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

[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.

[KTFOKING]

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

I just copies/pasted the numbers from that article from the world...boxing...news that came out last year. I couldn't link it since that site is banned from this site.

Usyk/Bellew took place after August 22, 2018.

[Motorcity Cobra]

The numbers aren't bad for anyone else besides AJ. These numbers dont match his hype. They should be in the 700k range according to his hype. he's bigger than Hatton but not bigger than Floyd so I wouldn't expect those numbers but I would expect him to do more than half the Hatton/Floyd fight not less than half.

But the craziest part is more people bought the PPV than watched him on DAZN

[Eff Pandas]

I'm well aware of ALL this. But Joshua is also doing numbers in the UK that are unrivaled by NO ONE.

I'd argue he's STILL unrivaled. Look at the B sides of these fights. They were all HUGE fights or HUGE UK draws in HUGE fights. Joshua fought f#cking Andy "Who Dat" Ruiz. You aren't taking that into account.

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.

AT UK FRIENDLY TIMES. If he was fighting Ruiz in the UK or simply at a UK friendly time I'd bet he'd legit done the 800k you say you were expected.

This is looney tunes sh^t some of you guys acting like this is a bad outcome in a bs fight & it being the 7th biggest 3am fight of all time.

[kafkod]

When do the Fury vs Schwarz numbers come out?

Looks like the BARB figures only show Sky Sports PPV numbers.

Maybe one of the Brits on this site would know more?

Fake news.

Sky is yet to release the numbers.

Neither Sky nor BT ever release numbers themselves. The Sky numbers come from BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board.

BARB don't give separate numbers for BT Sports PPVs. I'm not sure why, but maybe they are hidden in the total number of BT viewers for that week. Sky Box Office is a separate Sky Channel that they open up for one event only.

[Eff Pandas]

I just copies/pasted the numbers from that article from the world...boxing...news that came out last year. I couldn't link it since that site is banned from this site.

Usyk/Bellew took place after August 22, 2018.

And that fight was in the UK during a UK friendly time so its a apples to oranges comparison.

This was a US fight that was also UK PPV at a very unfriendly PPV time.

[kafkod]

I just copies/pasted the numbers from that article from the world...boxing...news that came out last year. I couldn't link it since that site is banned from this site.

Usyk/Bellew took place after August 22, 2018.

Gotcha buddy.

[KTFOKING]

I'd argue he's STILL unrivaled. Look at the B sides of these fights. They were all HUGE fights or HUGE UK draws in HUGE fights. Joshua fought f#cking Andy "Who Dat" Ruiz. You aren't taking that into account.


AT UK FRIENDLY TIMES. If he was fighting Ruiz in the UK or simply at a UK friendly time I'd bet he'd legit done the 800k you say you were expected.

This is looney tunes sh^t some of you guys acting like this is a bad outcome in a bs fight & it being the 7th biggest 3am fight of all time.

Okay, to your last point, I never said it was a bad outcome. Just severely off of MY prediction.

Joshua has done numbers in the UK no one else has. No doubt he is unrivaled. But that's the reasoning I was using to think he was still going to do HIGH numbers. But the opponent not being seen as a threat didn't help matters no doubt.

If he was fighting Ruiz in the UK, I'd still say it hits the million mark or gets close to it.

[Worick]

Thats pretty good for a fight that was at 3 in the danm morning

[KTFOKING]

Neither Sky nor BT ever release numbers themselves. The Sky numbers come from BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board.

BARB don't give separate numbers for BT Sports PPVs. I'm not sure why, but maybe they are hidden in the total number of BT viewers for that day. Sky Box Office is a separate Sky Channel that they open up for one event only.

That's what I figured. Thanks!