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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.





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...
Sky is in 6 million house holds, 1.2 mil is 20%, it's feasible and extremely impressive.
Especially when you consider the majority of people only have sky for the sports channels.