Whyte/Parker: Does It Justify Being A PPV Card

Whyte/Parker: Does It Justify Being A PPV Card

While nobody is forced to buy a PPV card, but should we be expected to when we already pay a hefty monthly subscription. The latest in what seems a regular monthly occurrence is the heavyweight clash between Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker.

There is no doubt Whyte/Parker is a very good fight, genuine top 10 heavyweights with the winner putting himself right in the mix for a title shot with either Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder, so it’s a fight with real title implications.

But that said, is it really worth an additional outlay on top of what we already pay.

Parker of course is coming off a loss to Joshua, while Whyte is coming off his most important win against Lucas Browne, personally the fight I don’t think is a PPV fight. As I have said before in previous articles, the fighters will get paid substantially more as a result of it being on PPV, and good luck to them, but from a paying customer point of view, is it right we are being asked to pay again on top of our regular monthly subscriptions, that’s my issue.

Whyte/Parker on its own wouldn’t sell many PPV’s so the card is being stacked out to help, and while big names like Kell Brook will be on the undercard, a closer look at the fights raise concerns.

The best and most even fights on the card are the Whyte and Parker and Chisora and Takam, both are more or less 50/50 fights. The other fights so far announced have Brook, Taylor, Buatsi and Benn as big favourites over their opponents.

Tickets are reportedly selling well at the box office, so it will be interesting what the PPV buys are like, and also what additional fights are added to the card.

Despite my concerns, the PPV model looks to be here to stay, is it being over-used, for me most definitely.

Fight Card:
Dillian Whyte v Joseph Parker
Kell Brook v Brandon Cook
Katie Taylor v Kimberly Connor
Dereck Chisora v Carlos Takam
Joshua Buatsi v Ricky Summers
Conor Benn v Cedric Peynaud