Crawford vs. Postol: Will it bring in 75K PPV buys on HBO?

crawford43By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has really put in a big effort to make sure the Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol fight is a big success on HBO PPV on July 23. According to Dan Rafael, Arum needs 75,000 PPV buys for the Crawford-Postol fight to break even. The going price for the card is $49.99. I don’t know about you but that’s a lot of green. I could fill my car up with gas for a week for that kind of cash. I’m still trying to decide whether I’ll watch the Crawford-Postol fight live.

While that’s not much compared to extremely high $100 asking price for last year’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight sold for on HBO/Showtime PPV, it’s still quite a lot of money for two fighters that aren’t well known in the United States and are light years away from becoming stars of any kind.

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Gilberto Ramirez vs. Dominik Britsch on Crawford-Postol card

ramirez94By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) will be defending his title for the first time on July 23 against German fighter Dominik Britsch (32-2-1, 11 KOs) in the co-feature bout on the Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KO) vs. Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) card on HBO pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 24-year-old Ramirez recently won the WBO title in beating champion Arthur Abraham by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision last April on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley III fight in Las Vegas. Ramirez won an easy fight in beating 36-year-old Abraham by the scores of 120-108 x 3.

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Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol agree to terms for July 23 PPV fight on HBO

crawford52665By Dan Ambrose: The Top Rank promoted WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) and WBC light welterweight champion Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) have reportedly agreed to terms for a July 23 fight on HBO pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The contracts are expected to be signed and given back to Top Rank shortly. The press conference is already scheduled for May 10 to announce the Crawford-Postol fight, along with the undercard.

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Terence Crawford signs contract for Viktor Postol fight

crawford1000By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says his fighter WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) has signed the contract for a unification fight against the unbeaten WBC 140lb champion Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs), who Arum also promotes.

This will be a pay-per-view fight on HBO on July 23 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Crawford-Postol is a good fight, but on HBO PPV? Nah. I’m not up for that. I hope Arum doesn’t overpay Crawford and Postol with more guarantee money than the fight can ever hope to make on HBO PPV, because I don’t see this fight bringing in a lot of PPV buys.

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