Comments Thread For: Hearn: Canelo/DAZN Deal Will End PPV Boxing In the United States

[Zn1]

Eddie is saving Murica

and making boxing great again!!

[Zn1]

Ironically the WWE did it first with their WWE Network and now boxing, Hearn is on to something.

The UFC did it with UFC Fight Pass too (and now ESPN+)

[Johnny2x2x]

This is interesting. And I am willing to bet that you can't just get a 1 month subscription, they'll have it set up so you have to buy a whole year's subscription, otherwise you could just buy a single month when there's a big fight you want to see.

If done right this could be great for boxing long term. The more the public gets to see big fights the more popular the sport will be.

We all know why we love boxing, but most of us older fans (I'm 46) fell in love with it watching free fights on network TV. It's the most compelling drama on TV, nothing comes close.

[TheSlickster]

The UFC did it with UFC Fight Pass too (and now ESPN+)

Oh wow! PPV def is nearing its end in that case.

[Zn1]

They over paid Canelo. Canelo need to fight good fighter to make Dazn deal worth while. If he starts losing then that deal is garbage.

You're not making any sense

If he doesn't fight good fighters then there is a much lower chance of him losing

[Zn1]

Oh wow! PPV def is nearing its end in that case.

Well I wouldn't quite go that far, the UFC still have a PPV based business model, but boxing would appear to be moving away from that especially now that HBO stepped back from the sport entirely.

Lots of other sports have been streaming their events for years, especially the active but less popular sports like tennis.

[The Gambler1981]

For a small fight doing it on the platform is no issues, for a real fight Canelo will rightfully want more money than for the small one and what is the other guy going to make?

With PPV it is possible to entice a guy with real upside, if the fight does well at the box office then a guy can be cut in easily if the fight does well enough. They could obviously do something special where the big Canelo fights are not included live but a surcharge is added with the replays being available on the normal service maybe a day or two later.

Will be interesting to see how they play it, but as long as Canelo can keep winning they will find a way to make it work.

[MasterPlan]

True, Are u expecting them to spring a DAZN+ ??
(Its not far fetched at all to expect that either.. )

They'll look at numbers of the first fight and how much more have came on aboard since the Canelo announcement. All that will play a factor.

They'll look at Mannys numbers from his ESPN+ event also and compare.

This is still a new name to people. DAZN. Nobody knows what that is. It's probably got it's most traffic today tho so we'll see in the next 6 months.

[NearHypnos]

They over paid Canelo. Canelo need to fight good fighter to make Dazn deal worth while. If he starts losing then that deal is garbage.

How is he over paid? He’s 28 years old coming off a victory off a reigning mw king and p4p guy. His already enormous stock only grew from that.

He’s getting Canelo’s (assumption here, he’s been fighting a while) prime years, the most famous/money bringing boxer and literally an entire country/demographic that comes with him and will compliment AJ and vice versa. It’s worth it because he’s been fighting good fights. You seem bitter somehow. Canelo isnt an up and comer. He’s an established superstar. THE current superstar. He’s going to also make the rest of the stable more likely to be seen.

What’s next.. Lebron isnt worth it? Messi? Ronaldo?

[Madison Boxing]

The ppv model as we know it is dying and thats a great thing. Youre never gonna get a new wave of fans when the big stars are paying 60/70 dollars for a ppv which isnt even stacked.