Read somewhere where Calzaghe vs Jones had 225,000 PPVS SOLD

Yeah that's true it was in that range, I was shocked too especially when they had a 24/7 and a decent build up. Jones made double the amount fighting Trinidad and that fight wasn't promoted that much.

 

I'm glad it made so little. It was karma for Joe C taking this fight. Most boxing fans wouldnt dig into their pockets for this sham of a matchup. He must have been able to make more money facing a legitimate fighter I'm sure. He said boxing was dead after this fight, after no doubt seeing the **** figures, but it turns out boxing fans arent stupid enough to buy such a mismatch. I hope, as it was his own promotion, that he ended up with next to nothing.

 

He said boxing is dead yet look at the other PPVs after his fight, almost all did far better and half of them didn't even have the 24/7 type build up his fight had.

 

Forgot all about the 24/7. Even with that to hype it up it couldnt sell. And I can't believe this shocked Joe C or HBO. Calzaghe looked horrendous in scraping out a debated win vs Hopkins, and Jones, great as he once was, was a shell of a fighter who hadn't won or looked good for about 4 years. Boxing fans and the general public alike knew this was a disgrace of a fight and I'm glad they didnt make Calzaghe even richer as a result.

Boxing isnt dead, but interest in flailing slappers fighting the shadows of atg's, thankfully is.

 

haha calzaghe karma is a *****....you never did **** for the sport.....and then joe gets made at it and says boxing is dying...what a self-centered *****

 

Harsh but true. Can't blame you or anyone for not remembering the 24/7, that was possibly the most terrible one they did and I doubt any will come close, not even the DLH/Pacquiao one which wasn't great but not bad either. Joe Calzaghe's comments about boxing as a whole was just pathetic after his last fight, because he was leaving he decided to show negativity then take off knowing that there are MANY great fights that were coming up and far greater to come. Boxing isn't dead and will never die, all this "boxing is dead" bullcrap has been here for a long time and I don't understand when it will be dropped already, the sport is here to stay and has always been. I remember trash like Dana White were saying that when DLH retires boxing will be done with yet look at how many great fights are still possible to make. Joe Calzaghe supporting Dana White's claims was low especially when this is HIS sport and clearly isn't close to "dead". He just talked down on everyone and took off.

 

A former WWE wrestler is their top champion, end of discussion.

 

Jones-Calzaghe didn't have promotion. HBO produced 24/7, there were a few TV spots to get the fanbase buy a ticket, but that was that. The event badly suffered by the decision of not involving a major promoter. Text message fight deal is pretty cool, but without a Schaefer, King or Warren caliber of guy, it only reached to the loyal fanbase (tickets) and the average paying boxing fanbase (PPV).

Look at how well Hatton-PacMan or Marquez-Mayweather reached the different kind of markets and caught the public's attention. Jones-Calzaghe had NO promotion at all. NOTHING. 24/7 alone doing 225k is pretty awesome.

 

it was also a farce and the one time jc annoyed me and should have done better

 

No promoters involved so Calzaghe's reported share was $10 million. Easily the biggest money fight that Calzaghe could have made at the time, as shown by the fact that the Hopkins v Pavlik at about the same time did 15% less PPV sales.

 

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$10 Million my ass