I think Crawford is done for, nobody cares about him. Also, this is what happens when you don't have a regular promotion promoting you. You think the promoters are all greedy until you realize their advertising is most of the reason you get viewership. 5k views lmao, 5K!
I really think it sucks that maybe the most talented active boxer gets 5k views yet millions tune in to watch Jake Paul fight a basketballer.
This is what happens when you choose easier opponents, and avoid top competition. It should have been Crawford vs Spence.
IMO, Crawford vs Spence will never get made. Crawford just lost every bit of leverage he had. He screwed himself bad. Haymon is going to use these terrible numbers against Crawford say he's not a draw and you don't deserve more 30%. And I don't blame Haymon, because that's business. Crawford has no promoter and no leverage. And if BLK Prime doesn't pay Crawford or Avanesyan, no one is going to fight Crawford without an advance payment.
It's funny to me that Inoue sells more and is more highly rated by most publications but still gets paid less. Modern boxing promoters are some of the least competent businessmen on Earth. They're going to turn it into a chess-like sport where the purses are dependent on sponsors/donations.
Ouch that's beyond bad. I knew it would be bad but 5K is embarrassing. BLK prime must have been taken to the cleaners on that card, no wonder they haven't paid the fighters if reports are to be believed. You have to wonder why anyone would keep paying Crawford 7 figure paydays when he's only generating 200K revenue on PPV. If anything I say taking this fight has hurt his position in negotiations with Spence.
There are very few fighters in my lifetime that can pull off a truly successful pay-per-view by themselves. Muhammad Ali, prime Mike Tyson, Ray Leonard and, for a small part of his career, Manny Pacquiao could do it. I may be forgetting a couple. In any event, Crawford by himself can't do it, Spence can't do it and not many others have any chance among active fighters. It takes much more than boxing hardcores to make a PPV economically viable. It takes a fight people care about in which both fighters bring their fanbases and, as @Tyson379 said, you have to have a high level promoter who knows what he's doing and has money to spend on the promotion.
Didn't the promoter come out saying that the buys exceeded expectations? Then what in the world were their expectations, 1,000?
I'm ashamed to say that I bought the PPV. But I'm no longer supporting these American fighters when no other Americans are.
Surprisingly good production value. The stream never broke, slowed, or depreciated in quality. Camera work was good. Tarver and Malignaggi on the mic. I was impressed. But Black America ain't supporting Black Fighters, then neither will I.