Boxing viewing figures in the UK

ESPN FNF $25,000-$35,000 (£17,000-£24,000) If it's a really good show they occasionally tip $50,000 (£35,000)
ShoBox $50,000 (£35,000)
Enhanced ShoBox (i.e Bute-Andrade) low six figures (£75,000)
Lower Showtime Championship Boxing $500,000-$750,000 ($350,000-$500,000)
High end Showtime Championship Boxing (i.e Super Six) $800,000-$1,500,000 ($550,000-$1,000,000)
HBO WCB $1.25 million upwards (Cotto-Foreman $2,000,000)
HBO BAD $400,000-$1,000,000

I can give you examples of specific fees for fights. Dawson-Tarver II $4,000,000 lol no wait a second I understate LMFAO!

 

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There isn't enough pressure to deliver in this country Sky just give you a date and you put on whatever you want as long as it involes a title. Just look at this Fridays show absolute dog muck as have so many others this last year.

Here is my idea for a ESPN Boxing Show. They would have two dates a month. Pay a straight up £40,000 Licence Fee for the event, then there would be extra pay based upon the viewing figures i.e. £10k Bonus for 30,000+ viewers, £20k bonus for 50,000+ viewersw, £50k bonus for 75,000+ viewers, £75k bonus for 100,000+ viewers and an extra £50k for every 50,000 + viewers after that. And there would be no title rule involved only good solid fights with a decent undercard would be accepted.

 

I know crazy and when you sign a contract with them you give them all the rights for international tv and sponsorship as well. The difference though is that US boxing can bring in Casino's and that there is the fundemental difference between US and UK Boxing these guys pay big licence fees to bring Boxing to their casinos especially when TV is involved. Personally I love FNF for the most part they pick up some very good fights and they make decent cards, it's how a weekly Boxing series should be.

I know that the Glen Johnson card that also had Guilermo Rigendaux appearing on the show ESPN paid $50k for the licence fee. But that would be because G Johnson only got a purse of $12k :admin

 

He is the only promoter other than Bob Arum that could put on a weekly show and still have it at a decent level. He has loads of decent fighters who are main event quality and he has even more supposedly top top prospects. I would love to see him get a new TV deal where he would get 15-25 dates. The reality is he has the best British Boxers and if you are a fan of British Boxing you need a strong FW because he is our best promoters by an absolute country mile. My only worry is that I think he still lives in those day where he got a £50million deal and grossly overvalues himself and due to this prices himself out.

 

Agreed there are so many factors which is why Darts get's better figures it clearly has an advantage over FFN. BTW I wasn't delibaretely trying to be misleading I was just showing the official figures and BARB only show figures that are either in the top 30 for a week on BBC,ITV,C4,C5 or top 10 for any other channel.