Calzaghe-Jones on 225k PPV Buys?

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  1. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Im quite shocked by those numbers, specially as they invested so much in the 24/7 series. Calzaghe-Hopkins had record poor ratings and now a fight like this with so much media hype put into it and RJJ's name in does 225k?
     
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  2. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    It's the economy, stupid
     
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  3. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    Because most fight fans are smart and knows an irrelevant fight when they see one. Not that Calzaghe-Jones was irrelevant, but they knew it's not as good a match-up had it been done about 7-8 years ago.
     
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  4. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Your probably right there.
     
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  5. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    The Recession is a mutha****a.
     
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  6. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Nobody knows who Calzaghe is over here. Every other fight fan and even casual fight fan or even sports fan who watched Roy Jones saw what happened to him 4 years ago and after the 3rd Tarver fight said good bye to him.
     
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  7. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You surveyed 500k people and asked them why they didnt buy the fight and they answered "its the economy"? Think twice before you call someone stupid. Pacquiao vs David Diaz just a couple of months ago was reported at 250k ffs! and that didnt even have a countdown...this had 24/7!
     
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  8. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    Are you sure about the numbers? seems pretty low.
     
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  9. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    I'm not surprised by this outcome at all.
     
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  10. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I take it the economy is going to be an excuse every time a fight doesn't draw up to its expectations?
     
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  11. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Their 24/7 probably hurt the PPV numbers.

    Roy had no character...
     
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  12. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    Relax, hoss, I'm not calling you stupid. It's a fairly famous phrase, at least it is in the USA; if you are in another country I can see how you wouldn't be familiar, so I apologize for the misunderstanding.

    My idea about the fight is that low sales were a by-product of people not having enough disposable income to spend on frivolous things like boxing ppvs, especially fairly unpalatable matchups like Jones-Calzaghe, ESPECIALLY this close to the holidays.
     
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  13. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    lol. its all good :good
     
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  14. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Back before the economy went into the complete shitter, Calzaghe and Hopkins couldn't sell out in Vegas. In fact IIRC all parties involved lost money on such a fight.

    Kessler/Calzaghe was the lowest rated HBO WCB fights in 07. It was only topped by Pavlik/Lockett, JuanMa/Ponce in 08.

    Calzaghe is a great fighter but a **** poor draw in the States.
     
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  15. bizzer07

    bizzer07 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    what did the pavlik hopkins fight draw??
     
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