MachoMan09 wrote:The show on Saturday will generate approximately 700,000 PPV buys - the third highest in UK history, after Mayweather/Hatton (1.2-1.25 million) and Lewis/Tyson (750-800K). This just goes to prove that the hype has worked, again.
Source for stats: News Corporation
Haye-Valuev allegedly done 800,0000, I reckon Saturday should match that, making Haye and Audley a fair few bob.
Haye was allegedly being paid £5 for each buy of the Valuev fight
I enjoyed the show. Good work Ed. Robpalmer - Sky are selling the fight. It's their job to hype the fight. You never heard the old saying that boxing is 90% hype and 10% fight? What do you expect - them to show repeated footage of Harrison being ko'ed by Sprott and say "don't buy this its gonna be a mismatch"? Whether you think the fight is a mismatch or not the fact is its drawing mainstream attention to boxing which can only be a good thing. For the record I think Haye smashes Harrison in six (maybe less) and have put money on it.
MachoMan09 wrote:The show on Saturday will generate approximately 700,000 PPV buys - the third highest in UK history, after Mayweather/Hatton (1.2-1.25 million) and Lewis/Tyson (750-800K). This just goes to prove that the hype has worked, again.
Source for stats: News Corporation
Haye-Valuev allegedly done 800,0000, I reckon Saturday should match that, making Haye and Audley a fair few bob.
Haye was allegedly being paid £5 for each buy of the Valuev fight
We've gone through this before. Haye/Valuev did not do 800K in the UK despite what you may have read elsewhere.
Haye/Harrison will be a huge success if it hits the estimate of 700K forecast by the people who are actually selling the event. And believe me, Saturday's PPV will do a heck of a lot more than the Valuev card.
Do you believe Hatton-Floyd and Lewis-Tyson done the figures you reported?
Well I enjoyed it, I had to record it and watch it later as 'she must be obeyed' was kicking off about watching something else. It was a good build up, and I hope the fight lives up to it's expectations. Harrison by KO, I predict an upset!
Final round wrote:It looks good, why no Marquez/Lopez?
i dont think we are doing to bad with boxing at the moment but as a boxing fan i'm sad i wont be seeing Marquez-Lopez which looks like a cracker on paper. I read that Primetime are picking up the Martiez-Williams fight but i dont have that channel and their lack of confirmed boxing wont change that. I still have hope we may get Katsidis-JMM fight and i also read tha the Khan fight will be on Sky but not sure if it will be part of that days PPV
I forgot to watch on the ropes!
btw I signed or for the two months for one offer on Primetime which is a fair even if you only stay with them for the two months. Yep we are getting acess to some good fights so can't complain too much.
I just watched this early this morning - excellent. It was improved by having a different narrator - it can be repetitive if you have the same Sky pundits voicing over every boxing production and the different voice give it a 24/7 feel.
Who doesnt like 24/7 or Fightcamp? C'mon they are great shows - what's not to like about them. Hopefully Sky keep doing these type of shows as they will help attract more casuals get back into boxing.
The amount of hype, boxing coverage - boxing pressers, behind the ropes, Lord of the Ring, Ringside, crossover of hype in the live football matches etc is great - it feels like an event and the buzz of switching on to the fight tonight (even with the misgivings about the matchup etc) is far better than the standard Friday Fight Night.
Whether you think the fight is a mismatch or not the fact is its drawing mainstream attention to boxing which can only be a good thing. For the record I think Haye smashes Harrison in six (maybe less) and have put money on it.
