Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III PPV: Just Under 600,000 Buys

They don't release all the figures because boxing has always been basically like a cash business.

They want to brag about sales figures, but they don't want the tax man to know exactly how much they all got.

They release U.S. figures, but they don't release UK sales. Or TV sales to other countries around the globe. Or fees charged by venues that order the PPV and sell tickets themselves.

Lots of creative juggling.

It made a lot of money.

 

Forgive my ignorance but why are US PPV numbers (relatively speaking) generally lower than the UK?

Is it the higher cost? Lack of interest? Wilder's lack of popularity?

In comparison what did Joshua vs Ruiz 1 do in the US?

I've seen a few Matchroom FC idiots imply that the fight has done badly with these numbers (I suppose because Joshua often does 1m+ at prime time in the UK).

 

Will have done more UK buys methinks, albeit at half the price of US.

 

Not three bad at all considering no one really wanted to see this at the time of its confirmation. That included myself, I then thought it was a tedious waste of time.

Gotta give props to the the build up in fight week to a large degree. The buildup really caught on fire in the end coming from a barely smouldering unwanted rinse and repeat expectation. Especially with Wilder's earlier lack of effort to get fully involved with the promotional side of things.

Fight was great in the end. Very memorable for most.

 

Think this puts to bed the theory that Fury is a huge draw in America. Whilst there’s no doubt he’s certainly a lot more popular than he was pre retirement and this latest fight will have gained him even more popularity this notion that he’s now a megastar in the USA quite simply doesn’t add up.

 

Joshua v Ruiz wasnt ppv in the US

 

Joshua has never headlined a PPV in the US.

 

There are other (100% legal) methods of watching than buying the PPV.

 

Those are great numbers. To put into context
Paquaio v Ugas - 500K
Spence v Porter - 350K
Spence v Garcia - 250K
Ruiz v Arroela - 150K

Fury and Canelo are the PPV kings in America

 

Well, many may not be aware of them.

I didn't buy the BT PPV, myself. I used to buy, but haven't in a long time, outside of a Fite streaming purchase or two. I haven't had a TV license or cable package in over six years. When these television networks offer a delivery system that suits me, I'll buy events again.

 

Nice payday for them

 

Believe it’s the price. This was 79.99 US. That is about 59lbs. Where the average UK PPV are $24 lbs I think.

 

They're both complete idiots for not putting more into the promotion. Fury especially.

Literally left millions on the table, but they probably didn't give a **** because of their guarantee.

I'm not sticking up for promoters but when boxers pull this **** you can understand why promoters **** them around.

 

I hate myself for being interested in this because I know these numbers are both fake and not really the whole picture.

Maybe someday they will publish the final money laundering figures and we can really understand the financials of a big fight.

 

Well, I'm guessing BT Sport Box Office had a good night in terms of PPV buys.

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