Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev PPV Show Barely Cracked 160K Buys

[Pain~Lucy]

ward will now demand 6m and have kovalev take a lower purse of 1m because ward is now the a-side......oh wait
oh and jay-z is rich af so losing 7 figures is nothing to him

[Beercules]

God damn

[goldenbear]

No what I expected but still good money.....here's why

So they made $10.4 mil in PPV not assuming anyone bought HD. They also sold international rights for probable $5-10 mil plus merchandising and gate. So this event brought in $15-20 mil on an aggregate basis. Not to mention local impact to Vegas casinos and hotels. Maybe not what we expected but to say it was at a loss I can't see that. I would say Duva and Roc Nation were left with roughly $5-10 mil to divide among theme selves after everyone was paid. Not a big payday given the effort put in but not a losing effort.

[Queen_Leia]

After the fighters and cable outlet are paid, HBO takes their cut leaving the promoter to divide it up...I don't know if they made out.

We'll see.

[SHO_RULEZ]

Personally, I believe Deontay Wilder is a PPV attraction. He has the radiant personality and one punch KO power. But he needs a dance partner.

[J Dubber]

Damn lol, so I guess Canelo is really the only PPV star

Wrong! Manny Pacquioa!

[Prince Madison]

and people have a go at me when i say american boxing is dead... didnt brook v ggg do 400k in UK alone?

[jas]

and people have a go at me when i say american boxing is dead... didnt brook v ggg do 400k in UK alone?

Its also a fraction of the cost. 17 pounds in fact which is under 25 dollars compared to 60 dollars that ward kovalev was

[Prince Madison]

and to be honest people were right not to pay for it. Cause for 70 dollars you got no undercard and a main event that turned out to be pretty dull. And everyones saying the fight was dull apart from on this site, allthebestfights.com gave it 2 out of 5 stars which is about right, barely a clean punch landed in the second half of the fight

[johnuwey777]

you must sell the EVENT. Mayweather was a boring boxer but he SOLD the EVENT. Simply a good vs bad element. The Fighters have no PERSONALITY to sell. Great fight sells nothing. NAMES SELL FIGHTS. ALI said it best. He said, I don't care if you PAY to see me win or PAY to see me lose, as long as you PAY to see me.