The future of PPV

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  1. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Cotto vs. Alvarez
    Ward vs. Froch
    Kovalev vs. Stevenson
    Mayweather vs. X
    Pacquiao vs. X
    Golovkin vs. Cotto/Alvarez
    Klitschko vs. Wilder

    Count on getting some of these and for them to be PPV.
     
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  2. glovesofcrimson

    glovesofcrimson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I can't see Froch vs Ward being PPV, Ward can barely fill his Oakland stadium. He's a wonderful talent but hasn't got the ''charisma'' to crossover and compensate, he doesn't play himself like a fool and that's admirable but doesn't equate to people willing to spend big on him. Froch is an exciting fighter precisely because he can't defend himself too effectively and is willing to dish out serious punishment.
     
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  3. Super Hans

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    :good HBO have already said that any combo of Froch-Ward-GGG is not PPV at this stage (although that might change as GGG's popularity increases), hence why they all looked at Chavez Jr before each other.
     
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  4. cippi

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    even if there are some big fights on ppv i cant see them doing well nowone follows boxing n i actually like it that way.
     
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  5. Ricdog

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    Canelo is the only young fighter that is good enough to be PPV. A fight with Cotto down the line, assume they both continue winning, would be great. But that's about it. The next big star is GGG, but he is far away from being PPV material...he needs a huge fight against a known opponent.

    Crawford, Thurman, Brook will never be ppv. They are good, but just don't have the fan base or material to become PPV fighters. Sadly, boxing is going into a few years of irrelevance in the media after Pac and Floyd. The whole PBC thing may get good ratings and have a decent following, but I don't think it will necessarily build a ppv star.
     
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  6. Rumsfeld

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    I wasn't considering him, but since you mention it, I think he's probably the most likely to have a shot at becoming that.
     
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  7. Rumsfeld

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    :yep
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

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    Does a win over Canelo establish one as a PPV superstar?

    I don't think so. Even if the fight itself was sold as a PPV attraction, I can't see it doing particularly well.
     
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  9. Rumsfeld

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    It's a tough status to acquire for non-heavyweights.
     
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  10. Rumsfeld

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    I guess all of those would probably be schemed into PPV contests - except Wlad vs Wilder. Klitschko has never headlined an American PPV event, and I doubt he ever will at this point. Didn't he refuse to do a few November fights over the years when HBO's budget ran dry because he didn't want his fans to have to pay additional money to see him fight?
     
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  11. kirk

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    Very very possible for the near future. Which will be nice.
     
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  12. Super Hans

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    It could depend on how it comes about.

    I guess if Canelo and Cotto win their next fights then fight each other with Canelo coming out on top, he becomes more marketable.

    GGG's popularity is increasing all the time. If he continues to KO which ever guy has the guts to face him maybe 4 times between now and this time next year it would certainly be PPV worthy.

    I think HBO will know it's a potential blockbuster and with Mayweather over on the other side, Pacquiao out of commission for a while, they will probably start building it like they did Kovalev-Stevenson, so I think it could do quite well once it hits PPV.
     
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  13. Rumsfeld

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    You could be right.

    Personally, I hope any of these would-be PPV attractions all start getting whopped, and whoever beats them, I hope they get whopped too, and so forth.

    Death to PPV and the greedy *****s who exploit hard working boxing fans.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, May 5, 2015
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