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actjac wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:This is a joke right?

No joke. . . 300 million paid viewers in theaters around the world at a time before cable television. This is a PPV record that will never be equaled. For anyone who says Mayweather-McGregor will set the all the PPV viewer record is lying.

I wish they were lying but II don't think they are. Tonight's crap is closer to Ali-Inoki than Frazier-Ali 1,

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

It's quoted on a few websites, seems reasonable to me. What did it cost to get into theatres in those days?

I was 2 years old, I think the Holmes/Weaver and Duran/palomino was my first closed circuit but it was at the Baltimore Arena, not theaters. I'm going to say $20. I don't know the world could satisfy 300 million people in cinemas. It was definitely the biggest fight ever, but 10% of the planet? No way.

It seems some articles are taking the 300,000,000 estimated total viewers as PPV numbers. Like you say it's unlikely there were theatre seats to hold a third of that number

That's pretty much the point. It would not of been possible for nearly 10% of the planet to PAY for it

I have seen that 300 million figure tossed out for decades.

But my memory says that the number includes TOTAL viewers who saw the fight on FREE television in many foreign countries.

There were plenty countries where viewers saw the SuperFight gratis at home, accounting for the huge number.

I, however, had to pay to see the bout on closed circuit at the Hollywood Pantages theater.

It cost a whopping $20 but transmission was in color there.

In comparison, a closed circuit ticket to Frazier-Ellis a year earlier was only $7.

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

It's quoted on a few websites, seems reasonable to me. What did it cost to get into theatres in those days?

I was 2 years old, I think the Holmes/Weaver and Duran/palomino was my first closed circuit but it was at the Baltimore Arena, not theaters. I'm going to say $20. I don't know the world could satisfy 300 million people in cinemas. It was definitely the biggest fight ever, but 10% of the planet? No way.

It seems some articles are taking the 300,000,000 estimated total viewers as PPV numbers. Like you say it's unlikely there were theatre seats to hold a third of that number

Arenas were also opened to closed circuit showings and held multi-thousands

actjac wrote:Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier held on March 8, 1971 was witnessed live via PPV to 300 million ticket buyers in theaters around the world.

It was a figure quoted by a journalist that made no attempt whatsoever to quantify the validity of his claim.

I have £6.5bn in the bank and you HAVE to believe me, because I said so... and I don't have to PROVE it!

You see what I did there, you seem to believe things without requiring the need for validation. So according to your mindset, you must feel compelled to defend my claim against those that have the sheer audacity to challenge me.

Enlightened-One wrote:

actjac wrote:Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier held on March 8, 1971 was witnessed live via PPV to 300 million ticket buyers in theaters around the world.

It was a figure quoted by a journalist that made no attempt whatsoever to quantify the validity of his claim.

I have £6.5bn in the bank and you HAVE to believe me, because I said so... and I don't have to PROVE it!

You see what I did there, you seem to believe things without requiring the need for validation. So according to your mindset, you must feel compelled to defend my claim against those that have the sheer audacity to challenge me.

I am a better boxer than lomachenko

Jip wrote:

Enlightened-One wrote:

actjac wrote:Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier held on March 8, 1971 was witnessed live via PPV to 300 million ticket buyers in theaters around the world.

It was a figure quoted by a journalist that made no attempt whatsoever to quantify the validity of his claim.

I have £6.5bn in the bank and you HAVE to believe me, because I said so... and I don't have to PROVE it!

You see what I did there, you seem to believe things without requiring the need for validation. So according to your mindset, you must feel compelled to defend my claim against those that have the sheer audacity to challenge me.

I am a better boxer than lomachenko

Exactly!