Completely agree about the IBO stuff, but I think that's maybe doing a slight disservice to the casual fan. You don't need to be staying up at...
I think we agree here. You can't tell how something is going to go until after the event. But my point is that that's the point when you can tell...
But you miss the point that 'genuine PPV' is dictated by how many sales it makes and no more. Lomachenko v Garcia on the same card as Spence v...
That's fair enough but I think you have to acknowledge you're very much in the minority here. A Sky package purely for standard Sky boxing looks...
Again, all you seem to be saying is you want it to be cheaper so it should be cheaper. Why? I can't get a season ticket for a decent football team...
Good post. I'd slightly disagree that casual fans believe they are paying to watch boxing at its highest level. I think they're paying to watch...
I've said all along that fights are PPV or not based on no more than how they sell. If the Degale Eubank undercard is rubbish and it still does...
So you really think if we carry on with PPV's boxing will suffer? On what basis?
Football is the same though. A working class sport which costs a fortune to follow. In fact, I can't think of any sport which is really cheap to...
Of course it is, but my point is that a quality main event sells. The undercard could literally be nothing and Joshua Wilder sells at record...
To be fair this has happened for years. Consider this entire PPV card from a decade ago: Khan Salita. (A complete mismatch.) Mitchell Prescott....
Undercards mean very little unfortunately. You can go to live fights and realise this. Utterly empty venues for the majority of the undercard,...
Ok - take your first point. Say you were asked in 2009 how you think the sport would be looking in ten years, what do you think you'd have said?...
The latter point doesn't really happen though. Let's say the bubble really did burst and there was no casual demand whatsoever for PPV's. We were...
I grant you it's not sustainable if it's every fight. But I'd suggest the numbers show it is sustainable at present, certainly on Sky. Six PPV...
