600,000 PPV Pac/Thurman (at least)

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  1. HeavyPuncha

    HeavyPuncha Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This number could go up. Pretty amazing for an old fighter against an unknown commodity to generate this much PPV buys.
     
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  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Unknown commodity?
    Thurman has been around for a long time now. The Lopez fight alone averaged nearly 2mil. And that was seen as a mismatch in addition to Thurman coming off a layoff.
    Guerrero, Garcia and Porter were all ratings hits as well.
     
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  3. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think this was Thurman's first time on PPV.

    That said, who's done more than 600k buys this year?
     
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  4. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    fox did a great job hyping this fight
     
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  5. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    PPV, yes, it was his first time headlining one. But he has been exposed to big audiences before. I think at least one of his previous fights peaked at 5mil or something.

    But it's good to see that Pac is still a draw. Anything over 400k was seen as a big success. Plus they did a solid gate around 6mil.
    Give the old guy a good opponent and people will tune in.
     
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  6. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    600k is big numbers. Pac is still a draw.
     
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  7. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's impressive for Pacquiao.
     
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  8. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A good portion of that was Thurmans doing. Hes done good numbers on regular tv for a while now. Promoters should take note and stop rushing up and coming stars into PPV.
     
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  9. Can I box

    Can I box Active Member banned Full Member

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    Joshua did 580k in the UK fighting ruiz at 4am I’m the morning. Joshua does over a million or at least 900k when he fights at prime time in UK.
     
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  10. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Thurman is far from an 'unknown commodity'.

    Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia was the second highest rated fight on network TV since 1998 and peaked at like 5 million viewers.

    And most of his other championship fights have done solid numbers too.
     
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    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Kinda surprised it wasnt a bit more to be honest. Given the names and the promotion, almost dissapointing to me. Hope it still goes up.
     
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  12. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Yes. Think that did somewhere in the 300k range.
     
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  13. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    UK ppv are 20 bucks. Apples and oranges
     
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  14. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We don't get many sporting events, boxing is an event to get the lads over for a beer. Plus its what, £14.99 for ppv in the UK?
     
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  15. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think that's a good number considering that Pacquiao doesn't get as much mainstream attention anymore. It says to me that people are hungry for big fights and are willing to pay to watch them. I'd rather Pac retire but am glad these two guys made some money.
     
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