Boxing-Scene, which is owned by CBS Sports, via an article written by reputable journalist Keith Idec, is reporting that the Crawford-Porter bout did less than 150K buys!
Terence Crawford feels that limiting the availability of his pay-per-view fight with Shawn Porter to ESPN+ was partially responsible for its buy rate falling below expectations.
Crawford expressed disappointment during his appearance on Shawn Porter’s podcast Tuesday night that their welterweight title fight wasn’t offered through traditional pay-per-view providers as well. Unlike most previous pay-per-view boxing events, consumers could only purchase the fight for $69.99 through ESPN+, the network’s $6.99-per-month subscription service.
Cable and satellite operators, which still account for a significant portion of pay-per-view buys in the ever-developing digital age, weren’t permitted to offer Crawford Porter to customers. Buyers also were required to subscribe to at least one month of ESPN+ in order to purchase Crawford-Porter, which increased the price point to nearly $77.
BS.com has been informed that Crawford-Porter didn’t exceed 150,000 buys, despite that it was widely viewed as the biggest fight of Crawford’s career. The card headlined by Crawford-Porter drew a capacity crowd of 11,568 to Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino’s Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, but Crawford is certain he could’ve made more money Saturday night.
“I feel like there was a lot of opportunities left on the table,” Crawford said on “The Porter Way Podcast” when asked about making more money. “You know what I mean? Not only with fighters [he could’ve fought], but also with pay-per-view. Like for instance, me and Shawn Porter fought on a app. There were so many people that was telling me they don’t know how to get the app on the TV, they don’t know how to do it. And, you know, the average elderly or person that doesn’t, you know, know tech, they not gonna know how to get the app on the TV. So, what do they do? They don’t buy it. You know, so I feel like, you know, that was a setup [in] its own right, right then and there.”
Crawford-Porter out-performed Crawford’s first two pay-per-view main events – victories over Viktor Postol in July 2016 (reportedly 50,000) and Amir Khan in April 2019 (reportedly 125,000).
Though it didn’t do the type of pay-per-view business some might’ve expected, Crawford delivered in the ring during the last fight of the three-division champion’s contract with longtime promoter Top Rank Inc.
“I definitely should get the bigger share…the proof is in the pudding who’s the bigger draw,” Spence told The Athletic. “He’s a great fighter, but I feel like 60/40, that’s the right price.”
If that is the case, according to Crawford, the most anticipated fight in boxing is an automatic nonstarter.
“That fight not gonna happen because he already talking that 60//40 deal and if it ain’t 60/40 in my favor then that fight is not going to happen. Period.” Crawford told Fight-Hype.com. “I accomplished way more than he did in his little career.”
• Crawford’s PPV buy-rates are dwarfed by Spence Jr's (as per the figures cited by the first article in this thread - Khan [125,000], Postol [50,000] & Porter [<150,000] versus Mikey Garcia [375,000], Porter [350,000] & Danny Garcia [250,000]).
Eddie Hearn has just told iFL TV that he’s not interested in promoting Terence Crawford.
He says that Top Rank lost a lot of money on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan fight.
And he also claimed that Bob Arum only made the Porter fight, because it was a WBO mandatory, with Top Rank making losses on that bout too.
Hearn said he hasn’t got anything to offer Crawford and won’t attempt to sign him or work with him in any capacity.
Eddie said that Crawford is far too expensive, because you can’t pay him his usual purses (as per his old Top Rank guarantee) based on such small PPV buy-rates.
Hearn said that he didn’t think a Crawford-Taylor bout could be made either, because no promoter is going to stage the fight and lose money to fund $12m purses (i.e. taking a bath) - the numbers don’t work!
I can post the video if anyone wants to see Eddie’s comments on Crawford.
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 19:56
Eddie Hearn has just told iFL TV that he’s not interested in promoting Terence Crawford.
He says that Top Rank lost a lot of money on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan fight.
And he also claimed that Bob Arum only made the Porter fight, because it was a WBO mandatory, with Top Rank making losses on that bout too.
Hearn said he hasn’t got anything to offer Crawford and won’t attempt to sign him or work with him in any capacity.
Eddie said that Crawford is far too expensive, because you can’t pay him his usual purses (as per his old Top Rank guarantee) based on such small PPV buy-rates.
Hearn said that he didn’t think a Crawford-Taylor bout could be made either, because no promoter is going to stage the fight and lose money to fund $12m purses (i.e. taking a bath) - the numbers don’t work!
I can post the video if anyone wants to see Eddie’s comments on Crawford.
Wasn't Eddie saying it would tank on the ppv numbers prior to the fight too ?
