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The 90k that went to see Joshua vs Wlad generated 9 million dollars.
It's great to have cheap tickets and lots of people for the sake of atmosphere. But I wish some fans would stop using those numbers as a way to say a fighter is a bigger draw than someone else. The average ticket price for Wlad vs AJ was $98 dollars, the average ticket price for Wilder vs Fury was $198 dollars.
As far as PPV goes, UK PPV is $26 dollars. Wilder vs Fury was $75 dollars.
But on the other hand, pricing is why boxing is bigger in the UK. Because it's more accessible to people. Rising PPV and ticket prices in the US drives the popularity of boxing down more and more. I prefer 90k people to pack a stadium for a boxing match for an average of $98 dollars per ticket for a big fight, and I also prefer 1.5 million viewers to watch a boxing fight for $25 dollars on PPV rather than 350k at $75 dollars. At the end of the day you make more money if you get 4-5 times more people to buy your product at a cheaper price.
This is why I support DAZN, it's $100 dollars a year and you get 3 big stars of boxing, Canelo, GGG, and Joshua. Wilder isn't maximizing his exposure by staying on Showtime and fighting on $75 dollar PPV's. Forbes reported that 10 million people watched Wilder vs Fury illegally.
No one in their right mind is going to keep Showtime to see Wilder fighting B and C fighters.
In conclusion, it doesn't matter what Wilder and Showtime say, Wilder did a bad move by not going to Dazn. Yeah sure, Wilder vs Joshua can generate more money on PPV for $75 per buy, it can get both Wilder and Joshua bigger paydays than the set amount DAZN was going to give them. But as far as exposure goes, Showtime isn't going to give Wilder that exposure like DAZN was going to.
It's great to have cheap tickets and lots of people for the sake of atmosphere. But I wish some fans would stop using those numbers as a way to say a fighter is a bigger draw than someone else. The average ticket price for Wlad vs AJ was $98 dollars, the average ticket price for Wilder vs Fury was $198 dollars.
As far as PPV goes, UK PPV is $26 dollars. Wilder vs Fury was $75 dollars.
But on the other hand, pricing is why boxing is bigger in the UK. Because it's more accessible to people. Rising PPV and ticket prices in the US drives the popularity of boxing down more and more. I prefer 90k people to pack a stadium for a boxing match for an average of $98 dollars per ticket for a big fight, and I also prefer 1.5 million viewers to watch a boxing fight for $25 dollars on PPV rather than 350k at $75 dollars. At the end of the day you make more money if you get 4-5 times more people to buy your product at a cheaper price.
This is why I support DAZN, it's $100 dollars a year and you get 3 big stars of boxing, Canelo, GGG, and Joshua. Wilder isn't maximizing his exposure by staying on Showtime and fighting on $75 dollar PPV's. Forbes reported that 10 million people watched Wilder vs Fury illegally.
No one in their right mind is going to keep Showtime to see Wilder fighting B and C fighters.
In conclusion, it doesn't matter what Wilder and Showtime say, Wilder did a bad move by not going to Dazn. Yeah sure, Wilder vs Joshua can generate more money on PPV for $75 per buy, it can get both Wilder and Joshua bigger paydays than the set amount DAZN was going to give them. But as far as exposure goes, Showtime isn't going to give Wilder that exposure like DAZN was going to.
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