Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr Does 403,000 UK Buys

[KTFOKING]

No, the number is pretty solid for the time and since most people were never really interested in the fight due to Ruiz's physique.

However, I've checked all the credible sources and it's not there. Skysports haven't released the official numbers. The guy on twitter is just looking for a way to chat shyt and you can tell by the tone of the tweet.

I'm going to wait for Sky Sports to release the official numbers.

Does Sky Sports actually ever release official numbers?

[BangEM]

Does Sky Sports actually ever release official numbers?

They do. They released the numbers you posted on the first page.

Once the official numbers come out, it's going to be all over the news.

[KTFOKING]

They do. They released the numbers you posted on the first page.

Once the official numbers come out, it's going to be all over the news.

Sky Sports released those numbers or they got those numbers off the BARB? I don't think Sky Sports actually released PPV figures. I remember every time Hearn was asked about it in the past he would just say they did great numbers but never actually put an official number to it.

Can someone confirm this?

[Eff Pandas]

Oh, it's far from bad. And it is wrong to compare it to any prime time PPV that Joshua had.

But I expected it to still reach the 800k range. So looks like I was off big time on my projections lol. Just thought the type of mega star Joshua is, he's doing those types of numbers regardless of the time and place. But Ruiz was a replacement opponent and was seen as a mismatch so it makes sense. I bet though if the rematch takes place in NY again? It does 800-900k buys in the UK even at 3 am.

Thats nuts man. 800k for a 3am PPV vs a bs opponent no one knows????

You're making me dig up some numbers lol. Here's some US fights that were UK PPV's that are above these Joshua vs Ruiz figures.

Floyd vs Hatton, 1.1M
Floyd vs Manny, 876k
Floyd vs Conor, 874k
Tyson vs Lennox, 750k
Tyson vs Bruno II, 600k
Tyson vs Holyfield II, 550k

There's only been 3 fights that I can find that did 800k+ & those are all Floyd fights. Floyd being the biggest name in the game. And one of those fights is vs Manny the 2nd biggest name in the game. Another one is vs the biggest name in the MMA game. And the third one is Hatton who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

And the other 3 fights above this one are all Mike Tyson fights who was the biggest PPV guy of his day & is the 3rd biggest PPV guy of all time. And two of his fights are vs two top ten most selling PPV guys of all time & a 3rd guy who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

But basically if these numbers are legit from my research that would make this PPV the 7th biggest 3am, 4am or w/e UK PPV ever.

So okay Joshua is popular but his B side was Andy f#cking Ruiz. If Joshua is doing 400k vs Ruiz imagine what he'd have done vs Wilder? B sides matter.

[KTFOKING]

They do. They released the numbers you posted on the first page.

Once the official numbers come out, it's going to be all over the news.

Figures were taken from various media reports and sources, plus the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board.

Actually these numbers were not from Sky Sports. I figured they came from BARB as I remember seeing this when the article was posted.

So yeah, good luck waiting for Sky Sports to release a PPV figure they tend to never release.

[KTFOKING]

Thats nuts man. 800k for a 3am PPV vs a bs opponent no one knows????

You're making me dig up some numbers lol. Here's some US fights that were UK PPV's that are above these Joshua vs Ruiz figures.

Floyd vs Hatton, 1.1M
Floyd vs Manny, 876k
Floyd vs Conor, 874k
Tyson vs Lennox, 750k
Tyson vs Bruno II, 600k
Tyson vs Holyfield II, 550k

There's only been 3 fights that I can find that did 800k+ & those are all Floyd fights. Floyd being the biggest name in the game. And one of those fights is vs Manny the 2nd biggest name in the game. Another one is vs the biggest name in the MMA game. And the third one is Hatton who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

And the other 3 fights above this one are all Mike Tyson fights who was the biggest PPV guy of his day & is the 3rd biggest PPV guy of all time. And two of his fights are vs two top ten most selling PPV guys of all time & a 3rd guy who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

But basically if these numbers are legit from my research that would make this PPV the 7th biggest 3am, 4am or w/e UK PPV ever.

So okay Joshua is popular but his B side was Andy f#cking Ruiz. If Joshua is doing 400k vs Ruiz imagine what he'd have done vs Wilder? B sides matter.

I'm well aware of ALL this. But Joshua is also doing numbers in the UK that are unrivaled by NO ONE. He did over 1.5 vs Klitshcko and then damn near matched that number vs Parker. Joshua is insanely huge in the UK. Though I should have taken into consideration the Takam figure beforehand as that one failed to do 900k buys and like Ruiz, he was a replacement.

IF and big IF the rematch is in NY, then my prediction will come true!!! Just will be off by a fight lol.

