This previous Saturday’s battle between Chris Eubank Junior and Conor Benn proved to be a much better battle than loads of us thought could be the case, the battle really residing as much as all of the hype. And now, Eddie Hearn has revealed the massive pay-per-view numbers the battle managed. Talking with Discuss Sport, Hearn mentioned that the battle pulled in over 1 million P-P-V buys worldwide.
Hearn doesn’t have an actual determine as of but, because the numbers are nonetheless being tallied, however the magic million mark was reached by the battle that was staged at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with over 65,000 followers exhibiting up.
“Properly over 1,000,000 worldwide,” Hearn mentioned of the P-P-V numbers the “Deadly Fury” battle managed to tug in. “DAZN did extraordinarily properly. Sky Sports activities clearly one other nice platform as properly. The rematch is on one other degree.”
When Hearn says “the rematch is on one other degree,” it’s after all fairly seemingly that there will likely be a part-II right here. If, that’s, a full settlement might be made with reference to a rehydration clause, who’s the A-side and who’s the B-side, who will get the larger proportion of the battle purse, and so forth. However, sure, a rematch would little doubt be enormous if it did happen
Each Eubank Jr and Benn elevated their reputations with their respective performances, and the battle was fairly shut on the playing cards, with some folks feeling Benn deserved the choice that as an alternative went his rival’s approach.
A million pay-per-view buys is after all a smash hit for any battle, however what we had on April twenty sixth was a non-title battle between two fighters who’re removed from the perfect on the earth at their weight. But the nostalgia surrounding the battle, with followers recalling the savage brilliance of the Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn fights, and the advertising and marketing machine that promoted the battle, noticed to it that the magic million was reached. After which some. What number of pay-per-view buys may a rematch generate?
