PH MY GOSH-HATTON DID 1.2MILLION IN THE UK?!?!?!

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

That many people saw Hatton head butt the ring post? Nice

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Yes, everyone who bought the fight for £15 decided to watch it ;)

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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna

why can u tell me what PPV figherts you currently have...

you cant exactly say Holyfield and Jones jr are still PPV

I think that Britain has got just as many legit world champs if not more than the US now

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What do you consider a "legit world champ"? A guy who has one of the big three (or four) belts at each weight or a guy who's considered the "man" at his division, for example Mayweather at 147, Pavlik at 160, Calz at 168, etc.?

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I'd be very suprised if these figures were that high, I mean the entire population of the UK is 60 million and I don't think for a minute that over a million of them bought the PPV

That's 1 in 6 of the entire population. Now considering that half the population are women, a third are probably under 18, a couple million mentally disabled, a million gay, and around half the remaining figure completely uninterested in boxing then you are already left with not that many.

So of the remaining eligible potential buyers I guess the majority would have watched it with at least one other person bringing the total down still further.

1.2 million INDIVIDUAL buys? Sorry but I'm not buying that.

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As someone stated above, its only 1 in 60 of uk citizens bought the fight based upon these figures. You might think this is unbelievable still but remember 1 billion people watched arsenal-man united in a normal english premier league game a few months back, thats 1 in 6 people in the world. We create the most exciting sports events in the world and people tune in and thats a fact. Maybe thats because our sports dont just beat everyone in america alone and then consider themselves world champions...but maybe im digressing...

WOuldnt suprise me that the PPV figures were huge. ONe of my old uni mates is an Indian lass with absolutely zero interest in sport and she sent me an email saying that she ordered the fight hoping that Hatton would win ! Lol I didnt even expect her to know who Hatton or Mayweather was.

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Originally Posted by prometheus781

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I'd be very suprised if these figures were that high, I mean the entire population of the UK is 60 million and I don't think for a minute that over a million of them bought the PPV

That's 1 in 6 of the entire population. Now considering that half the population are women, a third are probably under 18, a couple million mentally disabled, a million gay, and around half the remaining figure completely uninterested in boxing then you are already left with not that many.

So of the remaining eligible potential buyers I guess the majority would have watched it with at least one other person bringing the total down still further.

1.2 million INDIVIDUAL buys? Sorry but I'm not buying that.

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As someone stated above, its only 1 in 60 of uk citizens bought the fight based upon these figures. You might think this is unbelievable still but remember 1 billion people watched arsenal-man united in a normal english premier league game a few months back, thats 1 in 6 people in the world. We create the most exciting sports events in the world and people tune in and thats a fact. Maybe thats because our sports dont just beat everyone in america alone and then consider themselves world champions...but maybe im digressing...

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Sky is in 6 million house holds, 1.2 mil is 20%, it's feasible and extremely impressive.

theres a big difference in price tho

in the UK the cost was like 15 pounds, in the US it was like 50 USD and for the HD i THINK it was like 60 USD

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Originally Posted by 'Big' (Yoits)Dan McCarthy

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Originally Posted by prometheus781

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I'd be very suprised if these figures were that high, I mean the entire population of the UK is 60 million and I don't think for a minute that over a million of them bought the PPV

That's 1 in 6 of the entire population. Now considering that half the population are women, a third are probably under 18, a couple million mentally disabled, a million gay, and around half the remaining figure completely uninterested in boxing then you are already left with not that many.

So of the remaining eligible potential buyers I guess the majority would have watched it with at least one other person bringing the total down still further.

1.2 million INDIVIDUAL buys? Sorry but I'm not buying that.

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As someone stated above, its only 1 in 60 of uk citizens bought the fight based upon these figures. You might think this is unbelievable still but remember 1 billion people watched arsenal-man united in a normal english premier league game a few months back, thats 1 in 6 people in the world. We create the most exciting sports events in the world and people tune in and thats a fact. Maybe thats because our sports dont just beat everyone in america alone and then consider themselves world champions...but maybe im digressing...

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Sky is in 6 million house holds, 1.2 mil is 20%, it's feasible and extremely impressive.

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Especially when you consider the majority of people only have sky for the sports channels.

CC..thats what I've been saying. floyd acts like he's the draw and he's the money maker so everyone should do it his way. He fought DLH and Hatton, both mainstream draws and that is the reason he made money. He says Ricky should be happy he gave him a chance when in reality, he should be kissing Rickys ess for giving him an opportunity to make money like that instead of fighting in half empty arenas with people walking out halfway through the fight like in the Baldo fight.

