Comments Thread For: Wilder-Fury: Why PPV Will Always Cost Much More In U.S. Than UK

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By Keith Idec - LOS ANGELES Seventy-four, ninety-nine. It's an unnecessarily sneaky way of trying to sell something for $75, in this case the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury fight Saturday night at Staples Center for Wilder's WBC heavyweight title. It's also an indication that pay-per-view boxing events will hover near this price point for the foreseeable future in the United States. Long gone, apparently, are the days of a U.S. boxing pay-per-view show costing...
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[Boksfan]

PPV is dead, Eddie is saving Murica

[Ray*]

Wilder/Fury would NOT sell more in the UK than in the US, the time difference makes it difficult for people who would have brought it on PPV.

[1hourRun]

It helps having the best fighters here too.

[Oshio]

The lifespan of PPV boxing in the US is short especially with boxing becoming a relegated sport. Fury-Wilder at $75 and anything less than 15,000 buys is a flop!!!

[MEXfistology]

It helps having the best fighters here too.

Shut up, go back to your sad life of pretending you're Elie setback

[Boksfan]

anything less than 15,000 buys is a flop!!!

15k? That's the lowest PPV standards I've ever seen.

[PotentialToast]

“Pay-per-view is the most honest form of judging a boxer’s worth,” Frank Warren, Fury’s promoter, told BoxingScene.com. “You either buy it or you don’t buy it.”

Frank hasn't been saying that about the 22 December clash!

[1hourRun]

Shut up, go back to your sad life of pretending you're Elie setback

What the hell is your problem GRINCH?! Its not even Christmas, let us happy folk celebrate good times. Deontay is going to become KING! of the HW division!

[Zaryu]

I'm calling bull on all those excuses. Sure, some people watch fights in groups, but I rarely see enough people interested in the amount of PPVs these guys put on.