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 19:56
Eddie Hearn has just told iFL TV that he’s not interested in promoting Terence Crawford.
He says that Top Rank lost a lot of money on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan fight.
And he also claimed that Bob Arum only made the Porter fight, because it was a WBO mandatory, with Top Rank making losses on that bout too.
Hearn said he hasn’t got anything to offer Crawford and won’t attempt to sign him or work with him in any capacity.
Eddie said that Crawford is far too expensive, because you can’t pay him his usual purses (as per his old Top Rank guarantee) based on such small PPV buy-rates.
Hearn said that he didn’t think a Crawford-Taylor bout could be made either, because no promoter is going to stage the fight and lose money to fund $12m purses (i.e. taking a bath) - the numbers don’t work!
I can post the video if anyone wants to see Eddie’s comments on Crawford.
Wasn't Eddie saying it would tank on the ppv numbers prior to the fight too ?
I don't know. I can't recall.
But the way he was talking yesterday, it was as if he possessed insider knowledge and was siding with Bob Arum - defending Top Rank's handling of Crawford.
I can't recall a time when Eddie Hearn has ever bluntly refused to work with a pound-for-pound free agent talent before.
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 19:56
Eddie Hearn has just told iFL TV that he’s not interested in promoting Terence Crawford.
He says that Top Rank lost a lot of money on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan fight.
And he also claimed that Bob Arum only made the Porter fight, because it was a WBO mandatory, with Top Rank making losses on that bout too.
Hearn said he hasn’t got anything to offer Crawford and won’t attempt to sign him or work with him in any capacity.
Eddie said that Crawford is far too expensive, because you can’t pay him his usual purses (as per his old Top Rank guarantee) based on such small PPV buy-rates.
Hearn said that he didn’t think a Crawford-Taylor bout could be made either, because no promoter is going to stage the fight and lose money to fund $12m purses (i.e. taking a bath) - the numbers don’t work!
I can post the video if anyone wants to see Eddie’s comments on Crawford.
Wasn't Eddie saying it would tank on the ppv numbers prior to the fight too ?
I don't know. I can't recall.
But the way he was talking yesterday, it was as if he possessed insider knowledge and was siding with Bob Arum - defending Top Rank's handling of Crawford.
I can't recall a time when Eddie Hearn has ever bluntly refused to work with a pound-for-pound free agent talent before.
What are you saying ?
You're saying Hearn has agreed to partner with BA to manage Crawford ?
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 19:56
Eddie Hearn has just told iFL TV that he’s not interested in promoting Terence Crawford.
He says that Top Rank lost a lot of money on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan fight.
And he also claimed that Bob Arum only made the Porter fight, because it was a WBO mandatory, with Top Rank making losses on that bout too.
Hearn said he hasn’t got anything to offer Crawford and won’t attempt to sign him or work with him in any capacity.
Eddie said that Crawford is far too expensive, because you can’t pay him his usual purses (as per his old Top Rank guarantee) based on such small PPV buy-rates.
Hearn said that he didn’t think a Crawford-Taylor bout could be made either, because no promoter is going to stage the fight and lose money to fund $12m purses (i.e. taking a bath) - the numbers don’t work!
I can post the video if anyone wants to see Eddie’s comments on Crawford.
Wasn't Eddie saying it would tank on the ppv numbers prior to the fight too ?
I don't know. I can't recall.
But the way he was talking yesterday, it was as if he possessed insider knowledge and was siding with Bob Arum - defending Top Rank's handling of Crawford.
I can't recall a time when Eddie Hearn has ever bluntly refused to work with a pound-for-pound free agent talent before.
He doesn’t have anyone at welterweight that would be a big, competitive fight and based on Crawford’s demands and likely income from a fight it’s understandable everyone bar PBC or Top Rank ruling themselves out of making an offer.
Bob was talking about the Taylor fight in Scotland doing 70,000 in a stadium in the Spring. He’s deluded if he thinks that.
Evander wrote: ↑25 Nov 2021, 05:02What are you saying ?
You're saying Hearn has agreed to partner with BA to manage Crawford ?
No.
I'm saying Matchroom aren't interested in Terence Crawford and that Eddie Hearn believes Top Rank did their best with Bud.
They're hooking up aren't they ?
Hearn can't offer Bud the fights he wants, he said it's like the Canelo situation, he knows PBC are in-house, won't hardly work with anyone else, like Canelo had to do.. He also said Bud was expensive, which he will be now that someone get's used to receiving minimum $3m per fight, he ain't going lower.
Bud should just sign a 3-fight deal or something with PBC..
