The future of PPV

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  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    When Pac and Floyd are done, which might well be by the end of this year, might we finally reach an era where there are very few (if any) PPV contests?

    Can the powers that be manage to manufacture a new PPV star in the next 12-18 months? Or with boxing returning to network TV and greedy basta'ds like Floyd and Manny retiring, can we finally begin to escape the dung show which is boxing PPV?

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  2. Cafe

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    I really hope so, I think we should be free of the PPV for a while after May and Pac retire.
     
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  3. heerko koois

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    Wilder might make it to ppv....
     
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  4. Dos Huevos

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    Probably Crawford.
     
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  5. SUGARRAYSMELEE

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    The sooner PPV's are eviscerated the better it will be for boxing.
     
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  6. boxing_master

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    Gennady Golovkin
     
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  7. Super Hans

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    I was just thinking about this. So Mayweather has one fight on his contract with Showtime and if he wins he goes 49-0. What if he decides to end on an even 50 after that.

    What if he fights on one of these free-to-air channels for Al Haymon's PBC. Apparently the purses Haymon's paying are eye watering, so what if he has his last fight on network TV?

    Would he be possible to find a way to remunerate with sponsorships and advertising (who would obviously payed astronomical sums for such exposure) so it didn't need PPV? :think
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

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    Interesting food for thought. If he did something like that, ironically, he could possibly help pave the way to changing the game for the better by helping start a transition away from the garbage PPV formula.
     
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  9. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Nah, I'd wager on Thurman more, he's got both the personality and an exciting style. Crawford's the exact opposite.
     
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  10. Adam2

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    Golovkin 2 or 3 big fights down the line
     
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  11. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Against whom?

    What big fights elevate him to PPV status that he can win?
     
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  12. Super Hans

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    I think Canelo would be willing to fight him sometime next year.
     
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  13. Adam2

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    Canelo or Floyd

    Cotto, Eubank, Saunders?

    Froch, Ward?
     
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  14. icarus

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    Yep. I hope that Pac/Floyd fight is the last PPV ever.
     
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  15. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Canelo is the mostly likely candidate due to the Mexican fan bloc who play a huge rule in PPV' buys and so on. Crawford is definitely great, but I think in order to become a true star someone with a large enough fanbase would have to lose to him, and pass the torch in order for that to happen. As big of a fan I am of GGG, and Kovalev I just don't see those guys becoming big enough draws.
     
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