Sky Sports Box Office PPV sales figures for Anthony Joshua and beyond (1966 - 2018)

Few surprises in this list, Joshua absolutely smashes it!

Here's the full list of Pay TV figures:

(only including Sky Sports and Primetime (excluding Ali v Henry)

21 May 1966: Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II - 40,000
16 March 1996: Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II - 600,000
8 February 1997: Naseem Hamed vs. Tom Johnson - 650,000
28 June 1997: Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II - 550,000
13 March 1999: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis - 400,000
29 January 2000: Mike Tyson vs. Julius Francis - 500,000
8 June 2002: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson - 750,000
8 December 2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton - 1,150,000
18 July 2009: Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik - 100,000
7 November 2009: Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye - 469,000
3 April 2010: David Haye vs. John Ruiz - 177,000
24 April 2010: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler - 50,000
18 September 2010: Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings - 15,000
13 November 2010: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison - 223,000
11 December 2010: Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana - 164,000
16 April 2011: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey - 200,000
21 May 2011: George Groves vs. James DeGale - 43,000
2 July 2011: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye - 1,143,000
25 May 2013: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler II - 32,000
23 November 2013: Carl Froch vs. George Groves - 47,000
31 May 2014: Carl Froch vs. George Groves II - 355,000
30 May 2015: Kell Brook vs. Frankie Gavin - 139,000
2 May 2015: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao - 876,000
28 November 2015: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury - 545,000
12 December 2015: Anthony Joshua vs. Dillian Whyte - 420,000
27 February 2016: Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg - 304,000
9 April 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Charles Martin - 500,000
25 June 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale - 512,000
10 September 2016: Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook - 500,000
10 December 2016: Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina - 450,000
4 March 2017: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew - 890,000
29 April 2017: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko - 1,532,000
27 May 2017: Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. - 275,000
26 August 2017: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor - 874,000
28 October 2017 - Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam - 887,000
31 March 2018: Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker - 1,457,000
5 May 2018: David Haye vs. Tony Bellew II - 775,000
28 July 2018: Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker - 474,000


https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2018...yond-1966-2018

I would have thought the Mayweather McGregor specacular would have topped the lot based on that it targeted two kinds of audience.

Wrong

I think most of them views where the MMA fans.

:o

I think more people streamed it illegally because they knew it was a con.

Boxing still top MMA for all the hype is still the ugly cousin with no teeth.

Don’t believe the numbers folks, for multiple reasons. First, all round numbers, which means estimates not real numbers. 2nd “Figures were taken from various media reports and sources, plus the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.” it’s not Sky Sports numbers as clearly indicated. And 3rd, Sky Sports themselves said Mayweather/McGregor “broke the 1 million sales mark and the record set by Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko” suddenly “various media reports and sources” have given Joshua 500K more PPV sales than Sky themselves reported recently.

Someone literally MUST be lying. It’s not hard to deduce whom.

Why does it start with ALI-Cooper? Funking SKY wasn't even invented then :D

Not all are Sky cards either, several of the Khan and Froch ones were on that shitty "primetime tv", no way Khan got hundreds of thousands on there. The Mayweather-Hatton/McGregor/Pac numbers are terrific as they were in the early hours of the morning for Brits.

Not sure why anyone needs to "lie" about Joshua numbers? Ratings aren't such a big deal over here as in America, it's the gate which is the big deal here, and the evidence can't be disputed, Joshua is the biggest ticket seller ever. It goes hand in hand that a man consistently selling out football stadiums will also draw the biggest TV audience.

I don’t know why they need to lie. But here is Sky Sports saying so themselves
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mma...u-k-ppv-record

Not debating Anthony Joshua is the biggest draw. Just pointing out Sky Sports themselves disputes these “Sky Sports” numbers

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

I don’t know why they need to lie. But here is Sky Sports saying so themselves
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mma...u-k-ppv-record

Not debating Anthony Joshua is the biggest draw. Just pointing out Sky Sports themselves disputes these “Sky Sports” numbers

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Listen mate, i'm not looking to argue over something so trivial, however, you've provided an article which provides no evidence/source, it as meaningless a piece of "evidence" as any forum member making a figure up then proclaiming it to be a fact.

HOWEVER, for the record, i'm almost certain Eddie and Adam Smith (the head of boxing) or Barney Francis (Sky Sports Top Dog) have said Floyd-Mc beat a million buys/broke "a" record. They ALWAYS play numbers up not down, regardless of who's involved, that's just standard business.

It is Sky Sports as the source. Unlike the original piece that has "various sources" none of which is Sky FFS. If you want to push a narrative it's fine, it's regularly your thing. But when confronted by irrefutable evidence acknowledge it.

Sky Sports disagrees with these "Sky Sports" numbers and you choose to believe "various sources" over Sky Sports. This is exactly why everyone lies, because you will believe whatever you choose to believe

And I can provide other articles where Sky Sports says the same. But who is Sky Sports to speak on their numbers right?

The figures need breaking down to give better context.

Bruno and Lewis fights were in US, so if these are sky ppv numbers, then no wonder they are lower. Joshua doesnt fight overseas (yet)
Klitchscko versus Haye comes close though
Fury for all his entertaining trash talk, just doesn't draw in comparison to Haye or Joshua.

In fact, wait till Joshua does fight overseas and see what the numbers are for that.

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

It is Sky Sports as the source. Unlike the original piece that has "various sources" none of which is Sky FFS. If you want to push a narrative it's fine, it's regularly your thing. But when confronted by irrefutable evidence acknowledge it.

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Ron, this isn't a fight, i'm trying to help you understand what "irrefutable evidence" actually means, bizarrely it's something that causes constant confusion/arguments on this forum.

You've provided a link to a website called mmafighting.com, right? The article is written by a man called Dave Meltzer, right? NEITHER have anything to do with Sky Sports, the writer hasn't provided a source (where does his information come from?), he is asserting "Sky Sports said" without ANY evidence provided. No quotes from Barney Francis, Adam Smith, anyone involved with Sky Sports.

It proves nothing! It's no different to "various sources," no different to a forum poster bullshitting about figures. How do you know he didn't copy an already published article?

An article/writer without a legit source is utterly meaningless. That's all i'm saying.

David Haye really conned a lot of people in all those ppv. Well done