Bute-Pascal rakes in over 5M in Canadian PPV & gate

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  1. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    ...yet there are the HBO fees, international tv fees, all paid to the promoters I imagine. Say we're talking 6M overall.

    Each guy got 2M, or was it "2M guaranteed"? Who gets the 2M difference between the fighters' 2M's and the 6M revenues? Promoters?

    47 000 buys as indicated here: http://www.rds.ca/combat/boxe/stevenson-de-retour-le-24-mai-1.835062

    Say 40K bought it in HD ($70), 7K bought it in standard def ($60). That makes roughly 3.3M.

    Over 20 000 people attended the fight, we'll assume a conservative average of $100 a ticket... although some sections were priced ridiculously high. There's your other 2M.

    5.3M plus all tv revenues outside of Canada, you could go as high as 6.5M.







    ...bottom line? That's where Stevenson wants to be. He needs an opponent that's built up like the second coming of Ali or one of Pascal/Bute to achieve that.

    Des- they just set the bar for Kovalev-Stevenson. Because Kovalev could be the end for Stevenson, he'll want a retirement fund type of fight that will generate revenues in the 6-7M ballpark. Kovalev needs to be hyped by HBO, but also :cool: hyped to the Québécois over and over for interest sake. This might take us to 2015 unfortunately.
     
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  2. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Obviously Stevenson vs. Kovalev is the fight to see right now but if one weren't being naive to reality...

    Stevenson vs. Pascal is a good and logical fight to happen over the summer first, in my opinion.
     
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  3. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    Stevenson is [very likely to be] fighting Fonfara in May so that would be late summer I guess.
     
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  4. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    I really don't see Pascal-Stevenson happening.

    There's a much better chance of Pascal-Kovalev if the Bute rematch doesn't materialize IMO.
     
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  5. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    Canada IS Light Heavyweight.
     
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  6. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bite your tongue Drozzy. Or at least your typing fingers.....

    2015 is unacceptable. Unacceptable, I say!

    So we are in agreement there will much milking going on?
     
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  7. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very impressive figures,if true.In regards to domestic PPV,however,remember the carrier,in this case Indigo,receives 50% of all revenues sold on their system.
    Never the less,the fight was clearly successful,in terms of money if not action wise.
     
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  8. Miles5149

    Miles5149 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Give all the money to Bute so he can retire and never box again.
     
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  9. Scar

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    I fully agree that Stevenson vs Kovalev is the best fight to be made right now but Stevenson obviously wants/earned a payday before taking a risky fight. Fighting Pascal in Canada would guarantee him far more than fighting Kovalev. In the meantime, I'd like to see Kovalev fight a decent opponent and add more pressure on Stevenson.
     
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  10. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Sounds like Stevenson and Pascal are friends. At the very least, Pascal likes there being another Haitian boxing champ in town. I don't think they would fight. If they do, there'd also be a high risk of them taking it easy on each other.
     
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  11. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    If they're friends then they simply won't fight each other. Though if they do sign for a fight, expect them to swing away like they never knew each other. They're professionals and boxing is their life/job, outside friendship and respect shouldn't ruin their performances.
     
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  12. john doe

    john doe Well-Known Member Full Member

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    id like to see kovalev vs pascal on the may 24 card under stevenson/fonfara
     
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  13. Big_Bill_Bronzy

    Big_Bill_Bronzy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pascal Vs Kovalev under Stevenson Vs Fonfara? :huh
     
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  14. technocrato

    technocrato Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As friends, they might agree to make quite a bit of money and that punching each other in the face for an hour might be worth it and might not ruined their friendship. Beside, they already punch themself in the face twice in the ams. Boxing made them friends. Plus one is a cop and the other is a pimp. Great match up!
     
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  15. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wasn't that what Bellew was supposed to be?
     
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