Horrible boxing card does "okay" ratings on CBS

Looks like we could be talking 2.25 million, almost idential to what the UFC on FOX 3 managed in a Primetime slot. Boxing on the other hand was on at 1 o clock. This is what Dave Meltzer said about UFC on Fox 3: http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/25490-ufc-on-fox-ratings?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter The fast national numbers are in for last night's show and it totalled 2.25 million viewers. It should be noted that this is a number that measured what was on from 8-10 p.m. on all the FOX stations, which means on the West Coast, it measured whatever the station aired in that slot. Some stations aired a replay of the fights and many aired other programming. But no matter how you slice it, the number was very bad. That number would work out to a rating in the 1.2 or 1.3 range, horrible for first-run network programming. With the West Coast, the number could rise. The first show rose about 19% but the second show didn't rise at all from the original number, so we're looking at a final number probably between a 1.2 and 1.6. So basically it amounts to a boxing prelim show on CBS at 1 o clock beating a main event UFC show on FOX at primetime.

How can any one who likes boxing complain when a card including a fighters debut and a super bantamweight title fight got more than 1 million viewers on a saturday afternoon in December?

you know the fact this pulled 90% of the basketball audience indicates boxing fans didn't bother coming out to support it at all. It also might indicate that boxing fans are also college basketball fans. Not a crazy concept.

Thats good numbers to get back on track in National TV, now lets keep the support this saturday on NBC. I will tune in you know the fact this pulled 90% of the basketball audience indicates boxing fans didn't bother coming out to support it at all.

Thats good numbers to get back on track in National TV, now lets keep the support this saturday on NBC. I will tune in

I don't get what the guy wants. Rios-Mathysse would probably draw the same exact rating as the Santa Cruz fight. Rios-Alvarado did weak HBO ratings less then 900k. Mathysse's recent fights on Showtime did less than 300k. those are cable networks. A main event on Showtime that does 300k would do bigger numbers than this card did on CBS. If a prelim fight for a ****ty Khan fight can do two million just think what the Khan fight can do.

Throw Rios, Santa Cruz, and Angulo on a card and I bet the ratings would be tremendous. Boxing would be back in the limelight..the fights all have to be slugfests though, that's what the public likes, they could care less for a boxing chess match.

I don't get what the guy wants. Rios-Mathysse would probably draw the same exact rating as the Santa Cruz fight. Rios-Alvarado did weak HBO ratings less then 900k. Mathysse's recent fights on Showtime did less than 300k.

Because it was a lame ass debut for boxing. They needed to make a big splash. They didn't. They didn't do bad. CBS probably paid about five figures for this card so they likely got their moneys worth. Jesus dude stop b1tching already

Not sure why anybody would label this fight as horrible since it was a pretty good fight. Nobody outside of the obvious are big names in boxing. I hope they keep showcasing Santa Cruz regularly on the CBS dates. Because it was a lame ass debut for boxing. They needed to make a big splash. They didn't. They didn't do bad. CBS probably paid about five figures for this card so they likely got their moneys worth.

Not sure why anybody would label this fight as horrible since it was a pretty good fight. Nobody outside of the obvious are big names in boxing. I hope they keep showcasing Santa Cruz regularly on the CBS dates.

how is keeping 90% of that audience just okay?..... that's a success to me... i saw the fight, pretty good fight it's still a middle of the road number for CBS A real boxing card would have smashed that.

should bring santa cruz back on cbs.Perhaps against an opponent with a more familiar name.Lucas would bomb on cbs like he does on showtime.

I'm impressed that they kept 90% of the audience from the basketball. Maybe Golden Boy can put a bigger name fighter on CBS for next time. Or at least Lucas Matthysse. That's not a bad idea.

I'm impressed that they kept 90% of the audience from the basketball. Maybe Golden Boy can put a bigger name fighter on CBS for next time. Or at least Lucas Matthysse.