PPV buys in the 80's-90's vs Now.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Dom79, May 11, 2010.


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  1. Dom79

    Dom79 Active Member Full Member

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    Back in the 80's and 90's, "hotboxes" (illegal cable where u get all the premium channels and ppv events for free) were everywhere. At least here in NYC they were. Dont know about the rest of the country/world.

    We are now in the digital era where illegal cable is almost impossible to obtain. Fans have no choice BUT to pay to see a ppv boxing match unlike before.

    Point of this thread is, I feel that if not for illegal cable back in those days, the current record of 2.4m buys would have been made and exceeded that of Floyd/Oscar. Most likely by Mike Tyson.


    Anyone here agree or disagree?
     
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  2. guru059

    guru059 TV Packager Full Member

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    What about sites that stream events for free in this day and age? They take away from PPV buys as well.
     
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  3. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Who cares about actual PPV numbers, 100x more people watched live events involving Ali and Tyson, and thats the truth.
     
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  4. Dom79

    Dom79 Active Member Full Member

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    Streams are pretty crappy and unreliable. Those hotboxes were big in those days. I paid $250 for a box, and I had it for 6yrs before cable switched over to digital. Best investment ever!
     
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  5. Shareef

    Shareef Guest

    Boxing was more mainstream in the 80s than nowadays so surely the PPV buys would be greater then if all else was equal.
     
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  6. guru059

    guru059 TV Packager Full Member

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    Ali/Spinks II had 80,000,000 viewers on ABC in 1978. Imagine that today, it would be on PPV and no one would care.
     
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  7. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yes I agree with that. Cutting out illegal boxes and sat cards has only helped the numbers, as boxing has not gotten bigger since the days of Tyson.
     
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  8. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    Streaming online negates the cracked cable boxes.

    I'd say it's all pretty equal.
     
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  9. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yep, stars aren't made on PPV cards, we need boxing back on ABC.
     
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  10. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree.
     
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  11. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eveybody had the black boxes. I used mine up until probably the mid 00's, I never had to buy any payperview until then
     
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  12. Crax Sellerman

    Crax Sellerman Guest

    Moral of the story: We need new black boxes.
     
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  13. BLAOW

    BLAOW Member Full Member

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    Mine died a day before Lewis-Tyson. Let's just say I was pretty disappointed.
     
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  14. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Agreed.
     
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  15. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Didn't the FOTC get something like 25m viewers? Not PPV, though...
     
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