Comments Thread For: Ward-Kovalev: $3.3 Million Live Gate From 10,066 Tickets Sold

[Motorcity Cobra]

Neither of them are from NY, Ward is a west coast fighter. That would've done terrible numbers in NY, like Bradley vs Alexander in Detroit, one guy was from the South (St Louis) and another one from the West (Palm Springs)..and they fought in Detroit lol, terrible venue. Ward is from the West coast, Kovalev is from Russia and they should've fought in the East Coast? No way, it would've bombed. The next best move was to have it in Oakland, NY would have been a step backward

They fought in Pontiac Michigan not Detroit. I went to that fight. Roc Nation is based on New York. Main Events is based in New Jersey. The largest concentration of Russians in the US are in New York. You also have 10 million people you don't have to convince to fly out to the desert and get a room for the weekend. You take advantage of the biggest media market in the US. It's much easier to get casuals on New York than it is to get them to fly to Vegas for the weekend

[OnePunch]

They fought in Pontiac Michigan not Detroit. I went to that fight. Roc Nation is based on New York. Main Events is based in New Jersey. The largest concentration of Russians in the US are in New York. You also have 10 million people you don't have to convince to fly out to the desert and get a room for the weekend. You take advantage of the biggest media market in the US. It's much easier to get casuals on New York than it is to get them to fly to Vegas for the weekend

only problem with your "theory" is that based on 160k buys, obviously the "casuals" weren't interested in the fight......

[Motorcity Cobra]

only problem with your "theory" is that based on 160k buys, obviously the "casuals" weren't interested in the fight......

Like I said also. Having it in the biggest media market in the US helps the promotion. The promotion seemed pretty non existent to me. Seems like they relied to much on the boxing media into shaming people buy the fight because it's the best vs the best.

Arum put SAS on his broadcast and got tons of free promotion and people talked about him, good and bad, for days after. And it was more expensive than this fight and sold better without there backing of HBO

[Metho_4u]

casuals ain't having it no more..May/Pac was the nail in the coffin

But, it sold 4.5 million and floyd walked away with well over 200 million...he got out while the getting was good...the way I get out after lous mom blows me, they she goes and tongue kisses him goodnight

[OnePunch]

Like I said also. Having it in the biggest media market in the US helps the promotion. The promotion seemed pretty non existent to me. Seems like they relied to much on the boxing media into shaming people buy the fight because it's the best vs the best.

Arum put SAS on his broadcast and got tons of free promotion and people talked about him, good and bad, for days after. And it was more expensive than this fight and sold better without there backing of HBO

we can just agree to disagree. With a fight like this, where interest from the casuals just isnt there (and might never be, regardless of how much promotion was done), the smart play is to take the guaranteed money from the site fee paid by the casino.

[Metho_4u]

So Kovalev sells 10,058 tickets and they thank him by screwing him over?

You eat pen1s

[MDPopescu]

... the OP reads that there were more than 3,000 free tickets!!!... who gave away those tickets and to whom?

[goldenbear]

I posted before they made money just not what expected...

They made $13 mil which doesn't include what they sold the international rights for the PPV which was probable $5 mil, or merchandise. When you take away $6 mil they paid the fighters that leaves $12 mil to divide not including expenses. We'll be generous and say other expenses totaled $6 mil which leaves $6 mil to divide between Roc and Main Events. Somehow I think they'll be ok. Fighters will get less in the rematch and it'll be another PPV.

[killakali]

Are you saying Canelo's fight in Vegas didn't have $1000 floor seats?

The cheapest seats, which cost $150, are sold out. But seats can still be purchased for as low as $250, while the best tickets cost $1,500. Other tickets cost $400, $600, $800, $1,000 and $1,200.

and Canelo's star power is way bigger than Ward or Kovalev....

[Lou Cipher]

You eat pen1s

Go fk your mother