In the middle of an interview in which he fixes his position on the current business model in the United States in the payment for events, Eddie Hearn had flattering words for the Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez .
“You live in a world now, where, in pay-per-view in the United States, you are on the edge of the razor every time you fight, because it is very saturated, “said Hearn in Boxing Social .
Feel that the The model is not adequate and for that reason the profit figures are going down. It was when he admitted that Canelo is a guarantee of a good show for the consumer.
” There is no bigger star in America than Canelo Álvarez. For me, if I was advising you, I’m on that boat, I want a guarantee. They are saturating the market so much… I feel like the way people assimilate content is changing and I know the numbers are falling rapidly in the United States on PPV, ”added the Matchroom Boxing promoter.
And he dared to give an example of the exaggerated way in which PPVs are charged in boxing evenings in the US. In addition, to criticize the model itself.
“It is saturated at 80 dollars each. Obviously you had Gervonta Davis against Marrio Barrios on pay-per-view… now you go to Wilder-Fury getting another pay-per-view, and then you go into Pacquiao and Spence, a great fight, but another pay-per-view. Before that, you have Jake Paul-Tyrone Woodley. These are 80 dollars for each function ”, he closed.
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