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ESPN adds title bout
Manny Pacquiao's next fight will be on ESPN instead of PPV.
Manny hasn't spurred great PPV sales but doubt ESPN is getting it on the cheap.
06-19-2017 02:00 PM
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(06-19-2017 02:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Manny Pacquiao's next fight will be on ESPN instead of PPV.
Manny hasn't spurred great PPV sales but doubt ESPN is getting it on the cheap.

Boxing is in trouble and that's why we are seeing prime time fights on CBS (Keith Thurman) and Fox. This is an attempt to save the sport. Good move.
06-19-2017 02:03 PM
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(06-19-2017 02:03 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Manny Pacquiao's next fight will be on ESPN instead of PPV.
Manny hasn't spurred great PPV sales but doubt ESPN is getting it on the cheap.

Boxing is in trouble and that's why we are seeing prime time fights on CBS (Keith Thurman) and Fox. This is an attempt to save the sport. Good move.

So---here is my theory on that. PPV is profitable in the short run---but destroys a sport in the long run. Here's why.

PPV wrings max dollars out of a rabid fan base---but in doing so, it takes the sport out of the sight line of the general public. Young kids growing up, unless raised in a home that buys the fights, don't really ever really see the events and don't get hooked on the sport. The reality is the vast majority of the next generation following a switch to PPV, dont see the events and never become future fans.

Its a good way to destroy a sport in one generation.
06-19-2017 02:44 PM
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Billy and Attack...I agree with both of you.

Boxing is going to have to go back to TV...doubt it ever becomes as popular as it was even just 25 years ago.

Boxing and Horse Racing were huge back in the 1950's...neither will ever regain that status.
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Recall that Al Haymon is buying the airtime for his Cards. $20M worth, to air the first 20 cards of the PBC across FS1/FOX, CBS, and NBC/SN in 2014-15.

I wouldn't be shocked if Top Rank bought the airtime and will sell the ads themselves as opposed to go the PPV route, especially as the card is from Australia.
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RE: ESPN adds title bout
(06-19-2017 02:44 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:03 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Manny Pacquiao's next fight will be on ESPN instead of PPV.
Manny hasn't spurred great PPV sales but doubt ESPN is getting it on the cheap.

Boxing is in trouble and that's why we are seeing prime time fights on CBS (Keith Thurman) and Fox. This is an attempt to save the sport. Good move.

So---here is my theory on that. PPV is profitable in the short run---but destroys a sport in the long run. Here's why.

PPV wrings max dollars out of a rabid fan base---but in doing so, it takes the sport out of the sight line of the general public. Young kids growing up, unless raised in a home that buys the fights, don't really ever really see the events and don't get hooked on the sport. The reality is the vast majority of the next generation following a switch to PPV, dont see the events and never become future fans.

Its a good way to destroy a sport in one generation.

Yep, boxing is invisible to me unless it's extremely hyped up like Floyd Mayweather's fights.
06-19-2017 05:55 PM
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(06-19-2017 05:55 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:44 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:03 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  
(06-19-2017 02:00 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Manny Pacquiao's next fight will be on ESPN instead of PPV.
Manny hasn't spurred great PPV sales but doubt ESPN is getting it on the cheap.

Boxing is in trouble and that's why we are seeing prime time fights on CBS (Keith Thurman) and Fox. This is an attempt to save the sport. Good move.

So---here is my theory on that. PPV is profitable in the short run---but destroys a sport in the long run. Here's why.

PPV wrings max dollars out of a rabid fan base---but in doing so, it takes the sport out of the sight line of the general public. Young kids growing up, unless raised in a home that buys the fights, don't really ever really see the events and don't get hooked on the sport. The reality is the vast majority of the next generation following a switch to PPV, dont see the events and never become future fans.

Its a good way to destroy a sport in one generation.

Yep, boxing is invisible to me unless it's extremely hyped up like Floyd Mayweather's fights.

Its very similar to what MLB did to itself when they went to cable, they lost "urban" viewership and never got it back.
06-19-2017 09:41 PM
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Eh, I'd say they lost the urban audience because everyone started playing baseball and basketball. It's not as if the NBA and NFL are on basic TV that much more often than MLB.
06-20-2017 02:37 AM
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