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Originally Posted by Kel

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

That many people saw Hatton head butt the ring post? Nice

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Yes, everyone who bought the fight for £15 decided to watch it ;)

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Question:

Why was the fight TWICE the price in the US as it was in the UK?

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Originally Posted by QUISQUEYA

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Originally Posted by Kel

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

That many people saw Hatton head butt the ring post? Nice

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Yes, everyone who bought the fight for £15 decided to watch it ;)

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Question:

Why was the fight TWICE the price in the US as it was in the UK?

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Well its about fucking time we got something cheaper than the US ;D

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

CC..thats what I've been saying. floyd acts like he's the draw and he's the money maker so everyone should do it his way. He fought DLH and Hatton, both mainstream draws and that is the reason he made money. He says Ricky should be happy he gave him a chance when in reality, he should be kissing Rickys ess for giving him an opportunity to make money like that instead of fighting in half empty arenas with people walking out halfway through the fight like in the Baldo fight.

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Very true. Mayweather helped the fight this in the States for sure,but in Britain,I don't know many people that knew of him and had seen him before the fight. It was more,"It's Ricky's Toughest fight" etc rather than "It;s a chance to see P4P number Floyd". So all the talk of him helping Hatton was a bit premature,they BOTH helped each other!

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Originally Posted by El Gamo

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

CC..thats what I've been saying. floyd acts like he's the draw and he's the money maker so everyone should do it his way. He fought DLH and Hatton, both mainstream draws and that is the reason he made money. He says Ricky should be happy he gave him a chance when in reality, he should be kissing Rickys ess for giving him an opportunity to make money like that instead of fighting in half empty arenas with people walking out halfway through the fight like in the Baldo fight.

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Very true. Mayweather helped the fight this in the States for sure,but in Britain,I don't know many people that knew of him and had seen him before the fight. It was more,"It's Ricky's Toughest fight" etc rather than "It;s a chance to see P4P number Floyd". So all the talk of him helping Hatton was a bit premature,they BOTH helped each other!

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CC for some rationale. One hand washes the other and all that!

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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna

why can u tell me what PPV figherts you currently have...

you cant exactly say Holyfield and Jones jr are still PPV

I think that Britain has got just as many legit world champs if not more than the US now

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Uh huh.... That's a really thought out post.

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Originally Posted by prometheus781

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

I'd be very suprised if these figures were that high, I mean the entire population of the UK is 60 million and I don't think for a minute that over a million of them bought the PPV

That's 1 in 6 of the entire population. Now considering that half the population are women, a third are probably under 18, a couple million mentally disabled, a million gay, and around half the remaining figure completely uninterested in boxing then you are already left with not that many.

So of the remaining eligible potential buyers I guess the majority would have watched it with at least one other person bringing the total down still further.

1.2 million INDIVIDUAL buys? Sorry but I'm not buying that.

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As someone stated above, its only 1 in 60 of uk citizens bought the fight based upon these figures. You might think this is unbelievable still but remember 1 billion people watched arsenal-man united in a normal english premier league game a few months back, thats 1 in 6 people in the world. We create the most exciting sports events in the world and people tune in and thats a fact. Maybe thats because our sports dont just beat everyone in america alone and then consider themselves world champions...but maybe im digressing...

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Honestly I really take most of these numbers with a HUGE grain of salt. There is no way in hell 1 billion people sat down and watched the Arsenal Man Utd game no matter what the figures say.

I live in the UK and I didn't watch the game. I also know for certain that my brother, mum, dad, gran, niece, 3 nephews, my brothers girlfriend etc didn't watch it either.

Who the hell invents these stupid figures I have no idea but they are just dumb. 1 in 6 of EVERY person in the world watched the Arsenal Man Utd game ::**

Come on let's be serious for a minute. Probably 3 out 6 people in the world don't even have access to a television set so they have to be discounted.

A third will be children and at least 80% of them can be discounted. Factor in all the elderly, females, people working, not interested in football etc there is no way possible that a sixth of the world's population watched that match.

We could quite easily do a test here.

As this is an all male sporting based forum for people in the Western world with internet and tv access for these figures to be correct I would guess about 90% of our forum members must have watched this match.

Well let's see how many actually watched it? I would bet no more than 1 in 20 of all the people who are registered members here watched the Man Utd Aresnal game and yet the people here are those MOST likely to watch it.

The viewing figures are just plain made up imo.

Hatton is loved by his fans and he will have a following to the end of his career no matter what happens.

I think if it wasn't already going to happen this pretty much set Hatton-DLH in stone. Not a good match up by any means, but the cash draw is will be amazing.

I bet for every 1 ppv mayweather sold hatton was responsible for 50 of them