Boxing PPV vs last nights UFC

[Scopedog]

This is a very tired discussion now. Sure, UFC has better organisation and cards and this and that and blablabla, but none of it actually matters if you don't find the sport itself entertaining to watch.

[TMLT87]

Since Floyd-Pac which did over 4m. A number UFC will never come close too.

UFC is decades behind boxing, 80’s guys where making more money than current UFC fighters. UFC still hasn’t caught up to the numbers boxing set over 3 DECADES AGO.

You seem to have some warped view of boxing back in the day. You do realize PPV wasnt really the established norm until the 90s, right? SRL, Hagler et al were doing in the low 100ks for their fights. Btw if you look at the numbers 90s Tyson and 2010s Conor are actually very comparable as PPV draws, almost identical in fact, not even including Conor/Floyd.


And yes, you're right, the UFC probably never will come close to 4m, but boxing probably never will again either, it is an anomaly that involved a now retired 43 year old fighter who was factually the biggest PPV draw in combat sports history.

All this talk about **** from the 80s and 90s though...we're in 2020. You and I both know the situation will probably never go back to what it was.

A decade ago boxing was going to be dead because MMA is so, so, great. Not happened yet.

Boxing is never going to die, but this past decade has been the point where the UFC has arguably surpassed boxing in popularity, so the projections had some truth to them.

[Marchegiano]

True...

I’d green you man but I think I’ve done it too recently.

Same, tbh, the small pool of guys here who are not bat**** insane has caught up to us all I reckon. I can't seem to green any mother ****ers.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

You seem to have some warped view of boxing back in the day. You do realize PPV wasnt really the established norm until the 90s, right? SRL, Hagler et al were doing in the low 100ks for their fights. Btw if you look at the numbers 90s Tyson and 2010s Conor are actually very comparable as PPV draws, almost identical in fact, not even including Conor/Floyd.


And yes, you're right, the UFC probably never will come close to 4m, but boxing probably never will again either, it is an anomaly that involved a now retired 43 year old fighter who was factually the biggest PPV draw in combat sports history.

All this talk about **** from the 80s and 90s though...we're in 2020. You and I both know the situation will probably never go back to what it was.




Boxing is never going to die, but this past decade has been the point where the UFC has arguably surpassed boxing in popularity, so the projections had some truth to them.

SRL-Hagler did over 3m buys you lunatic...

You do realise closed circuit is still classed as PPV don’t you?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view

Stop embarrassing yourself son...

[TMLT87]

SRL-Hagler did over 3m buys you lunatic...

You do realise closed circuit is still classed as PPV don’t you?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view

Stop embarrassing yourself son...

From that same page

"The earliest form of pay-per-view was closed-circuit television, also known as theatre television, where professional boxing telecasts were broadcast live to a select a number of venues, mostly theaters, where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live"

LOL how the **** is that the same as PPV?

On that same page it lists SRL/Hagler as doing 150k buys on actual PPV. Bit of a discrepancy no?

Regardless, it was in 1987 for ****s sake, we are in 2020. I suspect you're so eager to cling to the past because you know the present and the future isnt looking so good.

[deowal]

You're clinging to the distant past rather expectedly.

Heres a sample of the top drawing PPVs in the 5 years since Floyd/Pac...


Conor/Khabib - 2.4m
Conor/Diaz 2 - 1.6m
Canelo/GGG 1 - 1.3m
Conor/Diaz 1 - 1.3m
Conor/Alvarez - 1.3m
Usman/Masvidal - 1.3m
Fury/Wilder 2 - 1.2m
Conor/Aldo - 1.2m
Canelo/GGG 2 - 1.1m
Ronda/Holm - 1.1m
Ronda/Nunes - 1.1m
Canelo/JCC jr - 1m
UFC 200 - 1m
Conor/Cerrone - 1m
Canelo/Cotto - 900k
GSP/Bisping - 875k
Jones/DC 2 - 860k
Jones/Gus 2 - 700k
Adesanya/Costa - 700k
Ferguson/Gaethje - 700k
Jones/Smith - 650k
Canelo/Khan - 600k
Pac/Thurman - 500k
Stipe/DC 3 - 500k

The WWE sells a lot of pay per views too. What's your point?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

From that same page

"The earliest form of pay-per-view was closed-circuit television, also known as theatre television, where professional boxing telecasts were broadcast live to a select a number of venues, mostly theaters, where viewers paid for tickets to watch the fight live"

LOL how the **** is that the same as PPV?

On that same page it lists SRL/Hagler as doing 150k buys on actual PPV. Bit of a discrepancy no?

Regardless, it was in 1987 for ****s sake, we are in 2020. I suspect you're so eager to cling to the past because you know the present and the future isnt looking so good.

You’re paying to watch the the fight, that’s literally what PPV means you imbecile. In 1987 things were nowhere near as accessible, put that same fight on today it probably does 6 million.

MMA still hasn’t surpassed a boxing fight that happened over 30 years ago!

Look across this entire thread, not one person is agreeing with your nonsense, we’re all laughing at you.

I’m sick of going back and forth with your delusional ass so I’m just gonna leave it at this:

The BIGGEST star in the history of MMA had his BIGGEST fight inside a BOXING RING.

The BIGGEST fight featuring an MMA fighter in the entire history of MMA was inside a BOXING RING.

I think that says everything about which is the bigger the sport.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Don’t expect another reply r-tard your ass is going on ignore.

Feel free to waste your own time typing one out though.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

The WWE sells a lot of pay per views too. What's your point?

Their Wrestlers also win UFC titles within 4 fights.

Must be some real serious depth in that organisation.

[TMLT87]

Don’t expect another reply r-tard your ass is going on ignore.

Feel free to waste your own time typing one out though.

Lol.


This dude is still going to be using stuff like "SRL/Hagler doe" and "but the rumble in the jungle" as an argument in like 2050.


Good convo, have a nice day.