The long-awaited return of Ike Ibeabuchi created such a frenzy that the event’s official broadcaster, Prizefighting.tv, says its payment processor buckled under the pressure, reports worldboxingnews.com.
 
Speaking exclusively to World Boxing News, promoters revealed the massive global surge in pay-per-view buys was so extreme that the system’s fraud filters mistakenly flagged the wave of purchases as “suspicious activity.”
 
“There was so much demand for the PPV fight that the payment processor stopped processing the PPVs,” Prizefighting.tv told WBN.
 

“They indicated that it was such a massive increase in purchases in such a short amount of time from all over the world, they thought it was suspicious activity. Most people purchase shortly before the PPV begins.
 
“The demand was substantially more than our wildest dreams. We knew there would be demand, but we were not expecting that much demand for this PPV.
  
“We will be better prepared for the next one.”
 
The ‘President’ has been one of boxing’s most controversial heavyweights, with his return to the ring after more than two decades drawing in fans from every corner of the sport.
 
Ibeabuchi stopped cruiserweight Idris Afinni in three completed rounds and proceeded to call out champion Oleksandr Usyk.