Heres the thing about PPV...seriously

if they are loyal fans dont you want to reward them by not ripping them off?

ppv is almost as bad for boxing as don king
it turns all the boxers into money hungry whores!

 

Isn't HBO showing Morales/Diaz and Showtime showing Vargas/Mayorga...?

 

Exactly what I was about to say..

Morales/Diaz is the worst HBO PPV this year, especially since there's a very good chance that Morales is almost completely shot. The only reason this match isn't on regular HBO like it should be is because they know how strong Mexican support in America for Morales is.

 

WTF. Rip-off PPVs are good for the sport?? What's next, Don King's a saint??

Oh, that's right, someone already tried THAT one! atsch

 

I'm starting to think you joined this forum just to see how people try to argue seriously with ******ed threads. My favorite was when you said PBF should give Gatti and rematch.

 

Sorry, I can't argue seriously with a guy who said Gatti would beat Floyd in a rematch.

 

Instead of putting crappy fights on PPV, how about putting them on ESPN or Foxsports or something.

The REAL problem with PPV is that they have NO motivation to give us better fights when they know they can sell us **** fights. Why put out a better product when you can sell the shitty one? Anyone who paid for the Jones PPV instead of watching the HBO card has more money to waste than he knows what to do with.

 

Dear...,
You are wrong.When an event is distributed by HBO or Shotime on a PPV basis your God damned right they pay a fee.Lets start with production costs and advertising costs.Then they must distribute all this through cable and satellite providers at a percentage off the top of sales.Then there is the talent and transportation fees.Then should they do a countdown piece on their network to hype the fight ,who do you think pays for that.Not the promoter.A very heavy investment for any HBO or Sho PPV event,trust me.This is why the Jones fight was NOT a HBO PPV and instead they went independent.Because the cost factor was too high for the little amount of money they would NOT get back.:deal

 

I would prefer more fights on free tv

 

WTF are you talking about? Morales-Diaz is on HBO PPV. HBO bought it and decided it is PPV worthy, and will be charging $49.99 for it. Same goes for the Showtime Vargas PPV. They decided these fights should be PPV because they think they can make more money this way.

These are different from PPV's like the Roy Jones PPV of last weekend. This fight, nobody wanted. The promoters only option to get a TV broadcast was to offer a small PPV. But if HBO or Showtime are involved, then the PPV has major network backing and could easily be on "free" HBO or Showtime. Again, the reason they decide it's PPV is because they've determined they can make more $$ This way.