How many fights and how long are boxing PPVs?

[Not A Real Fan]

I've never ordered one but I'm curious to compare and contrast with the UFC. I'm talking Mayweather/Pac/Canelo type PPVs.

How long is the PPV itself? How many fights on the PPV portion of the card? How many fights are on the pre-PPV prelims?

I can't imagine a card from top to bottom consisting of 12-13 fights like the UFC. The PPV portion is probably three fights max.

 

[chunglii]

2, sometimes 3 fights I think.

 

[Fahcough]

I set DVR for May-Pac and want to say it recorded 5-6 hours? Maybe because they put all the prelim stuff on the PPV.

 

[Sharkey]

There's generally if not always four bouts shown on the PPV portion of a boxing card and the PPV usually runs about an hour longer than what a UFC PPV does.

 

[Eli1015]

Ufc discussion.

 

[cheesus]

A long ass time.

 

[Sharkey]

These are the last two boxing PPVs I ordered;


http://boxrec.com/show/716316

Mayweather-Berto, Jack-Groves, Salido-Martinez, and Oquendo-Gonzalez were all shown on the PPV portion of the card for that event


http://boxrec.com/show/718754

Canelo-Cotto, Vargas-Miura, Rios-Velez, and Rigondeaux-Francisco were all shown on PPV for that card.


I can't remember the last time a boxing PPV only had three fights on it, nevermind only two. It may have happened on a very rare occasion, but I don't recall. It's almost always four fights from what I remember. A boxing PPV also generally starts an hour earlier than a UFC PPV as well (6 pm PST and 7 pm PST respectively), and tends to finish at about the same time (9:30 to 10:00 range PST).

 

[EXOICHO]

These are the last two boxing PPVs I ordered;


http://boxrec.com/show/716316

Mayweather-Berto, Jack-Groves, Salido-Martinez, and Oquendo-Gonzalez were all shown on the PPV portion of the card for that event


http://boxrec.com/show/718754

Canelo-Cotto, Vargas-Miura, Rios-Velez, and Rigondeaux-Francisco were all shown on PPV for that card.


I can't remember the last time a boxing PPV only had three fights on it, nevermind only two. It may have happened on a very rare occasion, but I don't recall. It's almost always four fights from what I remember. A boxing PPV also generally starts an hour earlier than a UFC PPV as well (6 pm PST and 7 pm PST respectively), and tends to finish at about the same time (9:30 to 10:00 range PST).

Salido-Martinez was such a great fight. Badou Jack is wicked as well.

 

[Sharkey]

Salido-Martinez was such a great fight. Badou Jack is wicked as well.

The main event of Mayweather-Berto obviously wasn't much, but those other three fights of the PPV portion of the card provided a lot of action. Salido-Martinez was a great fight, like you said. Jack-Groves was a really good fight. Oquendo-Gonzalez was a good fight as well.

Vargas-Miura was the standout fight on the other PPV. Canelo-Cotto was a good fight too, but Vargas-Miura stole the show. It was probably a lot of people's choice for fight of the year. Ring Magazine, for one, voted it as such.

 

[Magx951]

The main event of Mayweather-Berto obviously wasn't much, but those other three fights of the PPV portion of the card provided a lot of action. Salido-Martinez was a great fight, like you said. Jack-Groves was a really good fight. Oquendo-Gonzalez was a good fight as well.

Vargas-Miura was the standout fight on the other PPV. Canelo-Cotto was a good fight too, but Vargas-Miura stole the show. It was probably a lot of people's choice for fight of the year. Ring Magazine, for one, voted it as such.

I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I thought it was nice to see Floyd match Rocky Marciano's record before retiring. He could've easily picked another fight and broken it. Makes me think he's a lot more humble and respectful than he lets off.

 

[Sharkey]

I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I thought it was nice to see Floyd match Rocky Marciano's record before retiring. He could've easily picked another fight and broken it. Makes me think he's a lot more humble and respectful than he lets off.

There's been a couple/few guys from Vegas who post in the boxing forum on here who've interacted with Floyd and who are also aware of his interactions with other people they know, and they would agree with you. They'll tell you he does have a humble, respectful and giving side to him that he doesn't show the public too often. Doesn't want to confuse the reality with the persona he's built for himself, I guess.

Saying that, though, I'm not sure if Marciano had anything to do with his decision to "retire". Maybe it did and I'm not giving him enough credit. But I just think that, after the Pacquiao fight, he ran out of real immediate options for a big blockbuster PPV fight. He fulfilled his contract with Showtime with the Berto fight, and then called it a day. I still think he comes back, though. Whether it be a Pacquiao rematch (hope not), a fight with Broner (if Broner gets his shit together) or whomever, I think we'll see him again. Just like the last time he "retired" back in 2008 or whenever it was.