Benavidaz vs Morrell did 70,000 PPV buys

Glaser is a self confessed PBC hater who has been wrong about PBC constantly. He said they were broke a few days before Canelo signed a 3 fight deal with them in 2023. He said they were broke when Canelo temporarily left them in march 2024 before he came back and fought Berlanga and Mungia , after matchroom could not afford him. Glaser is a total clown.

 

Canelo V Benavidez would do 10 times that figure minimum.

PPV prices in America are disgusting compared to the UK, you can literally watch it there for that much. I still don't get why they charge so much still.

 

Did the card out do the Izzy UFC card on the same night?

 

According to who? PBC are very famous for spreading fake news through unofficial sources.

 

according to who? rick glaser?

 

They'll start charging 120$ for mediocre PPVs, and American will happily pay it and call people who complain "not true boxing fans, like themselves."

 

All 150,000 of them who buy those cards. Well, at that price range they will likely loose some fans.
I swear, PBC has a dedicated fanbase who buys every card. They have their own little hardcore echo chamber like the UFC once had. Guaranteed minimum buys.

 

What was that PPV match that we all laugh about for so long because we knew it wouldn't sell and sure enough, it only did 37k??

I can't remember it ..

 

160k is a solid number. GGG was only getting those numbers a decade ago when streaming wasn't as wide spread, so Benavidez getting those numbers vs an opponent with no large fan base and only 11 fights is impressive. He is a legit PPV main event fighter now. Imagine if he had gotten that Canelo fight and beaten him..

 

There is not a fight out there that could be made that I would pay $120 for.

To see Fury destroy Joshua?

Ok maybe, but boxing is dying and all the greats we had like Pac, GGG, Fury etc are all retiring and lustre is leaving the sport for me.

 

Golovkins fights with Lemieux and Jacobs were seen as disappointments. Adjusted for inflation, Benavidez is doing even worse.
These are not good numbers. If anyone was a PPV headliner, it was Spence.

 

Oh I know, but they'll do it eventually, because they know these dummies will pay for it and defend it. There is a reason PPVs are exponentially more here in the US than in the UK; they know they won't pay for it, but Americans will. Americans like bragging about paying for expensive ****. It's a weird cultural thing.
Boxing is partly dying BECAUSE promoters are ripping off the consumers by price gouging, and weirdo gatekeepers defending blatant extortion of the fans. Boxing is a plebian sport, it should be available and affordable for the low and middle classes.

 

Deport them all!

 

It todays current climate of rampant illegal streaming 160k is a solid number and much better relative to GGG a decade ago.Morrell also has close to no profile to casuals.

 

No way this fight did 150k buys. It likely did around 70k buys. That is awful. No one buys pay-per-view anymore anyway. It's a declining model