Many Delusional about their PPV status, Very Few Fights actually Pay Per View Worthy

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  1. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I remember when PPV was closed circuit, those once in a lifetime contests that captured the imagination.

    Holmes vs ****ey
    Duran vs Leonard 1
    Leonard vs Hearns
    Hagler vs Leonard
    Hagler vs Hearns
    Arguello vs Pryor
    Gomez vs Sanchez

    Back then you were willing to pay to see the outcomes. The interest was palpable and, the fans anxiously awaited the opening bell with butterflies in their stomachs.

    right around Trinidad vs Delahoya with PPV, we began to see a greater amount of cynicism in the fighting styles, fighters become bean counters: I'll quit while I'm ahead. The ease with which some of them could secure a PPV made it a safety first proposition. So many PPV fights have failed to live up to the hype, because today the hype is forced and fabricated. Compare and contrast them with the Closed circuit fights mentioned above, which delivered and thrilled spectators.

    Fights no longer get made, guys don't want to lose and miss a possible payday, is Andre Ward a PPV fighter? really, what scintillating adversary are you dying for him to engage that you would pay 75 dollars for? are you willing to pay for Kahn? or Pac or Mayweather, fighting anyone other than themselves?

    other than Pac vs Mayweather there are no real PPV worthy fights out there, none that I would rate above lets say: Arguello vs Mancini, which was free on network TV and, delivered more drama than any DLH or Mayweather fight to date, that includes 80 to 90 percent of any recent PPV.
     
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  2. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Too many guys think they should be PPV fighters instead of making PPV fights.
     
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  3. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most of these fightS should be on regular HBO and SHO. They should not shell out for garbage.
     
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  4. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I can understand the extra fee for very big fights, but all in all that PPV sh¡t has driven away boxing from mainstream.

    Today we get Floyd fighting the likes of Ortiz and Maidana and Pac fighting Algeiri for an insanely expensive PPV, wich is very bad for the sport and complete nonsense if you just think about it for more then a second.
    Problem is, there are people who actually buy that sh¡t too, and some of them even see it as some kind of status symbol to be able to pay for it. Like having to pay $25 for a hamburger and a coke at the local Burger King, and just doing so because you can afford it, not because it even closely resembles the value of what you're buying. On top of it then ridiculing the next costumer who says "f*ck that sh*t, I'm going next door to McDonalds for a lesser quality burger and a coke priced at $2,50" for being a cheapskate.

    It's what PPV has become. Fights that aren't even special behind PPV because of one big name being in it.
     
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  5. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Great post, fully agree.
     
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