AJ/Ruiz II does 1.6 million PPV buys in UK, breaks record

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  1. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Who the hell would want to live in Boston?
     
  2. Bigdog2002

    Bigdog2002 Active Member Full Member

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    So Anthony vs Ruiz 2
    $33 dolllar x 1.6 million =52.8 million generated!!!

    Ortiz vs wilder 2
    $75 dollars x 2,750 oh wilder friends and families that bought it I’m certain Joshua triumphs this one!

    and for those of you that will cry about the numbers for wilder!!! There is a reason Fox has not confirmed any numbers!!! Because they were embarrassing low.

    wilder beats Joshua but has been advised wrong and losing out in life changing and generational wealth!
     
  3. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Defiently helped DAZN who said even though the fight was in the afternoon they did big numbers in the West Coast.
     
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  4. Olu G. Rotimi

    Olu G. Rotimi The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    Of course neither Fury or Wilder will get a 50:50 split with AJ. They don’t deserve it. When you are not the A side you take a lower percentage. When you win you can become theA side and get a bigger share. Simple economics.
     
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  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    The PPVs are cheaper in the UK but AJ earned more as a challenger in one fight than Bootleg Dorticos has earned his entire career.

    I won't even compare their respective entire career earnings because that would just be hideously cruel. Perhaps even downright evil.

    And let's not forget that even in Tuscaloosa no one had heard of Bootleg Dorticos until the suicidal drug-ravaged inactive muscle atrophied 40% shell of Tyson Fury used his gift of the gab, charisma, salesman skills and fame to drag Bootleg Dorticos out of the shadows of obscurity to make him relatively well known among the hardest of hardcore fans in his own country. Fact is Bootleg Dorticos would still be toiling away in obscurity and wearing hand-me-downs and eating out of bins if not for The Gypsy King and don't ever forget that.
     
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  6. AdamT

    AdamT Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Boxing fans should not boast about ppv numbers as proof who is top dog

    While the ufc don't pay top dollar, Conor and Khabib are much bigger than any current boxer

    Conor fights an old washed up Cerrone in Jan 18th and I bet my testicles it sells far more ppv than any boxing event since Floyd

    Khabib v Ferguson will also kill any boxing fight that's made

    I love boxing more despite my av (khabib and Fury are my two favourite fighters), but it appears mma is really swallowing it in the states

    Instead of laughing at Wilder, you should want a succesfull american

    As much as I dislike matchroom, I acknowledge the great job they have done with Aj

    He is a star in the uk
     
  7. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Momento mori Full Member

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    Your crazy Connor v Kabib did 1.65 mil and they where the two best fighters at the time Canelo vs Chavez did 1.3 and that was a fight vs a Chavez that hasn't fought in three years
     
  8. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree with this, I think it's more frustrating that Wilder ain't a bigger draw. On paper he should be bigger but he never had that break out win. You look at the last huge US HW draw in Tyson and with him he was destroying everyone but then won the title from Berbick in style.

    Wilder never had that. He beat Stiverne. There was no passing of the torch with the Wilder.
     
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  9. AdamT

    AdamT Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was carried hard at the beginning

    If Wilder or Fury wins a barnstormer? Then a superfight with Aj can be made

    Imo that fight would make way more in Vegas than the uk
     
  10. AdamT

    AdamT Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Conor v Khabib did 2.4 million buys

    Conor v Nate 1&2 done 1.6million plus

    Canelo had to wait until diaz v masvidal finished their fight before going up against kovalev

    I don't like Conor, but he is way more popular than Canelo
     
  11. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Wilder knocks out Fury then yep that's a huge Vegas fight.

    Don't know how they would work that one out as PPV is the money but DAZN would want it to drive subscriptions.
     
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  12. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spence v Crawford done right would be big but thats going to take far too long to get made. PBC are milking all the in-house fights.
     
  13. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Momento mori Full Member

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    That's still nothing for what would be the mma equivalent of prime may vs pac
     
  14. AdamT

    AdamT Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have no idea bud

    I do think DAZN will want an extra charge for it

    How much is Dazn subscription?

    I have BT sport and for popular boxing/mma fights they put it on ppv, as do sky

    Would DAZN not try something similar??
     
  15. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    $100 for 12 months. The difficult is it goes directly against what their business model is and it would be a complete kick in the face to subscribers.

    Maybe they would agree on 1 fight on fox/showtime PPV and a rematch on DAZN or vice versa
     
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