Comments Thread For: Duva: Special Fights Like Kovalev vs. Ward Belongs on PPV

[Eff Pandas]

Bojangles1987 makes a solid point. I agree that a Floyd/Berto fight isn't PPV quality. However, the price structure makes it expensive to go see the fight with your wife or your boys since every Floyd fight is like an "event". You can also have big parties around the fight because casuals and chicks come out.

A ward/Kov fight is PPV quality but the tickets are much cheaper so you can make a whole weekend because the fight isn't an "event" just a great fight.

Ward/Kov isn't likely going to attract a lot of celebs or high rollers. ******** tables regular sat price. No a list stars hosting parties at the clubs. No big fight parties, just you and your boys watching at the crib.

Its a idealistic point. Better fights should be on PPV & uncompetitive fights shouldn't be. Okayyyyyy, BUT economically that makes zero f#cking sense is the giant problem with that.

Its like saying people should be watching more Floyd fights over Gatti fights cuz obviously Floyd is the more highly skilled fighter regardless if its less competitive or exciting for most sports fans. There are more important things in play then just guys being top 5 P4P guys.

[MrRolltide91]

Thats not how it all works doe. The economics of a fight isn't about the quality of the guys fighting or of the matchup per se, its about one or both of those fighters having enough appeal with boxing fans & ideally sports fans or curious non-boxing fans to spend less money on putting the fight together then everyone involved walks away with.

There is no idealistic world where top 5 P4P fights have more $-value than a fight with big names. Reality says 9.5 times outta 10 the fight with the big names is gonna outsell the top 5 P4P fight cuz of the crossover appeal of the names. So with that being how things work its almost always silly to say certain fights should or shouldn't be PPV caliber fights. Maybe I'm wrong & maybe Kovalev vs Ward does 1M+ or something big like that, but I seriously doubt it.

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I wouldn't be surprised if Pacquaio/Vargas does more ppv buys than Ward/Kovalev

Even though Ward/Kovalev is the better fight

[MrRolltide91]

This is definitely the kind of fight that deserves to be paid for. Boxing is so back-asswards how quality of fight matters less than the name. Can you imagine more people tuning in to watch the Panthers play the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl than to play the Broncos? Or more people watching the Cavs play the Clippers than the Warriors?

Yea because it's the superbowl

[Eff Pandas]

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I wouldn't be surprised if Pacquaio/Vargas does more ppv buys than Ward/Kovalev

Even though Ward/Kovalev is the better fight

Agree across the board. I'm rooting for Kovalev vs Ward to do better numbers than Pacquiao vs Vargas, but I wouldn't bet on it.

I'm not sure if Main Events has thrown out a number like Arum did with Crawford vs Postol getting to a break even point, but I feel like if they got 200k buys it will be a hugely successful night for them and if Pacquiao vs Vargas does less than 300k, 400k the night will be deemed a failure.

[Baltimore]

Well I don't know that casuals are gonna buy this fight, but from a talent perspective this fight deserves PPV for sure, Duva's right.

That is if ANY fight really deserves PPV...