Wilder vs Fury PPV buys

Arums 2 mil claims were just ridiculous and only an idiot believed that.

With such huge promotion and marketing they were probably looking to hit 1 mil minimum.

Now how do you do a third fight which will do less than this. Makes no sense.

Only breaking even is kinda crazy. All that promotion,dual network etc etc and it's break even.

 

Wow I was sure it would do over a million with all the hype and the big turn out at the weigh in. But then in hindsight most of those in the weigh in were probably Brits to see Fury not fans of Wilder who lets be honest never has been and never will be any kind of draw.

Pretty evident that PPV in the US may very well be dead. DAZN having also taken the biggest PPV star Canelo, it's not a format that will likely last much longer.

It's simply over priced in the US and with streaming services offering content at a fraction of the price I can't see how it can survive. Will Showtime reconsider it's stance and do a HBO and pull out of boxing?

 

2 Millionn was claimed as gospel by Arum and Frank!!!!!!!


Hahahaha

Even Usyk Bellew got 775K

jesus LOL

More and more L’s

 

Like @Puroresu_Fan said, nobody believed the 2M bull to begin with. After all the fuss about this fight beforehand (a lot more as I expected) I figured it would be a huge succes, doing between 800k and 1M and it turned out a bit on the low side of my prediction.

Most others expected quite a bit less though, and seeing now that 1 to 1.1M is about break even, I think they massively overpaid both fighters.

 

The thing is UFC can still do mega numbers with the right fighter so ppv isn't completely dead.

This fight was prompted to the max. They couldn't have asked for a bigger budget yet it still didn't crack 1 mil.

Kills that theory where some were claiming HW fights would see a return to million plus ppv buys.

 

You can't really compare.
These are just the American figures, and Fury and Wilder 2 was priced at $80 in America.
On today's exhange rate that is £62.

Maybe America should lower its PPV prices.

 

It will interesting to see how many people in the UK bought this on BT for £25.

 

I have a feeling that the chances of the rematch being a bit less immediate than Wilder wants are rising. There’s a mega-money fight ready to be made, and he isn’t in it.

 

So it's just boxing specific, the sports fans are there, just not in boxing in the US unless you're probably of Mexican descent.

Kind of sad to see US interest wane to the point that one of the biggest fights that could be made, in the marquee division can't generate interest in levels that UFC can.

Doesn't bode well for boxing in general in the US.

 

And how many people illegally streamed the fight

 

$850,000 x $80 = $68,000,000 from PPV revenue.

Then add revenue from networks around the world and the arena gate.

You think it's a bust?

 

That's what you get with those ridiculous prices and a lot of people abroad not even having a legal outlet available to see it. That's why logically streaming services eventually take over.