The world classic boxing heavyweight title unification match between Tyson Fury – Oleksandr Usyk has just set the live TV viewing fee at an unexpected number.

This morning, February 2, details of the live broadcast plan as well as the pay-per-view viewing fee (pay TV) of the world classic boxing heavyweight title unification match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on February 17 has been announced.

Specifically, the above match to find the absolute champion of world heavyweight boxing after a quarter of a century will be distributed by units such as DAZN PPV, TNT Sports PPV and Sky Sports PPV in the two markets. The main markets are the US, UK, as well as other regions around the world.

The pay-per-view fee – watching live television of the Fury – Usyk match as well as the entire Ring of Fire event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is set at 69.99 USD, equivalent to about 1,000 USD. 7 million VND.

Worth mentioning, this is the fee for television audiences in the US market alone. In England, Fury’s home country, and other parts of the world, the pay-per-view fee has not yet been finalized.

The classic heavyweight title unification match Tyson Fury – Usyk has a live viewing fee in the form of PPV of nearly 70 dollars in the US market

Interestingly, the $69.99 fee for American audiences to watch the world’s most important, classic boxing match of the past 25 years is… even cheaper than the fee to watch Tyson. Fury fought with former UFC king Francis Ngannou at the end of October last year.

At that time, the pay-per-view fee for the Fury – Ngannou match was up to $79.99 in the US market and £21.95 (nearly 700,000 VND) in the UK market, even though it was Ngannou’s first time competing. stepped onto the professional boxing floor and the match lasted only 10 rounds.

The Fury – Ngannou match last October had poor PPV numbers

Remember, although the Fury – Ngannou match had a high PPV fee, the revenue was “pathetic” when many sources revealed that “only sold less than 70,000 live views” in the US market. However, the upcoming Fury – Usyk fight promises to create the next “million PPV match” for the boxing world.

During his career, Usyk’s professional matches have sold more than 4.5 million PPV sessions even though the Ukrainian boxer just moved to heavyweight at the end of 2018, has only fought 5 matches and the above is still an unprecedented PPV statistic. full.

As for Tyson Fury, the 36-year-old British boxer’s loud fights have so far attracted nearly 5 million views in the form of PPV. The Fury – Wilder II match in early 2020 alone sold about 2 million PPVs.