Boxing viewing figures in the UK

It's been over done and for every good one there are 2 or 3 that are utter shite. As a Boxing fan I find it damn frustrating to watch so much money be pumped into Prizefighter, because it clearly takes away budget from regular Boxing and no matter what that twat Hearn says Prizefighter is not the future and it is not good for the Sport, it was a short term gimme that has had it's time and should not be done more than 4 times a year.

 

His PPV Figures are known to be ****, he and his team made a bad decision he was thrown in way to early. Nobody other then an established champions should be on PPV not a contender or prospect. A report on Yahoo said his figures are generally around 150,000

 

Even though we will never know because Sky never official announce figures, I can guarantee that fight will do no more then 250,000. Haye-Harrison did 600-800,000 (depending on the source) and that was with two well known fighters and a hell of a lot of hype.

Ricky Hatton-Pacquiao did 400,000. Seriously no chance that Khan-McCloskey does a million.

 

Trust me Prima this fight will do well but it will not do 1 million, if it does that would be a bigger shock then Reading announcing the signing of Gareth Bale tomorrow, simply put not going to happen.

 

Thanks I do my best to keep it up to date, I check theboxingtruth viewing figures always interesting. ESPN used to offer $25-35,000 for a fee but that has gone up this season to around $50,000 and it looks like they are more then getting a decent return on that investment, I would give American figures but finding them is a lot harder then finding the British Figures.

American Boxing definitely has an advantage over European Boxing in that Casino's are very active in offering decent sized licensing fees for hosting Boxing, sadly that has turned into a double edged sword recently as some promoters (cough Gary Shaw) have become reliant on the licensing fee and no longer promote.