Why do people presume Khan is going to make huge PPV money against Bradley?

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If Bradley deserves ppv money, why doesnt he get it from HBO?

Oh yeah. Because hes nowhere near being a PPV fighter.

Bradley wants no part of Khan

Yeah and if that was the case you know damn well that Khan and his greasy posse would be crying for a cut. Khan is driving the PPV obviously but part of the reason why people buy fights is for competitive matchups. Bradley is bringing some buys in and should be compensated for it. No way Khan should get more than 80% of UK sales.

[jrosales13]

If Bradley deserves ppv money, why doesnt he get it from HBO?

Oh yeah. Because hes nowhere near being a PPV fighter.

Bradley wants no part of Khan

Maybe you have a point. But, do you believe it's safe to say that Khan-Bradley would do better PPV numbers in the U.K than what Khan-McCloskey did?

[BetterCallSaul]

What don't you understand that he would be fighting the number 1 fighter in the world? McCloskey gtfo! Some of you are on some crack about this whole drawing power. Yeah, people watch Khan but part of the reason this fight is PPV is because he is fighting a highly regarded opponent. Bradley deserves at least 25% of all U.K. sales.

Bradley is the no1 JWW yes I agree, but that still doesn't change the fact that casual British fight fans don't know who he is. McCloskey is a far bigger draw in the UK than what Bradley is and took 6 thousand fans with him to the M.E.N. Despite the good drawing power of Khan and McCloskey, and several months of promotion, the PPV only sold 50-70,000 PPV's, and that was in primetime hours.

No way will the casual British fight fan stay up until 4 in the morning and pay £15 to watch Khan fight a little known product. Bradley isn't Mayweather or Pacquaio.

Now if the fight was held in the UK and shown in primetime hours, it may sell in excess of 100,000 PPV's, but it's not, so it won't.

If Khan is lucky, Sky will get back on board for this fight, but any PPV will bomb.

Anyway, Bradley should be given a slice of the British money. But as Khan has no broadcaster, that slice may end up being very small or non-existent.

[Charmander]

Maybe you have a point. But, do you believe it's safe to say that Khan-Bradley would do better PPV numbers in the U.K than what Khan-McCloskey did?

Khan and Mccklowskey did badly, like 60K, and I would not think that Bradley and Khan would even do 200k. Why? The fight is going to be at 3 or 4 AM here...

Heck for them to do 100k will be hard IMO.

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Bradley is the no1 JWW yes I agree, but that still doesn't change the fact that casual British fight fans don't know who he is. McCloskey is a far bigger draw in the UK than what Bradley is and took 6 thousand fans with him to the M.E.N. Despite the good drawing power of Khan and McCloskey, and several months of promotion, the PPV only sold 50-70,000 PPV's, and that was in primetime hours.

No way will the casual British fight fan stay up until 4 in the morning and pay £15 to watch Khan fight a little known product. Bradley isn't Mayweather or Pacquaio.

Now if the fight was held in the UK and shown in primetime hours, it may sell in excess of 100,000 PPV's, but it's not, so it won't.

If Khan is lucky, Sky will get back on board for this fight, but any PPV will bomb.

Anyway, Bradley should be given a slice of the British money. But as Khan has no broadcaster, that slice may end up being very small or non-existent.

You might think differently when SKY promotes it as Khans biggest matchup ever and all Tims wins like against Junior Witter. They will promote it like it is one of the biggest fights even in the divisions history. It will do good numbers in the UK and Bradley will be a decent part of that.

[Charmander]

You might think differently when SKY promotes it as Khans biggest matchup ever and all Tims wins like against Junior Witter. They will promote it like it is one of the biggest fights even in the divisions history. It will do good numbers in the UK and Bradley will be a decent part of that.

You do realise Witter was on ITV and also Witter is a nobody.

You're American, you don't know anything.

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You do realise Witter was on ITV and also Witter is a nobody.

You're American, you don't know anything.

It doesn't matter. I may be American but I have seen enough promotion to know how a network will promote a big fight.

[jrosales13]

Khan and Mccklowskey did badly, like 60K, and I would not think that Bradley and Khan would even do 200k. Why? The fight is going to be at 3 or 4 AM here...

Heck for them to do 100k will be hard IMO.

But, is it safe to say it would do more than the 60k that McCloskey did?

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Look this is how I would break it down, since you guys are harping on numbers. If Khan/McCloskey did 60,000 in primetime and McCloskey is a big name over there then give Bradley 75% of all ppv number above the 60,000 mark. You guys are so certain that Bradley makes no income for the fight so there is no risk then, right? The way I look at it is Khan didn't gain fans from the McCloskey fight and since it's at 4am the numbers after 60,000 would equate to Bradley and what Bradley brings to the ring(record and skill).

[Charmander]

But, is it safe to say it would do more than the 60k that McCloskey did?

I wouldn't say it is safe. Maidana was intriuging because he had KO power and Khan has a weak chin. Bradley doesn;t pose the KO threat as Maidana does.

Doing over 60K at 4AM isn't easy. I would like to know Maidana numbers for sure.