. I was hoping for even lower numbers, to teach Canelo and Oscar a lesson. In my opinion, it's not so much because boxing is declining, it has more to do with the fight presented as well as the opponent (khan) and the endless PPVs for meaningless fights.

[PunchyPotorff]

No matter what, that isn't a bad PPV these days. Like some have said, with Khan, in England, it would've drawn more interest. But still, can't really complain. I think somewhere around 60/40 $$ split in favor of Canelo would be a fair contract... and if he still wants a CW negotiate that too, meet in the middle. No reason to draw lines in the sand yet.

[turnedup]

Exactly the expected response from you. Should've put some points on it. Facts in a discussion with you = irrelevant.

[Pigeons]

ggg can fight canelo at 155, fight jacobs at 160 or move up to 168 and fight a champ.

what can canelo do? fight ggg at 160 and get ko'd, duck ggg and if he moves up to 160 he exposes himself as a coward who ducked ggg. if he stays at 155 he has no belt and is just fighting random cherry picks.

Jacobs fight is a long shot unless HBO is interested in a joint PPV with Showtime, which is unlikely.

No one gives a crap about Golovkin vs. some novice like Zurdo at 168. Golovkin needs Canelo bad, otherwise his legacy will be ducking his greatest challenge, Andre Ward.

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For the longest time Khan has told everyone who'd listen that he is a big draw and that Floyd would make a lot more money fighting him than fighting other "low rated" boxers.
Well, well. What do you know. Khan is a joke like we all know. If he was such a big star this fight should have generated no less than 700k PPV.

Khan is so delusional and it's not about to change. One thing this proves though is that Floyd is def the mega star he claims to be or perceived to be or truly he is.
His fight with Cotto brought in 1.4m PPV and with Canelo it brought in 2.2m PPV, yet the supposedly boxing superstar Canelo brought in less than a million vs Cotto and less than half a mil against Khan.