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I had non boxing friends asking me what time it starts. I drove past big pub in Brighton area is advertising this fight last advertised boxing fight I saw in Brighton was Bruno v Mccall. This will do well sky and Haye have hyped this big time!

Ian Darke said on talk sport ring walk starts about 9.50pm uk time. He said so people can watch x factor then tune into the fight! I wonder if sky will advertise during x factor?

Everyones talking this fight DD

It's a cheap night in during these recession riddled times as well, I reckon it'll get about 500,000 buys

how much do you guys think haye will make off this fight??? if say 500 thousand people bought the ppv?

who ever put 0-50 thousand is an idiot this is not khan vs kotelnik!!!!!

Not many UK pay per views have done that well recently, but think it could get over 250,000 but wouldn't be suprised if it gets around 100,000.

I think it really depends on how many people buy it because they just think it's a freak show, because is Haye really a big name yet? I would think if it was agianst anyone else (apart from the Klits) it would struggle to get 100,000.

gemmell wrote:who ever put 0-50 thousand is an idiot

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Chambers2 wrote:

gemmell wrote:who ever put 0-50 thousand is an idiot

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I say 250-500K

EVERYONE is talking about it and asking when it is on!

Well if you are from Australia I would have to say.... 0 buys!! We dont get the chance to see it!! Our pay per view channels
Main Event are showing -- DAWSON V JOHNSON and Setanta Australia are not showing the fight!! Not happy for a HAYEMAKER fan down under!!

It has created buzz from outside boxing fans a lot of people are talking about it, it's been very well advertised

gemmell wrote:how much do you guys think haye will make off this fight??? if say 500 thousand people bought the ppv?

Very hard to say, depends what deal he has negotiated or himself. He probably is getting little or nothing from the live gate.

As Haye is a promotional free agent, I presum Booth has negotiated a deal with SKy PPV. What percentage that would amount to, is pure speculation.

I expect the PPV to do between 100-200,000 buys, if i does more than that, then they should be very pleased for themselves indeed.

I think Booth and Haye have done a first rate job promoting this fight, I've been impressed at how much energy they have invested. I don't think it will affect haye, I think he thrives on it.

Who are the 4 who think it do under 50,000 then Khan next fight will do under 5,000!

let me guess.

more than carl froch and amir khan combined.

it's getting the press this fight.

good to see.

People who are predicting under 250,000 have no understanding of how a PPV Event works.

This event has had heavy media coverage on both Sky and The Scum newspaper which is seen and read by around 10 million people between them. On top of that pretty much every Broadsheet and Tabloid has had major coverage plus has been entensively featured on various BBC and ITV programs featuring David Haye interviews.

Every fight has to have a 'SELLING POINT' to make the Buyer part with their £15 and this fight has that USP of 'DAVID against GOLIATH'. Haye the young handsome articulate British fighter in against a 7FT Beast(media portrayal, not my words) of a man is just an Easy sell and the less people know about Valuev being nothing special the better.

The is the kind of fight that the 'CASUAL'S' who maybe watch 1 fight every few years will watch, these same 'CASUAL'S' probably last watched Hatton vs Mayweather which did 1.5 million PPV's which is astonishing when you consider the fight was on at 4am and i'm sure Haye can do at least a third of that figure at 10pm peak time viewing.

Sure Hatton had a far bigger fanbase but i'd say the level of Media coverage for the Haye fight has now surpassed that especially as its a lot cheaper to send someone to Germany to report on the fight plus being able to get the fight into print the next day.

I predicted earlier in the week that Haye vs Valuev could do at least 500,000 PPV's, i'm now going to say that it will do at least that and maybe alot more and fall somewhere into the 750,000-1,000,0000 bracket. The only thing that can keep the PPV's down is if the X-Factor run's over into 10pm and stops men from switching over to see the Fight and i'm being serious about that.

Do Sky release the quantity of PPV's they sell after the fights?

My dad, who first got me interested in the sport in the days of Benn - Eubank, but hasn't really watched a fight since boxing went off terrestrial tv in the 90's is talking about getting this one on.

He hasn't even seen a Ricky Hatton fight and probably wouldn't even be considered a casual fan now but he's getting excited about it.

I think it'll do very well in terms of buys but i haven't voted because ppv numbers rarely become public knowledge so i've got little to compare it to.

BIGMARK wrote:

exittored wrote:People who are predicting under 250,000 have no understanding of how a PPV Event works.

This event has had heavy media coverage on both Sky and The Scum newspaper which is seen and read by around 10 million people between them. On top of that pretty much every Broadsheet and Tabloid has had major coverage plus has been entensively featured on various BBC and ITV programs featuring David Haye interviews.

Every fight has to have a 'SELLING POINT' to make the Buyer part with their £15 and this fight has that USP of 'DAVID against GOLIATH'. Haye the young handsome articulate British fighter in against a 7FT Beast(media portrayal, not my words) of a man is just an Easy sell and the less people know about Valuev being nothing special the better.

The is the kind of fight that the 'CASUAL'S' who maybe watch 1 fight every few years will watch, these same 'CASUAL'S' probably last watched Hatton vs Mayweather which did 1.5 million PPV's which is astonishing when you consider the fight was on at 4am and i'm sure Haye can do at least a third of that figure at 10pm peak time viewing.

Sure Hatton had a far bigger fanbase but i'd say the level of Media coverage for the Haye fight has now surpassed that especially as its a lot cheaper to send someone to Germany to report on the fight plus being able to get the fight into print the next day.

I predicted earlier in the week that Haye vs Valuev could do at least 500,000 PPV's, i'm now going to say that it will do at least that and maybe alot more and fall somewhere into the 750,000-1,000,0000 bracket. The only thing that can keep the PPV's down is if the X-Factor run's over into 10pm and stops men from switching over to see the Fight and i'm being serious about that.

good post

x2 brilliant point

Thanks Big Mark and gemmell

I can't believe some think it will do less than 50000! What will Khan net fight do if its box office not long til Dec 5?

Its going to be 500k plus for sure - we're talking about a heavy weight world title fight (the first exciting on for 6 years) involving a Brit, a Russian (Valuev is considered Russias biggest sporting hero) and he fights out of germany thats got to be big business.

leforge wrote:I can't believe some think it will do less than 50000! What will Khan net fight do if its box office not long til Dec 5?

based on them figures khan will do about 5 thousand

Well i was certainly gonna buy it but i have to go to a bonfire with the missis, a guy i work with has to got to one too with his wife n kids, as daft as it sounds, with it being an early start this could seriously affect numbers. Does any one know if there will be a re run that can be bought say after 12 or the next morning? I know they show fights that start at silly o'clock in the USA again.

Its just been on itv news feature about the fight its going to sell very well!

leforge wrote:Its just been on itv news feature about the fight its going to sell very well!

my original estimate was 500k but looking at all the attention it is getting i can see 750 k