Joshua vs Povetkin did 1.1 million PPV Buys.

[kafkod]

but posters from america told me on here that joshua was losing his fanbase and noone was interested in the povetkin fight?

Yeah, but they're all bitter and ******ed.

Those fools think that if they start enough threads here saying stuff like, "What a boring fight ... nobody is interested in it, even in the UK" they will put people off buying PPVs ... even people who never visit this site!

[kafkod]

Interesting.

Even if it were over 1m actual buys, these are UK buys, which are around 20 or 25 pounds, right? That would be less than half of what Canelo just did twice in a row. I'm glad AJ is a star and able to pull in good numbers (and that's 100% real talk). I think people are neglecting to make honest parallels though. If that's what he's making in the UK then I really do think he's missing out by not coming to the US.

But AJ isn't Mexican, so he isn't going to be kicking Canelo off those Mexican holiday dates.

[pillowfists98]

I doubt Wilder vs Fury will end up generating more revenue than this fight even with a higher price. Btw does anyone know how much they're going to charge for Wilder-Fury in the US??

[Redd Foxx]

But AJ isn't Mexican, so he isn't going to be kicking Canelo off those Mexican holiday dates.

Manny wasn't Mexican either, and neither is McGregor, but they did just fine. I think AJ could make more if he became an international star but I don't think Hearn knows how to do that, which is why he's talked about it a lot but hasn't done a single thing about it.

[rolshans]

Manny wasn't Mexican either, and neither is McGregor, but they did just fine. I think AJ could make more if he became an international star but I don't think Hearn knows how to do that, which is why he's talked about it a lot but hasn't done a single thing about it.

Tbh, I think Hearn is more interested in making AJ a global star than AJ.

I remember Hearn was down for the AJ/Wilder fight to be in Vegas, and AJ just completely shut it down and said it HAD to be in the UK for the first go-around.

[The3]

Fury/Wilder will do good #s in the UK

[kafkod]

Manny wasn't Mexican either, and neither is McGregor, but they did just fine. I think AJ could make more if he became an international star but I don't think Hearn knows how to do that, which is why he's talked about it a lot but hasn't done a single thing about it.

Ok, let me rephrase my original point .. AJ isn't Mexican and Floyd Mayweather isn't currently fighting at HW!

Also bear in mind, AJ has had only 22 fights and he's been a pro for just 5 years. Hearn is, without a doubt, the best promoter in the business right now, but he can't work miracles.

[DoktorSleepless]

I think it must be buys, because the BARB numbers are always right in line with the numbers Hearn says he gets from Sky. He said Sky told him it sold over a million PPVs, but not as many as AJ vs Parker.

Here's a quote from Eddie Hearn giving numbers.

“Back in the day 250,000 pay per view buys used to be a solid touch, you know. Then, like lately, lets go back to Dillian Whyte against Joshua, again, off the top of my head, 420,000 buys. Anthony Joshua against Charles Martin – 500 and something thousand buys. Kell Brook against Gennady Golovkin – 400,000 buys. Anthony Joshua against Eric Molina – 450,000 buys. David Haye against Tony Bellew – 750,000 buys. Klitschko against Joshua – 1.2 million buys.”

And these are the BARB weekly reach numbers from the link OP posted.

Dillian Whyte vs Joshua: 660k
Martin vs Joshua: 964k
Golovkin vs Brook: 644k
Eric Molina vs Joshua: 606k
David haye vs Tony Bellew: 1,407k
Joshua vs Klitschko: 1,532k

Some of them are twice as big. Others like 50% bigger.

[DoktorSleepless]

The weekly reach column is what OP is citing from the the website.

Here's how "reach" is defined

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_(advertising)#cite_note-1

Reach of television channels is often expressed in the form of "x minute weekly reach" – that is, the number (or percentage) of viewers who watched the channel for at least x minutes in a given week.

For example, in the UK, BARB defines the reach of a television channel as the percentage of the population in private households who view a channel for more than 3 minutes in a given day or week

That's not at all equivalent to PPV buys.

[kafkod]

Here's a quote from Eddie Hearn giving numbers.



And these are the BARB weekly reach numbers from the link OP posted.

Dillian Whyte vs Joshua: 660k
Martin vs Joshua: 964k
Golovkin vs Brook: 644k
Eric Molina vs Joshua: 606k
David haye vs Tony Bellew: 1,407k
Joshua vs Klitschko: 1,532k

Some of them are twice as big. Others like 50% bigger.

I can't see the quote from Hearn you posted because when I click the link it's telling me the site is off line.

But I remember Hearn saying, a couple of days after GGG vs Brook, that Sky told him it had sold over 500k, and the number he gave after AJ vs Klitschko was around 1.5 million. That was before the numbers went up at BARB. I know that because I checked there myself.

What he said about AJ vs Povetkin was that the numbers weren't all in yet, but Sky was projecting over a million buys, but not as many as AJ vs Parker.