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Mr Turki is going with Netflix isnt he. Not interested in DAZN now.

 

Would be a bit surprising, considering the Saudi´s own a stake in DAZN now.
However, the PPV numbers have clearly been bad because Turki wants to end the PPV model. In an interview he talked how he wanted DAZN to cover the expenses for certain tier cards and then the Saudi´s would cover the other cards. But I have a feeling that neither side wants to burn any more money on boxing.
But then there is Netflix, who might be offering to pay good money for boxing! And they come with a massive audience, which is probably a reason the Saudi´s would be willing to spend big money as on Netflix they would at least get eyes on their events.

 

I think relations between the Saudis and DAZN certainly isn’t as strong as it once was though. Big Turks constant bigging up of Netflix, the Saudi Pro League isn’t on DAZN anymore, they’re getting more in bed with TKO who seem to want to be anywhere except DAZN, and you’ve got fights like Crawford v Alvarez on Netflix rather than a DAZN PPV.

A couple of years in to this experiment, and the Saudis seem to be coming round to the fact that sticking boxing behind multiple paywalls on a fairly niche app probably isn’t the best way to spread your sportswashing propaganda. No sh!t.

This Ring pass and ‘no more PPVs’ was probably their attempt to stem these horrific PPV buyrates, but it seemed like Big Turks went a bit rogue in announcing it when neither Hearn nor Warren were aware or on board with it. And a Ring pass encompassing Ring and Riyadh-branded PPVs only is pointless if Warren and Hearn still run the likes of Wardley v Parker and Skye Nicolson on PPV, especially when the lines are so blurred these days as to what PPVs are Saudi-owned versus just Saudi-sponsored.

I presume that’s one of the hold-ups with it, along with the Saudis working out if they can bin off Hearn, Warren and DAZN entirely and focus on doing it themselves, or with TKO on Netflix.

 

Good post, mate. I think the Saudi angle is fading for other reasons too. I watched the King’s Slam tennis over the weekend — atmosphere was absolutely dead, and the play was substandard.

It honestly felt like watching a bank job in progress, considering the six players pocketed $1.5m just for turning up and $4.5m to the winner. It ended up playing out like an exhibition — almost like they’d divided the money up beforehand and were just going through the motions.

You could really see how the lack of atmosphere affected the play, especially with Alcaraz. Eventually, the fans will tune out.

 

Come on @Astro what do you reckon the viewing figures are for DAZN? I bet you have some idea. Can't be doing that well in the UK.

 

As much as it pains me to say this....

I have been watching more of the BKFC on DAZN than the actual boxing

 

Free tickets have been available through my usual source for the last week or so and are still available. For most ‘PPV’ fights, they’re only up for a day max before the freebie allocations run out.

 

Awful undercard, plus Liverpool playing on Sky at 8pm and Tom Aspinall fighting in the UFC on TNT at the same time. Be amazed if they did more than 5k.

 

Queensberry have been pushing tickets very hard. Still got plenty to shift. Some people with cheaper tickets have had their tickets upgraded as their original sections are no longer going to be open.
It’s a weak undercard for a fight which shouldn’t have been on PPV to begin with.

 

Going forward, His Excellency's main focus is on Netflix and not DAZN.

 

I've heard some numbers but I'll be shot if I reveal them so I'll keep my mouth shut

 

The main event is good but the undercard ?

It's the worst undercard I can remember in recent times.

 

Fair enough. Worse than God TV on freeview channel 267?

 

I’d feel ripped off with the undercard if the card was part of my subscription, never mind PPV.