Fury v Usyk - 564 million viewers globally

[PBAC]

Reports say illegal streaming had 20 million views costing 1 billion in revenue. This means those people who likely weren't going to buy it anyway brought about the unthinkable when Fury and Usyk had to settle on purchasing slightly smaller solid golden fountains for their bathrooms. The TV rating industry is far more fragmented than it was in the last gen. Nothing is said in particular about any major network. Boxing without mainstream support from a major network aired in the middle east pulled a similar figure to the opening game of the world cup, and more than the super bowl which can hit 200 million - 300 million global viewers. Boxing is so fragmented I'm surprised ''where the hell am I supposed to watch this fight'' wasn't the top trending hashtag on Xitter. I'm not sure if views accounts for all promotional content for the event. I found that UFC 300 had 1.3 billion views but they mention in the background this included promotional and post fight footage.

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk’s $1.3 Billion Setback Reveals Why Boxing Is a Sinking Ship

Despite pulling off impressive numbers on May 18, Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury sustained a staggering loss of close to $1.3 billion. How?

www.essentiallysports.com

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury tilted the axis of the boxing world to Riyadh as the two fought a memorable fight with all 4 heavyweight straps on the line. The extravagant event proved to be a successful eye grab, with ‘Ring of Fire’ creating 5.49 billion impressions, and 564 million views across all internet platforms combined as it penetrated 137 countries. However, the picture is not all rosy as far as the business side of things goes. The event missed out on revenue of close to $1 billion. And there is only one reason.

 

[Elvis.]

20 million watching by illegal streaming honestly seems low to me

 

[Mujeriego]

Reports say illegal streaming had 20 million views costing 1 billion in revenue. This means those people who likely weren't going to buy it anyway brought about the unthinkable when Fury and Usyk had to settle on purchasing slightly smaller solid golden fountains for their bathrooms. The TV rating industry is far more fragmented than it was in the last gen. Nothing is said in particular about any major network. Boxing without mainstream support from a major network aired in the middle east pulled a similar figure to the opening game of the world cup, and more than the super bowl which can hit 200 million - 300 million global viewers. Boxing is so fragmented I'm surprised ''where the hell am I supposed to watch this fight'' wasn't the top trending hashtag on Xitter. I'm not sure if views accounts for all promotional content for the event. I found that UFC 300 had 1.3 billion views but they mention in the background this included promotional and post fight footage.

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk’s $1.3 Billion Setback Reveals Why Boxing Is a Sinking Ship

Despite pulling off impressive numbers on May 18, Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury sustained a staggering loss of close to $1.3 billion. How?

www.essentiallysports.com

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury tilted the axis of the boxing world to Riyadh as the two fought a memorable fight with all 4 heavyweight straps on the line. The extravagant event proved to be a successful eye grab, with ‘Ring of Fire’ creating 5.49 billion impressions, and 564 million views across all internet platforms combined as it penetrated 137 countries. However, the picture is not all rosy as far as the business side of things goes. The event missed out on revenue of close to $1 billion. And there is only one reason.

I'll tell you right now.
UFC 300 did not do 1.3b views.

 

[PBAC]

I'll tell you right now.
UFC 300 did not do 1.3b views.

they reported it as a total of all interactions, so for commercials/promo and post fight content it hit a total of 1.3 billion. Over a billion didn't watch it live we can imagine their marketing could reach that much.

 

[Dr Fong]

they reported it as a total of all interactions, so for commercials/promo and post fight content it hit a total of 1.3 billion. Over a billion didn't watch it live we can imagine their marketing could reach that much.

So you also know full well that Fury vs Usyk did not have 500 million 'viewers' - commonly understood as people who actually watched the fight - but you decided to make a bullshit thread title to mislead people anyway?

 

[PBAC]

So you also know full well that Fury vs Usyk did not have 500 million 'viewers' - commonly understood as people who actually watched the fight - but you decided to make a bullshit thread title to mislead people anyway?

the article says viewers not promotional reach. Over all impressions were 5.6 billion. 20 million illegal streams and a guarantee that it was the most watched event in both Ukraine and the UK alone is bound to have a lot of views.

the UFC article says promotional reach was 1.3 billion for 300

 

[Tatra]

If I didn't have a stream, I simply wouldn't watch it. There's no way I'm paying for it. So they're really not losing anything.

 

[Dr Fong]

the article says viewers not promotional reach. Over all impressions were 5.6 billion

the UFC article says promotional reach was 1.3 billion for 300

I am aware that the fine journalist at 'Essentially Sports' said 'views' (not viewers) across all internet platforms' without specifying what this means or which ass they pulled this number from.

The same fine journalist who uses a clickbait title about boxing being a 'sinking ship' because of standard piracy certainly makes the article seem even more credible.

This 564 million number is completely incompatible with the 20 million illegal stream claim (which does at least have a source), as in the same article it states that illegal streams for Conor vs Floyd were either 20x the PPV number or at least 40% (depending on the shitty website's source) Yet for this fight 97% of people watched the fight legally - how does that make any sense?

