Originally posted by NEETzsche
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Showtime's ****ty numbers actually hurt HBO boxing in the long run. If Showtime was still getting strong numbers it would push HBO to step up its game. Right now, Showtime's numbers give the impression there's low demand for the sport, thus no reason to increase the level of investment.
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Originally posted by NEETzsche View Postthey're only slightly below average, and there was a competing showtime card. plus crawford isn't a big TV draw and his opponent was uninspiring
the number is fine
now, showtime on the other hand...
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Originally posted by MC Hammer View PostPlus...If...Just because...Sounds like excuse making to me
anyone trying to spin this as a terrible result is clearly just trying to deflect attention from the flop on showtime, which i have no idea why anyone would bother to do that but this site is weird sometimes
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Originally posted by Vicious. View PostIt actually gives me a good feeling that crawford can really be one of the next big stars. Overall its a boxing fight and it held its own against a basketball game which honestly im surprised it didnt draw like 500k or something
Crawford clearly beat out showtime, but there's still a massive differential in viewership from hbo boxing to the NBA
Heck even when boxing was on ESPN (Thurman-Collazo & Garcia-Malignaggi) it didn't do anywhere near the numbers Alabama-Auburn (13 million viewers)
I've always seen boxing as a sport that's polarizing in nature, and hard to market to the masses, especially with Premium cable (HBO, showtime) still in the mix.
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Originally posted by NEETzsche View Postno excuses are needed. an average card scored average viewing figures. you can (and should) criticise the match making here, but there's nothing wrong with the numbers
anyone trying to spin this as a terrible result is clearly just trying to deflect attention from the flop on showtime, which i have no idea why anyone would bother to do that but this site is weird sometimes
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Originally posted by MC Hammer View PostHonestly I didn't watch either, and I don't too much care about the numbers, but if SHO did these numbers for anyone it would be labeled a flop. Just pointing that out.
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