That makes sense, but they got fucked by scheduling if thats the case. I think this one would have done great PPV numbers. More than Mosely-Judah even though that should do ok with both having good fanbases.
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That makes sense, but they got fucked by scheduling if thats the case. I think this one would have done great PPV numbers. More than Mosely-Judah even though that should do ok with both having good fanbases.
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It wasn't a PPV because JoeCal's fight against Mikkel Kessler was like the lowest rated HBO broadcast of 2007 so they were worried about him being able to get PPV buys. HBO wanted to use B-Hop's name to get people to actually tune in to JoeCal this time and they are hoping that JoeCal beats him so that JoeCal becomes a star. Then they can market his next one or two fights as PPV and more people will know him.
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I duno, I have to disagree here. I think it would have done very poorly. As albsur correctly noted above, Calzaghe-Kessler did the lowest rating in the history of HBO championship boxing. Hopkins has never been that big of a draw.Originally Posted by No Contest
By all accounts, the tickets sales have been pretty mediocre too.
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Thats why they should have fought in Wales, we got a semi-recession going on and not alot of people got the extra cash nowadays. Millenium sold 20 some thousand for JC's last fight? Hopkins did ok on PPV when he fought Winky, not because people wanted to see Winky, but because people knew it was a big fight like this one.I duno, I have to disagree here. I think it would have done very poorly. As albsur correctly noted above, Calzaghe-Kessler did the lowest rating in the history of HBO championship boxing. Hopkins has never been that big of a draw.
By all accounts, the tickets sales have been pretty mediocre too.
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Mosely vs Zab could have been on HBO if they were willing to wait for the fall when there was a boxing date open. Neither fighter wanted to wait so they have to fight on PPV.
ANd PPV is a big risk for everyone involved. Instead of the guaranteed HBO money, they actually have to sell PPV buys to make money.
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