Are pay-per-view fights sustainable?

as long as people keep buying them they'll be sustainable,

 

For me, there's two conditions:
1) make it a worthy match up with a damn good undercard
2) don't have too many PPVs too close together.

 

I think promoters and tv networks are comfortable with the money ppv brings. I think it would be a lot more if they were to broadcast on regular tv. It would open up viewing opportunity to a lot more viewers. Maybe they would take a hit when it starts because they would have to build a audience. But once viewers become familiar with fighters & tv times, It can get big.

 

Of course

 

Nope, not even for Mayweather Pacquiao. That's ridiculous.

 

In its current form it's highly doubtful.

The format is kept alive for a part by fans that see it as some kinda statussymbol to be able to put up the money for some highly overpriced mismatch.
For superfights to be charged an additional $20 to $30, I'm fine with it. But asking $75 for a fight in wich we're looking at a guy that should actually fight someone else (better) instead is just robbery, and more and more people start to feel that way.

 

That's stupid IMO. If PPVs are a tad lower, I think they'll sell more.

 

I think people are getting fed-up about paying 80 bucks for fights that should be for free on premium channels. If the promoters keep pushing garbage products on ppv, eventually they will become unsustainable.

 

I didn't feel robbed because I didn't purchase them. The most anticipated fight so far this year for me was Kovalev v Hopkins and that wasn't ppv and shouldn't have been. PPV should be reserved for so-called "superfights" like Pac v Mayweather.

 

I didn't pay for the Mayweather-Maidana 2 fight so no. But I paid for Pacquiao-Bradley 2 and I felt somewhat robbed. Not too bad though.