Hatton-Mayweather 900k buys in the UK and 1.5m in the US

Sammy Mendelson · Post by **Sammy Mendelson** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:52

Figure Skating - China

Dirk Kelly · Post by **Dirk Kelly** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:54

Hardhitters11 wrote:basketball...US...Just a guess.....Dont even know if they have that at the olympics...

Yeah they do, and like with tennis pro's play. Does anyone know why that is?

Basketball - Greece?

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:54

Nope, but close

come on guys, its like you dont want a free back-rub!!!

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:56

Hockey - India

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:56

*sighs*

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:57

Give up??

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:58

Bobsleigh - Jamaica

Dirk Kelly · Post by **Dirk Kelly** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:58

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:*sighs*

And Sammy's table tennis guess was wrong too?

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:58

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:Give up??

Yup

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:58

SticknMove wrote:Bobsleigh - Jamaica

almost!

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 12:59

Dirk Kelly wrote:
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:*sighs*
And Sammy's table tennis guess was wrong too?

Half wrong

Dirk Kelly · Post by **Dirk Kelly** » 12 Dec 2007, 13:00

I give up, finish at 5, so put us out our misery please?

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 13:04

China and Boxing, weirdly enough

they are fornicating mad for it, apparently

Dirk Kelly · Post by **Dirk Kelly** » 12 Dec 2007, 13:07

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:China and Boxing, weirdly enough

they are effing mad for it, apparently

Cheers

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 12 Dec 2007, 13:09

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:China and Boxing, weirdly enough

they are effing mad for it, apparently

All that guessing for a bullshit answer. Show us your source. China won their first ever medal for boxing at the Athens Olympics but I doubt this was the most watched event. Proof please.

Hardhitters11 · Post by **Hardhitters11** » 12 Dec 2007, 13:52

I got my answer of a search engine as well....useless fuckers!!

sweetscience · Post by **sweetscience** » 12 Dec 2007, 14:11

i dont believe 900k in UK

there is only 25 million homes

thats one in 25 more or less

and you have to be a sky subsriber to get it

NO CHANCE

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 12 Dec 2007, 15:30

johnswan1 wrote:
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:China and Boxing, weirdly enough

they are effing mad for it, apparently
All that guessing for a bullshit answer. Show us your source. China won their first ever medal for boxing at the Athens Olympics but I doubt this was the most watched event. Proof please.

this ones a lark, isn't he lads?

don't call it a comeback · Post by **don't call it a comeback** » 12 Dec 2007, 16:21

900k is a huge number but it is feasible.

Remember the sky subscriber base has grown significantly and now numbers about 9m households. To give you an example of disposable income, well over a million of those households pay for sky in more than one room. So it is possible - and certainly there was a huge buzz about this fight in the week running up to it.

If you'd asked me two months ago I'd have guessed about 350k, if you'd asked me on the night I might have said 500k....900k is huge and Ricky would have taken a big chunk of that if true.

The amounts Ricky and Joe have made over the last couple of years - Ricky from tv, Joe from live gates, is pretty impressive.

At the same time, British champ level fighters are probably earning less than any time in the last ten years.

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 12 Dec 2007, 18:50

Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:
johnswan1 wrote:
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:China and Boxing, weirdly enough

they are effing mad for it, apparently
All that guessing for a bullshit answer. Show us your source. China won their first ever medal for boxing at the Athens Olympics but I doubt this was the most watched event. Proof please.
this ones a lark, isn't he lads?

No "he's" not. But you've proved you're the clown of the forum with comments like this that only you yourself are stupid enough to believe.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 12 Dec 2007, 20:12

don't call it a comeback wrote:900k is a huge number but it is feasible.

Remember the sky subscriber base has grown significantly and now numbers about 9m households. To give you an example of disposable income, well over a million of those households pay for sky in more than one room. So it is possible - and certainly there was a huge buzz about this fight in the week running up to it.

If you'd asked me two months ago I'd have guessed about 350k, if you'd asked me on the night I might have said 500k....900k is huge and Ricky would have taken a big chunk of that if true.

The amounts Ricky and Joe have made over the last couple of years - Ricky from tv, Joe from live gates, is pretty impressive.

At the same time, British champ level fighters are probably earning less than any time in the last ten years.

How much did Tyson vs Francis do in the UK - I always thought it topped the million.

Khaosai-Galaxy · Post by **Khaosai-Galaxy** » 13 Dec 2007, 04:57

johnswan1 wrote:
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:
johnswan1 wrote: All that guessing for a bullshit answer. Show us your source. China won their first ever medal for boxing at the Athens Olympics but I doubt this was the most watched event. Proof please.
this ones a lark, isn't he lads?
No "he's" not. But you've proved you're the clown of the forum with comments like this that only you yourself are stupid enough to believe.

ha ha, i can see i'm going to have some fun with you, dear

Mario · Post by **Mario** » 13 Dec 2007, 08:56

900,000 sounds absolutely huge! Im no maths whizz, but that would mean 1 in every 25 homes in the whole country bought it and all of those would have to be sky subscribers. And i know where i watched there was 15-20 of us all watching the same tv, and many people ive spoken to since did the same. By my very rough estimates that would probably just less than half the country watched a minority sport at 4am on a PPV channel. Mad eh?!

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 13 Dec 2007, 09:01

Mario wrote:900,000 sounds absolutely huge! Im no maths whizz, but that would mean 1 in every 25 homes in the whole country bought it and all of those would have to be sky subscribers. And i know where i watched there was 15-20 of us all watching the same tv, and many people ive spoken to since did the same. By my very rough estimates that would probably just less than half the country watched a minority sport at 4am on a PPV channel. Mad eh?!

why not 900k?

18 million watched the snooker final in 1985, also quite a few thousand pubs would be showing it

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 13 Dec 2007, 09:08

Mario wrote:900,000 sounds absolutely huge! Im no maths whizz, but that would mean 1 in every 25 homes in the whole country bought it and all of those would have to be sky subscribers. And i know where i watched there was 15-20 of us all watching the same tv, and many people ive spoken to since did the same. By my very rough estimates that would probably just less than half the country watched a minority sport at 4am on a PPV channel. Mad eh?!

You are dead right - you're no maths whizz. Sorry to spoil the party but nowhere near half the country tuned in to see the fight. Even IF 900,000 buys is true (and I don't believe for a second that it is), I suspect that would work out at around 3-4m max viewers. This would be approx 4-6% of the population, a very long way from half.