Davis Vs Garcia PPV Price $85

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  1. Maidanas Gun Tattoo

    Maidanas Gun Tattoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Morales Barrera 1 was a B.A.D. fight. This would be too.
     
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  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    You guys complain about price of PPV's yet you still keep paying for them. They're not worth the $$$$$$.
    Only way to reign this in is to boycott them. I haven't paid to watch a fight in years. If there is a fight I'm interested in I can watch it at leisure a couple of days after
     
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  3. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    The England - Ukraine friendly football game was PPV here in the US. Anything to try & get $$$$$$
     
  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    This fight would have been $34.95 back in the days.
     
  5. ButeTheBeast

    ButeTheBeast Well-Known Member Full Member

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  6. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Its amazing how easily people are hustled, especially here into the USA.
     
  7. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Big boxing events have always been expensive. I bet the tickets for Dempsey-Willard were in the $79 range in value of the day. I just checked antique ticket sellers and bleacher seats were $15, up close was $60! And no tv, PPV or otherwise. Yes its apples to oranges as arena seats for Garcia Davis are expensive but that's all the choice you had in 1919. The average cost of a closed circuit ticket at a theater for SRL-Duran I in 1980 was $20. Wasn't cheap.

    Davis-Garcia both have big social media fans, especially Garcia. I don't agree that casuals will not buy the event; in fact they will be the majority or purchasers IMO.
     
  8. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    It is what it is. Imma cough the money up for this one.
     
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  9. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  10. Ricdog

    Ricdog Active Member Full Member

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    Yes. It’s a giant “going out of business” event as he put it. He’s not wrong
     
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  11. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I aint payin a nickel for this sh*t !!!
     
  12. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    America such a **** country. We also pay most for Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, and we have the most school shootings in the world. Another three 9 year olds died today.

    I need to move lol
     
  13. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    For me it's not about the expense. There are fights I would happily pay $85 to watch. Fury-Usyk, Wilder-Usyk and Crawford-Spence are three such fights. Truth be told, I think Davis-Garcia may be more entertaining than any of those three bouts. However, they don't bring the resume and ring cache to make this bout worth the money.

    Back in the 1980s and 1990s Don King used to stack his PPVs with great matchups that made spending the money seem like a great deal. He figured more great fights meant more PPV buys. Bob Arum felt that fans really only paid for the main event so why waste the other fights as undercard bouts. They were both right. I remember that studies back then showed the high majority of buys did have to do with the main event. However, those same studies showed that high quality undercards could help the success of a PPV move up a notch, from fair to mediocre, mediocre to good, good to very good and so on.

    As it stands now, the whole success of a PPV falls on the star of the event with no help from the promoter or undercard. That's ridiculous.
     
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  14. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have no clue why you guys are shocked.

    Davis vs Rolly was $74.99.

    Ryan is a much bigger star than Rolly, and this is a bigger fight.

    What price were you expecting?
     
  15. Sheikh

    Sheikh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If you find it high you can always watch at a bar or cinema. That's what I always do. Plus the atmosphere is awesome. I don't live by any boxing fans so if I watch at home I'm alone
     
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