Comments Thread For: Arum: Wilder-Fury Needed a Promoter and a Megaphone

[BeLikeWater]

FKN new accounts or ALTS say the DUMBEST sht!!!

My points were impregnable you wankboy

[KTFOKING]

Ill bet $300 it does over 300k buys?

No!!! I want it to do as good as possible. I'm not rooting for under 300k here or anything. Just have my doubts it will do that.

But let's see how the promotion goes and how hard FOX pushes the PPV. Maybe it will create enough buzz to surpass that number.

[ELHITMAN606]

Crawfish vs Khan will be lucky if it does 200k ppv buys so much for the megaphone ESPNs priority now is the UFC not top rank

[Shadoww702]

My points were impregnable you wankboy

This fkn RTARD doesnt even know the difference between UK Buys and US ppv buys.

Hey ****** here in the STATES we pay $75 a fight compared to what like $17??

AJ vs. Pedvetkin 1.1 million buys at $20 = $22 million

Fury/Wilder 325k buys at $75 = $24 million.

And I won't even bring up it was Wilders 1st ppv and Fury is from UK AND was suspended for a few years.

[Butch.McRae]

Im with you on this. I wouldnt be suprised if it does over 500k. Every hispanic boxing fan I know knows about this fight. Win or lose were still very proud of Mikey. If he doesnt get blasted out his name brand doubles if not triples...

I know. I'm not paying much attention to those posters. I'm certain they dont spend as much time as I do looking at the data out there. Latinos are definitely buying this fight in mass numbers, the unknown variable is the urban/black community.

I'm settling between 350k and 450k as my prediction. I'm not ruling out the possibility that it crosses 500k, but that would send the PBC talk into the stratosphere behind the scenes lol

Either way, PBC is starting to look more and more like UFC in terms of business model (without the ridiculous spilts lol)

[KTFOKING]

This fkn RTARD doesnt even know the difference between UK Buys and US ppv buys.

Hey ****** here in the STATES we pay $75 a fight compared to what like $17??

AJ vs. Pedvetkin 1.1 million buys at $20 = $22 million

Fury/Wilder 325k buys at $75 = $24 million.

And I won't even bring up it was Wilders 1st ppv and Fury is from UK AND was suspended for a few years.

If you are going to call someone a ******, at least know the
conversion rate of a pound to a dollar.

AJ vs Povetkin was for 20 pounds ala around $26 USD. Now, the conversion rate changes throughout the year but even when that fight took place, it was around $26 dollars.

But yes, overall point of US buys being able to do third of the buys and generate similar amount of PPV revenue is a valid one.

[thack]

Lol.....Says the one who puts Crawford v Amir Khan together .....ffs!

[KTFOKING]

I know. I'm not paying much attention to those posters. I'm certain they dont spend as much time as I do looking at the data out there. Latinos are definitely buying this fight in mass numbers, the unknown variable is the urban/black community.

I'm settling between 350k and 450k as my prediction. I'm not ruling out the possibility that it crosses 500k, but that would send the PBC talk into the stratosphere behind the scenes lol

Either way, PBC is starting to look more and more like UFC in terms of business model (without the ridiculous spilts lol)

Another thing no one is bringing up is if Haymon is able to negotiate a deal like the UFC did where they get more than the usual 50/50 split with the distributors. UFC negotiated a deal or still are negotiating a deal where on certain events they take 70% of the split, and in others around 60%. That is a complete game changer especially if Haymon can do something similar or get a better deal than 50/50.

If Spence/Garcia does as well as you think it will, then fair to say the winner isn't fighting on SHO or FOX in the near future. The winner essentially becomes a PPV fighter from this point on.

[Shadoww702]

HW's PPV numbers in UK for fkn PRACTICALLY FREE! I mean I spend almost that on 2 six packs of Modelo Beer.

Haye/Ruiz 177k buys
Haye/Harrison 223k
Klitz/Haye 1.1 buys not bad for almost FREE!

Klits/Fury 545k WTF??? Almost same 200k more buys and it COST $55 less than Wilder/Fury??

AJ/Wyte 420K for a free fight?? Ewww!

AJ/Martin 500K WOW!!!!
AJ/Breazeale 512k
AJ/Molina 450k buys
AJ/Klitz 1.5 mill buys made what $8 million more than Fury/Wilder.

AJ/Takam 887k made less money.

AJ/Parker 1.5 million again fights cost $20.

Whyte/Parker 474k buys
AJ/Ped 1.1 million made LESS $$$

[Clubber Pac]

Wilder v. Fury - 325k PPV buys
Manny v. Broner - 400k PPV buys (trending above that)

I think it's safe to say PBC has figured something out.

If Garcia v. Spence clears 300k (I'm thinking it'll do more than 400k), then the PBC is off to a remarkable start with this revamped model.

Wilder v. Fury will likely pass 400k next time. So we're talking at least 5 PPV events from PBC that are true successes in one year. (Surely they'll have at least one more.)

*Historically, 300k has always been the benchmark for gauging a PPV worthy fight. Just see data on guys like Oscar, RJJ or early Manny. Floyd was an anamoly.

This is a solid post, nice breakdown, I am curious however, what are you sourcing to conclude that Broner/Manny did 400k? Or that it is trending beyond that?