Comments Thread For: Hearn: Canelo-Fielding Probably Gets DAZN 1 Million Subscribers

[SchoolTheseCats]

Yes DAZN will be showing NFL too at some point. They will not stop showing it on regular T.V or NFL Network but you will have a third option which is DAZN

Dazn will never have the nba mlb or nfl on they platforms what are you smoking on cause I need some

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Jacobs-Selecki did 811k on HBO, Crawford-Benavidez did 2.7m on ESPN and I think Ryan Garcia did 2m on Facebook. An you seriously think Canelo won't do 1m+ on DAZN when the fight is free?

Didn’t AJ fight on DAZN for free? Did it do 1million?

[koolkc107]

DAZN is goin to lose boatloads of money on this deal.

Happy for Canelo since apparently his money is guaranteed.

But, what DAZN doesn't realize is their model won't work here.

PPVs are largely dependent on casual fans, folks who are accustomed to buying "big fights".

A few of those folks will actually do the math and figure out paying $120 a year for maybe 3 or 4 PPV worthy fights is a good deal...but the vast majority of them will not.

Most will cancel after that free month then not care enough to pay later for the other "big" fight that comes along.

It also doesn't help that DAZN's biggest stars have their own PPV deals in their home countries that have nothing to do with DAZN- ie, you aren't going to convince the biggest fighters to come over without some kind of PPV "out" like those two have.

The biggest problem is that DAZN is not going to have a big enough stable to sustain itself.

And, sooner or later, the sanctioning bodies are going to order fights and purse bids and there is no way DAZN is going to win all of them.

So DAZN fighters will either fight on ShowTime, ESPN, and Fox...or they will be stripped.

[yammy25]

AJ fights did 250K on showtime and the 15k Twitter rumor was backed by the same company that reports AJs UK PPV numbers

AJ Vs Klitschko did 660k average

AJ Parker did 350 k with showtimes first replay in the evening doing 430k average with a peak of 483,000

You're talking our of your arse in regards to companies reporting figures and using sky in that sentence because sky never report their PPV sales

[filup79]

You'll still have to put on a credit card and they will bill you monthly afterwards

True that... I just cancelled mine yesterday before the free trial was up. DAZN is pretty bare. Not worth keeping as a on going subscription for me. I would re subscribe for a month if there's a big fight to see but that's it. There hasn't been any exciting fights on DAZN that I couldn't get somewhere else for free.

[filup79]

Canelo may even net more than 1 million subscribers for DAZN. Pretty much every boxing fan in the North America continent with Latino blood in their veins will watch him fight whether it's from their own home, a friends place, or at a sports bar. $9.99 per month is a lot less to pay than $85-$100 per fight if he fights a minimum of twice a year - and barring injuries etc, Canelo will always fight May and September due to the Mexican holidays.

A sports bar? I have yet to find a sports bar that shows any sporting even via a stream from an app. They're not set up for that yet, doesn't mean they won't, but I doubt it. I couldn't find any in the LA area that even showed the Bud or Manny fights on ESPN+

[filup79]

Yes DAZN will be showing NFL too at some point. They will not stop showing it on regular T.V or NFL Network but you will have a third option which is DAZN

That will never happen in the US. They are set up with their NFL package with Direct TV along with their own NFL app. The only thing DAZN will try to get is the same deal Amazon Prime has and thats to show a few Thursday Night Games. Prime has that deal until 2020 I believe. DAZN Canada has an NFL package but their subscribers say its ****, that its delayed and buffers a lot.

[Jax teller]

I bet the DAZN bosses and Hearn are gutted they spent hundreds of thousands on market research and financial planning. They could have just created a free account on here and started a thread to get the advice from the real 'experts' on this site that seem to know everything including future subscription figures, amazing.

[Ake-Dawg]

Mayweather and Canelo are the only boxers commanding big money besides Anthony Joshua, and now Hearn has 2 of those 3 on DAZN, it's simply incredible!!

The Promoter of the Decade award is not out of reach yet

Hearn does not own or manage DAZN. He is a promoter with a deal with DAZN to provide shows for up to an 8 year period. Golden Boy has a similar deal for 5 years. The two promotions are mutually exclusive. All Hearn has is a heavyweight star on DAZN and a negotiating leg up for the two middleweights he has when it comes to fighting the middleweight star.

Hearn has ZERO influence on who or when Alvarez fights.

[Zn1]

Hearn does not own or manage DAZN. He is a promoter with a deal with DAZN to provide shows for up to an 8 year period. Golden Boy has a similar deal for 5 years. The two promotions are mutually exclusive. All Hearn has is a heavyweight star on DAZN and a negotiating leg up for the two middleweights he has when it comes to fighting the middleweight star.

Hearn has ZERO influence on who or when Alvarez fights.

Rocky Fielding is Eddie Hearn's fighter