Khan-Kotelnik apparently only did 30,000 buys!!!

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  1. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    According to Bernd Boente (the Klit's manager), Haye backed out of a Vitali fight because Khan-Kotelnik only did 30,000 buys and the only money Haye would have got would have been from the Sky Box Office sales.

    Now that is a pretty **** figure for Khan and Haye did the right thing in pulling out of the Vitali fight as his purse would have been dependant on PPV sales so he could have ended up with **** all.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...s-no-chance-of-fighting-either-Klitschko.html
     
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  2. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    He said Hatton vs Pac done **** as well. Anyone know the numbers for that?
     
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  3. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Hatton vs Pac was about 325,000 buys (I read that in the general).

    30,000 is terrible, even worse than the Prescott fight!
     
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  4. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    325,000 in the UK or in US ?
     
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  5. rooq

    rooq Rooq's Boxing Promoter Full Member

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    really? i thought it would have done ok. nowhere near mayweather numbers but ok considering people were willing to pay for the previous malignaggi and whats-his-face fights
     
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  6. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Didn't Warren say for the Prescott fight that he need something like 250k buys to get a profit?
     
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  7. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    It was more in the States, closer to a million so it must be the UK figures.
     
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  8. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Yeah all Hatton PPV usually do well.
     
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  9. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    cheers Ishy

    Bunce show is starting soon :D
     
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  10. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    hatton vs pac did close to 400,000

    khans best PPV figures were vs Barrera and worst were against prescott

    not surprised at those khan vs kotelnik numbers, there was no buzz at all and sky's marketing is **** poor
     
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  11. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nice one mate :good
    I'd completely forgotten.
     
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  12. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Anyone know what Khan Vs ***an and Pac Vs DLH done?
     
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  13. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    the tragedy of it all is imagine if khan vs kotelnik was on terestrial, the figures it would've got plus all the publicity for khan and the sport

    fighters are making more money, but PPV is killing the sport as new fans are not being added, these promoters don't care for the future of the sport but pretty soon there'll be no one to buy PPVs

    put all the big tennis, cricket etc matches on ppv and see the effect on those sports
     
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  14. ishy

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  15. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    For Khans career he needs to get off PPV 30k sales and expose himself to greater advertising and other sales revenue. Clearly the money behind him are typical bottom line blind accountants, not capable of seeing the bigger picture. He makes himself irrelevant to the UK public fighting to a small number of sky customers stupid enough to pay whatever to watch him, rather than 10- 12 million on prime time on itv for less money up front in the short run. But in the long run his exposure is massive, as is his sponsorship and endorsements, and not just from his own Pakistani business contacts with small pickings, but from MNC's.

    Oh dear...

    He will be dropping Warren soon though.
     
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