Eddie Hearns blames illegal streaming for why Wilder/Fury PPV lost money

[mrpain81]

Haven't paid for a PPV since Mayweather vs. Pacquaio.

I've paid and paid through the years but after feeling ripped off that night, I was done.

I do have Dazn, SHO, Fox. I watch more then enough boxing for a reasonable price.

[Brother Mouzone]

It sounded more like he was sneak dissing the high price tag of the ppv and the low value undercard for uncouraging illegal streams

I streamed it for those reason , I already pay a premium to get boxing on cable FS1,ESPN,Showtime ect. Pay for ESPN+ and payed for DAZN.If they would have put together a solid undercard
I would have bought the ppv. I also watch a ton of MMA and this is where UFC excels they put on solid undercards for their PPVs 99% of the time.

[ShoulderRoll]

Robbie Barrett is to blame.

[Guest]

If you are a hardcore boxing fan then streaming isn't hard to do if you are not a fan of either fighter. However, if it's one of your favorite fighters who is on Pay Per View; Then chances are you will be more inclined to purchase the event no matter what the cost like I did. Since I am a huge Deontay Wilder fan.

Bit judgemental arent you?
ive been watching a couple of youtubers travel vlogs from Saudi recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO5fLQc0b7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wH5R6qBxA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tR8F8qWgmc

Riyadh is artificial but isnt dubai? isnt vegas?
thing is a lot of cities in the west, they cant just get knocked down and get built up again.
These new 'artificial' cities are new gen cities that have far better infrastructure/design/technology and are actually nice places to live.
My friend moved to Jeddah, he's a white guy, he loves it there.

its likely the next saudi fight will be in Jeddah too.

I am. Years ago I had the option of moving to either UAE (Abu Dhabi) or Lebanon(Beirut).

I chose Lebanon and I had a blast. My friends chose UAE and it was an adjustment before they had fun.

[Ray*]

Hearn advertising DAZN in an undercover way. Anyways the price is something the American market would continue to suffer with. You not only taking money from the fighters though, you taking money from the promoters and networks.... Which hurts these guys more, none of them really care about the fighters in the longer run..... Has anyone of them checked on Patrick day family to see how they are coping? I hope they do..

[LoadedWraps]

Agree 100%.
Illegal streams prevented this fight from hitting 2 million buys.
I can proudly say that I paid to watch the fight.

Well said.

I also bought the fight. Bought it twice. Once for myself and once for Walt Liquor RIP.

[Inspired]

When you have two unbeaten champions, in Vegas..... two different networks and the Lineal, Ring and WBC heavyweight title on the line...... **** changes man.

Joshua hasn't fought a long reigning champion yet...... he has a good CV of ex-champions and top 10's....... but this was a genuine #1 #2 lineal and WBC champion fighting for the ring magazine belt..... record numbers in the US for many years (Joshua made his debut and got splatted..... Fury took over).

You can argue that all you want....... Joshua losing his belts put him down to #3...... that's life I am afraid. Fury went to America and became a 2-time hero in fighting abroad....... Joshua has done NOTHING in comparison to that.

Enjoy the Pulev fight and ray Joshua gets through it......

Fury will sort him out easily after.... and you will get the same feeling Wilder fans fans have felt this week

AJ would have beat the 2015 version of klitschko far easier than the 2017 version. Reason being, klitschko in 2015 was tired, bored, not motivated, had just become a father, had a partner in a post-natal depression clinic. his heart wasnt in it, he needed a break. he didnt even want to trade with Fury..he literally did nothing.

wilder is not some long reigning champion or anything like that because i dont rate his resume outside of ortiz and fury. of course it would be interesting to see how wilder would do against aj and vice versa, but you're right there, aj didnt beat him...but only because wilder did everything to avoid joshua and whyte.
now say, wilder had battered whyte, we could then say for sure that wilder belongs at that level and isnt just a hypejob (given the fact he boxed nobodies before). There was dominic brezeale, ill give you that..but we just saw charles martin batter washington.
it was easier for fury to jump in and take the fight because wilder/pbc wouldnt do business with matchroom.
Even after Fury beating wilder, we just dont know what level wilder was at to truely gauge how Fury does against AJ.
So it's all apples and oranges really.

also, no, if Fury beats aj, i wont mind.
that's like when holyfield beat tyson, did americans choose sides?
the affiliation with aj or eddie hearn is because of the intense level of hate they get from the US and other idiots, that makes me support them more esp because i know the hate is unwarranted.
Tyson, however is a good guy. if he's the best of this era, good for him.

here watch these

[Combat Talk Radio]

Exactly, guys. Like Floyd said, taking money from his kids.

Here's my thing.

People won't pay $80 to watch an excellent night of heavyweights, but they'll happily spend that amount every month on weed, cigarettes and liquor. Or $70+ on cable where they only care about 3 channels.

Dunno. I bought it, mostly fine with it.

But I would like the prices to go back down to no more than $29.99 like back in the day.

[Weebler I]

I didn't watch it live, but surely it was obvious the fighters were paid too much? $20m guarantees?

They waited too long to make the rematch too, hype was there after the first fight.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Trying to charge us and sht for these mediocre ass fights. If you wanna rob, u gotta be prepared to get robbed too.

*** these promoters..