For the PPV to be a financial success they needed to hit 250k PPV buys.
Wilder and Fury exceeded expectations according to reports.
The fight between heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury on Dec. 1 generated approximately 325,000 pay-per-view buys, multiple industry sources have told ESPN.
Based on 325,000 buys, the pay-per-view grossed around $24 million, though about half that money goes to the cable and satellite providers.
Rematches can be tricky, sometimes people don’t have as much interest in the second fight for various reasons, but the opposite is happening for Wilder-Fury, people are clamoring for the second fight because of the way with the fight ended.
Fury was going to get a win when Wilder put him on his back in the 12th, but Fury got up to secure a draw.
As far as Anthony Joshua you will hear his promoters try to downplay the PPV numbers by saying Joshua does double that in the UK, but they won’t tell you PPV in UK is $19.99 whereas the Wilder-Fury PPV went for $79.99, so there is a big difference.
Joshua won’t be recognized as the man until he fights both Fury and Wilder, so he needs to instruct his people strongly to make it happen and when someone offers you $50 million take it.
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