Comments Thread For: Spence: Khan Quit, Should've Gone Out On Shield For PPV Money

[MDPopescu]

The UK PPV most likely did good numbers. It won't be a loss at all.

yes... people "try" to forget that the fight was a PPV on BT Tv too...

[Scipio2009]

THat means the fight grossed $16m through ppv.....add that to what the gate drew was plus sponsorship and that’s not w bad haul for what we all knew was a mismatch and would end early.

You forgot the roughly half of the PPV money that went to the distributors and ESPN (wouldn't shock me if ESPN negotiated a bigger piece of the PPV for themselves either).

And that's before you recall that Lance Pugmire has already gone public with his way early thought that sources have the fight tracking towards 150k PPV buys.

[Scipio2009]

Errol could say the same thing to Mikey. He mentally quit early and just just committed enough to survive.

Mikey didn't quit though, and he didn't let his father or brother quit on his behalf either. Different circumstances.

Didn't see the fight, still haven't seen the fight and don't plan on seeing the fight, but Amir Khan did have the avenue to take the full 5 minutes on the foul. He didn't, dipping out on basically the first chance he got.

[Scipio2009]

Plus gate plus international tv rights plus uk tv rights...

That's a lot of money to make up, especially if the fight didn't sell well the way having zero information out about the gate or attendance would seem to suggest.

[Scipio2009]

The UK PPV most likely did good numbers. It won't be a loss at all.

In the last 3 years, what has Amir Khan done for you to still see him to be a PPV draw at 3am in the UK? lol.

[Bobby Shaw]

In the last 3 years, what has Amir Khan done for you to still see him to be a PPV draw at 3am in the UK? lol.

He went on a reality show, his marriage was a soap opera and he was always in the papers. Despite his flaws Amir Khan is a big name in the UK. No fighter has a bigger profile apart from maybe Joshua. People might hate him and want to see him lose but they will still watch him. Crawford is also known on this side of the pond, he fought in Glasgow and is generally respected. This fight definitely did well on PPV which is why BT had it on PPV.

[Scipio2009]

He went on a reality show, his marriage was a soap opera and he was always in the papers. Despite his flaws Amir Khan is a big name in the UK. No fighter has a bigger profile apart from maybe Joshua. People might hate him and want to see him lose but they will still watch him. Crawford is also known on this side of the pond, he fought in Glasgow and is generally respected. This fight definitely did well on PPV which is why BT had it on PPV.

Khan had his two prior UK fights on regular Sky Sports, and didn't hear anything about those fights drawing massive interest to see this supposed star. Just saying

[Bobby Shaw]

Khan had his two prior UK fights on regular Sky Sports, and didn't hear anything about those fights drawing massive interest to see this supposed star. Just saying

He was fighting bums after undergoing surgery.

[elfag]

They should go to cards like accidental cut. If a fighter is losing he can land a brutal low blow get a point taken but maybe winning fighter can’t continue a rule flaw

Khan quit, he had up to 5 minutes to rest from being punched on the thigh.

He quit immediately. If he had any desire to continue fighting, he would have waited the 5 minutes to recover.

It doesnt need to go to the cards. You can recover from a low blow. You cant uncut a cut.

[Yaconcha]

Thank you Errol spence for saying that.
Yes, peoples fackin money that quitter skunked up the wall and lives in luxury with....KUNT!
accept. Challenge from the quitter and give him a beatin too before or after kell brook if he’s got the nerve.
Fackin prick.