Mayweather Has The Biggest UK PPV #'s

[NEETzsche]

Hmm, I think most people know that Froch vs Groves did around a million buys. Even Froch himself confirmed that a couple of weeks ago. 355 would be considered a major disaster, and that fight was one of the richest and most anticipated fights ever on these shores.

So I'm not sure about that.

Haye took home almost 10m from the Harrison fight and it was called the first 10m fight in UK history.

So without knowing for sure, I doubt those numbers are accurate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...bet-claim.html

Gareth A davies, a respected journalist in the industry quotes 800k in this article. Far more believable than 223 imo given Haye's popularity at the time.

I think the BARB numbers are extrapolated from smaller samples so there is surely a decent margin of error there. Plus they could be fudged if another Sky Box Office event like WWE or something took place in the same week, though that would make the numbers higher not lower

In general though I'm more inclined to believe them than Sky and Hearn's self-reported figures, which I've doubted for a while now. Exaggerating the popularity of your product can actually encourage more people to buy it, so it's not in Hearn's interest to be honest. Incidentally, while Googling some past PPV figures I also came across this brief article that casts doubts over Sky's reported figures and makes some interesting points, though its own estimated numbers go too far in the other direction for me: http://thekingmaker.me/sky-plc-shoul...-shareholders/

[LacedUp]

I think the BARB numbers are extrapolated from smaller samples so there is surely a decent margin of error there. Plus they could be fudged if another Sky Box Office event like WWE or something took place in the same week, though that would make the numbers higher not lower

In general though I'm more inclined to believe them than Sky and Hearn's self-reported figures, which I've doubted for a while now. Exaggerating the popularity of your product can actually encourage more people to buy it, so it's not in Hearn's interest to be honest. Incidentally, while Googling some past PPV figures I also came across this brief article that casts doubts over Sky's reported figures and makes some interesting points, though its own estimated numbers go too far in the other direction for me: http://thekingmaker.me/sky-plc-shoul...-shareholders/

Well it's all speculation because Sky has never officially released their numbers, and neither has Hearn.

with regards to the article, the numbers are totally inaccurate. Last sunday, something like 8 million watched United vs Chelsea in the cup. So I would take that with a pinch of salt.

Good, legit sources are quoting the figures we usually see. I believe that over a guy who uses google searches as his main source.

I guess we'll never know, but still.

[NEETzsche]

with regards to the article, the numbers are totally inaccurate. Last sunday, something like 8 million watched United vs Chelsea in the cup. So I would take that with a pinch of salt.

BoxingNewsOnline.net also cites the 336,000 figure for the Joshua vs Cornish fight, as well as 139,000 for Gavern and 124,000 for Love

With regards to the football, the Guardian says 2.8m tuned in to the recent "Red Monday" fixture between Man Utd and Liverpool, which they claim is a higher rating than usual

So his numbers aren't too far off

Good, legit sources are quoting the figures we usually see. I believe that over a guy who uses google searches as his main source.

BARB is the most legit source that has been cited in this thread

[soul_survivor]

That kinda of surprised me

Mayweather/Pacquaio 1.15M
Mayweather/Hatton 1.05M

First point: what's the source? Considering both were on Sky and they do not release official figures.

Second point: Mayweather did thosen umbers against the two biggest posisble stars. Hatton from a UK perspective and Pacquiao from a world rivalry perspective.

The moment the Pac rivalry ended, Mayweather couldn't draw worth **** against Berto. He couldn't draw worth **** before Oscar either.