[Motorcity Cobra]

If it is true then they are fantastic numbers. Obviously the haters are going to spin a yarn and forget to mention this was in the middle of the night but with that in mind those are great numbers. It certainly shows the difference in him compared to Wilder. Wilder did less PPV's than that against Ortiz on American prime time and Americans on this very forum said they wouldnt pay to watch Wilder fight in any other time zone than a regular Saturday night prime time showing. Well nearly half a million Brits were prepared to stay up all night and pay to watch it on PPV even in this era of illegal streaming.

YES ANTHONY JOSHUA LOST. But if we are talking box office power Anthony Joshua is still the man. Yes it didnt do great in America but Americans dont even bother turning up to watch Americans so it has to be labelled a dead or dying market now.

Doing less than half of Hatton vs. Mayweather are great numbers?

[deathofaclown]

Thats nuts man. 800k for a 3am PPV vs a bs opponent no one knows????

You're making me dig up some numbers lol. Here's some US fights that were UK PPV's that are above these Joshua vs Ruiz figures.

Floyd vs Hatton, 1.1M
Floyd vs Manny, 876k
Floyd vs Conor, 874k
Tyson vs Lennox, 750k
Tyson vs Bruno II, 600k
Tyson vs Holyfield II, 550k

There's only been 3 fights that I can find that did 800k+ & those are all Floyd fights. Floyd being the biggest name in the game. And one of those fights is vs Manny the 2nd biggest name in the game. Another one is vs the biggest name in the MMA game. And the third one is Hatton who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

And the other 3 fights above this one are all Mike Tyson fights who was the biggest PPV guy of his day & is the 3rd biggest PPV guy of all time. And two of his fights are vs two top ten most selling PPV guys of all time & a 3rd guy who was among the most popular UK fighters ever.

But basically if these numbers are legit from my research that would make this PPV the 7th biggest 3am, 4am or w/e UK PPV ever.

So okay Joshua is popular but his B side was Andy f#cking Ruiz. If Joshua is doing 400k vs Ruiz imagine what he'd have done vs Wilder? B sides matter.

Floyd’s numbers in the UK are massive, especially when you consider the Manny and Conor fights were in the age of illegal streaming, imagine what they might’ve done without that. Pretty impressive really, blew Tyson’s numbers away even when a lot of people chose to stream illegally.

[kafkod]

Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr fight did 403,000 PPV buys on Sky Box Office, Barb figures show.

That's over a MILLION less than his fight against Joseph Parker did last year.

Bottom falling out the UK pay-per-view market?

— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) June 19, 2019

Okay, I'll admit I was dead wrong on this. I figured that Joshua was going to do close to a million buys regardless of the opponent and the time of the fight. Legit thought he would get to the 800-900k range.

Of course, if the rematch takes place in the UK it will do MASSIVE numbers...Maybe in the 1.5-1.7M range.

Those are actually good numbers for a fight that aired around 3 am UK time. Especially considering that Ruiz was seen as a no-hope fall guy by most casual UK fans.

[kafkod]

Yes sir!

Here’s the full list of Pay TV figures:

(only including Sky Sports and Primetime (excluding Ali v Henry)

21 May 1966: Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II – 40,000
16 March 1996: Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II – 600,000
8 February 1997: Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson – 650,000
28 June 1997: Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II – 550,000
13 March 1999: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis – 400,000
29 January 2000: Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis – 500,000
8 June 2002: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson – 750,000
8 December 2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton – 1,150,000
18 July 2009: Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik – 100,000
7 November 2009: Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye – 469,000
3 April 2010: David Haye vs. John Ruiz – 177,000
24 April 2010: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler – 50,000
18 September 2010: Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings – 15,000
13 November 2010: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison – 223,000
11 December 2010: Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana – 164,000
16 April 2011: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey – 200,000
21 May 2011: George Groves vs. James DeGale – 43,000
2 July 2011: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye – 1,143,000
25 May 2013: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II – 32,000
23 November 2013: Carl Froch vs. George Groves – 47,000
31 May 2014: Carl Froch vs. George Groves II – 355,000
30 May 2015: Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin – 139,000
2 May 2015: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – 876,000
28 November 2015: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury – 545,000
12 December 2015: Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte – 420,000
27 February 2016: Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg – 304,000
9 April 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin – 500,000
25 June 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale – 512,000
10 September 2016: Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook – 500,000
10 December 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Ιric Molina – 450,000
4 March 2017: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew – 890,000
29 April 2017: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko – 1,532,000
27 May 2017: Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. – 275,000
26 August 2017: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor – 874,000
28 October 2017 – Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam – 887,000
31 March 2018: Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker – 1,457,000
5 May 2018: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II – 775,000
28 July 2018: Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker – 474,000

You left out Usyk vs Bellew. That did 603k on Sky PPV, per BARB.