Comments Thread For: Hearn: We Want Wilder Now, It's Biggest Fight in World Boxing

[GlassJoey]

Not if Mayweather vs Manny gets signed and scheduled. Surprisingly the lower weight marquee fighters have among the highest PPV buys in history.

Of course hardcore boxing fans will prefer to watch Joshua vs Wilder; I know I will. But Floyd and Manny will draw more PPV’s than their fight. You will see some common themes below.

And you may pick up something else, why Floyd wants Manny and if he beats Manny and Conner wins; why he will want Conner again. Doesn’t matter what fans think, it’s all about the money. And the PPV is only a part of the revenue. Interesting...


Highest PPV Buys in the Entire History of Boxing:

1. Floyd vs Manny 1...4.6 million PPV buys

2. Floyd vs Coner....4.3 million PPV buys

3. Floyd vs Oscar....2.4 million PPV buys

4. Floyd vs Canelo....2.2 million PPV buys

5. Tyson vs Holyfield II- 1.99 million PPV buys

6. Tyson vs Lewis....1.97 million PPV buys

7. Tyson vs Holyfield 1....1.59 million PPV buys

8. Tyson vs Peter McNeeley....1.55 million PPV buys

9. Floyd vs Cotto...1.5 million PPV buys

10. Manny vs Marquez III....1.4 million PPV buys

11. Holyfield vs George Foreman...1.4 million PPV buys

12. Oscar vs Trinidad...1.4 million PPV buys

13. Floyd vs Mosley...1.4 million PPV buys

14. Tyson vs Bruno II... 1.37 million PPV buys

15. Manny vs Mosley...1.34 million PPV buys

16. Canelo vs GGG 1....1.3 million PPV buys

17. Floyd vs Victor Ortiz...1.25 million PPV buys

18. Manny vs Cotto...1.25 million PPV buys

19. Manny vs Oscar....1.25 million PPV buys

20. Holyfield vs Lennox Lewis...1.2 million PPV buys

21. Manny vs Márquez IV.....1.15 million PPV buys

22. Manny vs Margarito...1.15 million PPV buys

23. Tyson vs Seldon....1.15 million PPV buys

24. Canelo vs GGG II...”estimated” at 1.1 million PPV buys

25. Floyd vs Márquez....1.06 million PPV buys

26. Canelo vs Julio César Chávez Jr....1 million PPV buys

27. Floyd vs Robert Guerrero....1 million PPV buys

28. Oscar vs Hopkins....1 million PPV buys

29. Holyfield vs Douglas....1 million PPV buys

30. Floyd vs Maidana II....925,000 PPV buys

AJ vs Klit did about 1.5m in the U.K.

Haye Bellew might sneak into this list!

[Shadoww702]

When Wildher finds his balls and sign the contract.

hahah this idiot is ALWAYS wrong. Bet $$$$ against who she picks

[Butch.McRae]

AJ vs Klit did about 1.5m in the U.K.

Haye Bellew might sneak into this list!

No offense buddy but those stats are for US PPV buys. The money is very different. Much bigger business here.

Btw, AJ has about 3 or 4 fights that are north of 1M UK UK PPV buys already.

[Warrior Scholar]

But Wilder doesn't want you. He wants another year on this earth, keeping em all fooled.

[MC Hammer]

It’s not really not that unusual? If wilder wins does it matter? If he loses fight is off anyway? Don’t really understand an argument why this needs to be delayed? Wilder doesn’t even need to know the detail, let his team deal behind closed doors with that one.

Wilder stock goes way up depending on how this fight does. Hearn wants to lock them in on a low rate before this fight shows what wilder brings to the table. If the fight cracks a million then wilder is the A side and everything changes so it makes tons of sense for Wilder camp to wait for the numbers then negotiate.

Joshua should follow his plan, fight Whyte in April and move on

[james240]

Not this **** again its painfully obvious both sides dont want to risk their cash cow taking a Loss.

[Bronx2245]

"We don't rule out a fight in America at some point, we know about the money over there ... "

You've known for some time, about the money, and you turned it down anyway, and then made a flat-fee offer as a slap in the face! Now it's all about Wilder vs. Fury in L.A.! Hindsight is 20/20!

[Star Platinum]

If you want the fight next then wait until December 2nd to negotiate, you can have the fight done by Christmas.

[STREET CLEANER]

Now changing the tune. Hearn was saying that the fight wasn't worth so much and they got a $50 million dollar offer plus incentives.

Now it is the biggest fight in the world. It sounds like he wants to derail the Fury fight.

Hearn is like any other promoter, they are so full of it

[Oshio]

Wilder should get Fury out of there in 3 rounds; if the fight happens that is. We want to see Joshua-Wilder in April 13