Why HBO gave only one million for the Golovkin-Vanes fight?

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  1. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This was the most watched fight in the last 2 years in free television, and this was the No.1 ticket sale in the StubHub history.

    And i dont think it is a surprise because everybody knows how popular GGG is. Of course not a PPV megastar like Canelo or Joshua, but still.
     
  2. Blackclouds

    Blackclouds Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HBO has a small budget nowadays.
     
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  3. theXshape

    theXshape Active Member Full Member

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    Because they are cheap.
     
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  4. LitoCandela

    LitoCandela Active Member Full Member

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    This is due to people not giving a fu*k
     
  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    They're lucky it was even able to go on regular HBO at all.
     
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  6. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HBO are out of money for boxing
     
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  7. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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  8. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They expected backlash from the Canelo ordeal to hurt the ratings. I had a feeling the purse wouldn't be very large and I was right.
     
  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Game of Thrones sucked it all up!
     
  10. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Anybody know what Vader got paid?
     
  11. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Canelo, Golovkin, Kovalev
     
  12. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Golovkin 750K
    Vanes 250K
     
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  13. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    I read the other that GGG was paid $1M
     
  14. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Free? HBO doesn’t charge for subscriptions anymore?
     
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  15. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Because the fight was garbage?