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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.

How much money was made.

300 million tickets buyers around the world. You talk nonsense.

Most countrys in the world are poor, a lot dont have money for enough food and u want to tellme that 300million people bought tickets for a fight.

This 300million is a joke number. Like when some say elvis sold more than 1 billion albums but nobody can truly math the numbers cause of all the copied album films etc..

There are other parts of the world outside of the United States.

Yeah...and most are poor countrys who wouldnt buy a ticket for a fight

~300 million people watching on tv

Not 300 mill tickets sold for Theatre

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hea ... -1.2980524


300 million paid for tickets in theaters. . . .that = PPV.

actjac wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hea ... -1.2980524


300 million paid for tickets in theaters. . . .that = PPV.

If 300 million paid to view and both participants only made 2.5 million bucks each. They were the worst businessmen in history.
I do not believe for a minute that 300 million paid to see it

In those days that purse was the largest sports or entertainment payout in history to any individual. . . The promoter however became a billionaire.

unlreal money...

This is a joke right?

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.

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 think you are lying to yourself if you believe this

tiny_acres wrote:

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 think you are lying to yourself if you believe this

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/archives/alifrazier.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hea ... -1.2980524

Come on guys. Lets relax calm down. If he thinks 300 mill were sold than it is true.

Jip wrote:Come on guys. Lets relax calm down. If he thinks 300 mill were sold than it is true.

I'm not sure why anyone would question that 10% of the world paid to watch the fight closed circuit.

This thread should be on the Boxing History board.

Jip wrote:Yeah...and most are poor countrys who wouldnt buy a ticket for a fight

Damn. You must be American.

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.

Naw I don't believe this.

The Ali-Frazier fight was unprecedented: Two unbeaten heavyweight champions squaring off. Making more money for a single performance than any athlete in history, an outrageous $2.5 million each. Drawing a record-setting Garden crowd of 20,455 and a record-setting worldwide closed-circuit TV audience of 300 million.


For those who struggle to read, the above is taken from an early paragraph in the NY daily news article that was linked to.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Jip wrote:Come on guys. Lets relax calm down. If he thinks 300 mill were sold than it is true.

I'm not sure why anyone would question that 10% of the world paid to watch the fight closed circuit.

Just look at how many idiots posted without even fact checking

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Jip wrote:Come on guys. Lets relax calm down. If he thinks 300 mill were sold than it is true.

I'm not sure why anyone would question that 10% of the world paid to watch the fight closed circuit.

Just look at how many idiots posted without even fact checking

Oh, I don't believe that figure.

I have a question.

What does close-circuit TV mean?

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

I'm not sure why anyone would question that 10% of the world paid to watch the fight closed circuit.

Just look at how many idiots posted without even fact checking

Oh, I don't believe that figure.

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

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Just look at how many idiots posted without even fact checking

Oh, I don't believe that figure.

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.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
Oh, I don't believe that figure.

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