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World professional boxing stars Kubrat Pulev and Anthony Joshua received the unpleasant financial news from British television “Sky Sports”, which broadcast their world title match on the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO versions.
Serious interest from viewers was expected to increase the financial parameters of the two boxers, who charged lower fees due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Joshua received more than 10 million pounds and the Cobras took less than half of that amount. However, hopes that the party’s paid broadcasting revenue could raise rates are unwarranted. According to preliminary estimates, Sky Sports reported 600,000 pay-per-view subscribers for the battle between AJ and Pulev on December 12.
British spectators paid £ 24.95 to watch the big game. The amount was the same as the subscription for Joshua’s rematch against Andy Ruiz in 2019.
After the final count, the number of 600,000 subscribers could reach 700,000, but this is significantly less than expected, as only 1,000 spectators were admitted to Wembley Arena. This was supposed to spark more serious interest in the TV show.
This apparently did not happen, as the amount paid to see the battle on television is half of the record 1.6 million that saw the rematch between Joshua and Ruiz.
Interestingly, AJ occupies the first three places in the ranking of the most watched matches through pay-per-view. The second position is for his match with Vladimir Klitschko in 2017: 1.5 million subscribers. In third place is Joshua’s battle with Joseph Parker (2018), which reported 1.45 million subscribers.
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