UK Boxing Box Office Figures 1966 to 2020

I know some on here enjoy the figures much more than boxing fights.

Surprised to see Paint Dry Parker set the record.

 

Full list of UK Pay Per View boxing event sales (1966 – 2020)

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  World Boxing News
  
  7. 9. 2020

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Lawrence Lustig
World Boxing News provides a full list of UK Pay Per View sales for boxing events dating back to the days of Muhammad Ali in 1996.

Over recent times, PPV has been at the forefront of charging fans extra without providing most of the mega-fights needed to keep the sport fresh.

It’s hoped the hit of the pandemic in 2020 and the lack of ability to stage PPV’s, will ultimately change the way the paid platform has gone.

Too many cards with a lack of depth and poor headliners are turning away punters. Not to mention the elevated price year upon year.


The latest offering, Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin, has initial estimates on the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) website for the week commencing Aug 17 to 23rd of 177,000 to 222,000 sales for Sky Sports Box Office.

In regards to Tyson Fury’s victory over Deontay Wilder back in February, BT Sport seems to be happy to keep their Box Office format figures blended with all their channels.

This way, unless they officially reveal the figures themselves, there’s no way to calculate how well any event does in the UK.

Here’s the full list of UK Pay Per View figures:
Sky Sports, BT, and Primetime (excluding Ali v Henry


(Includes seven-day average sales, plus the week before and after)

21 May 1966: Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II – 40,000
16 March 1996: Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II – 600,000
8 February 1997: Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson – 650,000
28 June 1997: Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II – 550,000
13 March 1999: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis – 400,000
29 January 2000: Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis – 500,000
8 June 2002: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson – 750,000
8 December 2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton – 1,150,000
18 July 2009: Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik – 100,000
7 November 2009: Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye – 469,000
3 April 2010: David Haye vs. John Ruiz – 177,000
24 April 2010: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler – 50,000
18 September 2010: Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings – 15,000
13 November 2010: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison – 223,000
11 December 2010: Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana – 164,000

Post-2010
16 April 2011: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey – 200,000
21 May 2011: George Groves vs. James DeGale – 43,000
2 July 2011: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye – 1,143,000
25 May 2013: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II – 32,000
23 November 2013: Carl Froch vs. George Groves – 47,000
31 May 2014: Carl Froch vs. George Groves II – 355,000
30 May 2015: Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin – 139,000
2 May 2015: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – 876,000
28 November 2015: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury – 545,000
12 December 2015: Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte – 420,000

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Post-2015
27 February 2016: Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg – 304,000
9 April 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin – 500,000
25 June 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale – 512,000
10 September 2016: Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook – 500,000
10 December 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina – 450,000
4 March 2017: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew – 1,592,000
29 April 2017: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko – 1,631,000
27 May 2017: Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. – 275,000
26 August 2017: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor – 874,000
28 October 2017 – Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam – 887,000
31 March 2018: Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker – 1,832,000
5 May 2018: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II – 775,000
28 July 2018: Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker – 474,000
22 September 2018: Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin – 1,247,000
10 November 2018: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew – 603,000
1 December 2018: Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury – 450,000
22 December 2018: Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora II – 438,000
1 June 2019: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. – 403,000
20 July 2019: Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas – 286,000
31 August 2019: Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell – 205,000
26 October 2019: Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis – 176,000
7 December 2019: Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II – 1,575,000
22 February 2020: Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder II – Unreleased by BT Sport
22 August 2020: Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin (177,000 to 222,000 – unconfirmed)



TOP 10 UK Pay Per View
1 Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker – 1.832m
2 Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko – 1.631m
3 Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz 2 – 1.575m
4 David Haye vs Tony Bellew – 1.529m
5 Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin – 1.247m
6 Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye – 1,170,000
7 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton – 1,150,000
8 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor – 1,007,000
9 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – 942,000
10 Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton – 900,000

Pay Per View figures are taken from various media reports and sources, plus the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board.

 

Top Salesman David Haye v Bellew 1st fight simply incredible figures for a non title PPV Loot fight - first class scripted acting by both reeling in the PPV mugths big time.

At least nearly half of them did not believe Haye's tripe for the 2nd fight and seen for themselves he was finished.

There is hope for the PPV mugths yet.

 

Immediately after the Liverpool presser, in the room behind, Eh Day, Haye and Bellew shaking hands, laughing and joking with each other praising how well they their plan to sell the fight came together beautifully.

The PPV Mugths always 5 moves behind the conmen and they all know it.