Did FMJ Destroy the PPV Model?

Floyd v McGregor says hi.

That fight did ridiculous numbers so no people clearly are prepared to buy PPV

 

I honestly don't know why people bought Floyd's PPVs. Whenever I talked to people that bought it or saw the crowd in HBO a week after, none sounded or looked too excited. I guess casuals are easily attratced by some **** talk that always failed to live up to expections. I understand the Conor hype, who talks **** but is actually aggressive in his fights and looks to finish.

 

the way the title of the thread is worded, i thought floyd beat up an online hooker.

 

Floyd v Pacquiao did record numbers and people said the fight was disappointing. Floyd v Berto did low numbers and people said that was because of Mayweather v Pacquiao.

Floyd v McGregor then does huge numbers. Why?

People will pay for the right fights and right characters.

If fights are doing low numbers that's nothing to do with Mayweather.

 

Tyson and King are reponsible for the BS. Tyson fought a lot of bums and people ate it up.

 

That's not why, boxing just isn't promoted very well. None of the new talents have been turned into household names aside from Canelo.

 

the reason IMO is promoters do not use free to air bbc/itv /nbc/abc/ etc etc to showcase there fighters .

promoters then put the same boxers on ppv before they have built up a big fanbase leaving boxing to only die hard hardcore fans.

the saying is true out of sight is out of mind

 

You can’t single Floyd out for this. The public has never liked PPV, and has generally always gotten poor value for its money. The promoters and networks should share in the blame just as much as the fighters. Maybe we should thank Floyd for delivering the death blow and forcing other alternatives. But Pacquiao, Arum and CBS also have to share the blame for that fiasco.

 

AJ has done 3 mil buys in his last 3 fights. That's amazing!!!

 

IMO its just joshua
he won the london olympics which showcased him to 20 million uk sports fans

this gave him a much bigger fanbase than every uk boxer

helps that he looks the part of what the public expect heavyweight chanp to look like.

joshua has crossover appeal to non boxing fans hence he sells out incredible venues in historical terms and does good uk ppv numbers.

at the same time it hurts the sport because instead of 10 million watching his fights on bbc he is getting a tenth on PPV albeit financially ppv makes much more sense.

boxing was way bigger in the uk in the 1980s than it is now but then you had 3 channels when bruno/mcgugigan/minter /magri fought so the 15 million they got would have been way way diluted with the 800 channels plus everyone has at there fingertips now.

but no one in my lifetime has put bums on seats like joshua

 

ODLH should get a healthy portion of the blame.