So the numbers do not add up, even if the 564 million 'views' was actually based on anything, which the article provides no evidence that it is.

Anyway, enjoy discussing random fake or misleading numbers from shitty websites.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Only 564 million? I heard it was in the trillions bro.

 

[Zarathustra611]

That would be roughly 1 in every 16/17 people in the world watching the fight I think.

If that's similar numbers to a world cup soccer opening match I could believe it. Boxing hardcore fans are relatively small but located in almost every nation around the world. Boxing is one of those sports with huge casual interest though- everyone knows Mike Tyson and all those casuals mainly just pay attention to Heavyweight.

An undisputed HW fight, the first one in decades pulling a huge number I could just about believe. Even if it was half that number, it's still a massive event.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

That would be roughly 1 in every 16/17 people in the world watching the fight I think.

If that's similar numbers to a world cup soccer opening match I could believe it. Boxing hardcore fans are relatively small but located in almost every nation around the world. Boxing is one of those sports with huge casual interest though- everyone knows Mike Tyson and all those casuals mainly just pay attention to Heavyweight.

An undisputed HW fight, the first one in decades pulling a huge number I could just about believe. Even if it was half that number, it's still a massive event.

Roughly 1 in 14 people on the planet. The global population is currently around 8 billion. Obviously this 564 million viewers number is BS but it's typical media sensationalism. I don't know what the real numbers are but they'd be nowhere near that.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Holy soup ladles!!

Boxing is officially the biggest sport around…. Again

 

[Dr Fong]

That would be roughly 1 in every 16/17 people in the world watching the fight I think.

If that's similar numbers to a world cup soccer opening match I could believe it. Boxing hardcore fans are relatively small but located in almost every nation around the world. Boxing is one of those sports with huge casual interest though- everyone knows Mike Tyson and all those casuals mainly just pay attention to Heavyweight.

An undisputed HW fight, the first one in decades pulling a huge number I could just about believe. Even if it was half that number, it's still a massive event.

Yes, half of a fake number would be impressive.

Just like me beating half of 10 Centaurs in a hoof fight yesterday was pretty impressive too. I made them say 'neigh mas'.

 

[wufabufa]

If I didn't have a stream, I simply wouldn't watch it. There's no way I'm paying for it. So they're really not losing anything.

100%

None of my friends are into combat sports so it's not like they'd wanna split a PPV with me.

 

[Noveltymortar]

Some of us went to the trouble of illegally streaming only for it to shit the bed with 30 seconds left to go in the 12th round

 

[jeff7b9]

Came here to shit on this misleading nonsense, but looks like you guys have it covered!!!

Well done chaps!

I am guessing that no one knows the actual PPV numbers?
(Not sure I would believe them but still curious)

Seems weird to me how they are bragging about how many people didn't buy the PPV and not coming forward with any real sales numbers.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

“According to sources, Usyk-Fury generated upward of $50 million in pay-per-view revenue with 1.5-million-plus PPV buys (the vast majority from the U.K., where Fury is a megastar). The event also made $40 million in sponsorship and another $3 million-plus in ticket sales. All in -- production, fighter purses, entertainment, travel, etc. -- the event cost in the neighborhood of $120 million.”

How Fury-Usyk Saudi Arabia fight set up a future for boxing

 

[PBAC]

Came here to shit on this misleading nonsense, but looks like you guys have it covered!!!

Well done chaps!

I am guessing that no one knows the actual PPV numbers?
(Not sure I would believe them but still curious)

Seems weird to me how they are bragging about how many people didn't buy the PPV and not coming forward with any real sales numbers.

well look at it this way. Usyk is a megastar in the Ukraine and a national hero. We know it did 20 million illegal streams according to the article. We know it'd have a huge audience in the UK. And then what? We assume nobody outside of that bracket watched it. No one in Germany, no one in Russia was curious? Boxing is also being pushed by Saudi remember.

 

[Mujeriego]

well look at it this way. Usyk is a megastar in the Ukraine and a national hero. We know it did 20 million illegal streams according to the article. We know it'd have a huge audience in the UK. And then what? We assume nobody outside of that bracket watched it. No one in Germany, no one in Russia was curious? Boxing is also being pushed by Saudi remember.

It was watched more than any UFC or MMA event ever.
That I know for sure.

Boxing wins.

 

[SandisLL]

well look at it this way. Usyk is a megastar in the Ukraine and a national hero. We know it did 20 million illegal streams according to the article. We know it'd have a huge audience in the UK. And then what? We assume nobody outside of that bracket watched it. No one in Germany, no one in Russia was curious? Boxing is also being pushed by Saudi remember.

In Saudi boxing isn't no No1 sport.

Also such fight anyway had a lot of attention because this ... was for an Undisputed HW title.
We didn't had an Undisputed HW in pro boxing since Lewis era......long time...damn long time....