Jesus! Canelo/Kirkland AVG 2.15 million views, Peak 2.3 million

HBO***39;s #CaneloKirkland broadcast averaged 2.15 million viewers, peaking at 2.3 million. Best @HBOboxing performance since 2006.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) May 12, 2015

Croz was right with his trend observation That was for 3 rounds too Manny/May lead in numbers

HBO Saturday boxing coverage:***10;9:09p-9:57p: 1.118M***10;9:57-10:30p: 1.58M***10;10:30-10:45: 2.146M***10;***10;h/t @tcostello
— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 12, 2015

In comparison to Showtime

Showtime***39;s Boxing coverage on Saturday:***10;9:13-10:05p: 370K***10;10:05-10:23p: 318K***10;10:31-10:55p (Inside Mayweather vs Pacquiao): 304K
— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 12, 2015

His TV Azteca numbers http://m.espn.go.com/deportes/nota?storyId=2371005&cc=3888 Fight in Mexico drew a 15.5 rating in his first fight with Tv Azteca. Finally, purse numbers for those interested

@WaifuCru @RyanBivins @TheFightSource $3.5M min
— John Chavez (@boxingbookie) May 12, 2015

@WaifuCru @TheFightSource @boxingbookie Kirkland got 1.3 mil, Fonfara got less than half a mil.
— Ryan Bivins (@RyanBivins) May 12, 2015

Comments (20)

Boxfan83

How does HBO even know Im watching the fight? What if I DVR'ed it?

11y ago

Hougigo

wheres all the ufc fanboys that say boxing is dead?? Probably crying about John Jones being arrested and UFC 186.

11y ago

Southpawology

wheres all the ufc fanboys that say boxing is dead??

11y ago

Marvellous1

Anything that helps boxing is cool by me. Lets see where Ginger goes from here.

11y ago

gmc_rfc_06

Very nice. Canelo is a star attraction man, people tune in when he fights. Against come forward fighters it's easy to see why, he looks pretty devastating.

11y ago

Dr_Rumack

When you see Canelo in with pressure fighters it's easy to see why he's so popular. He lit up Kirkland and Angulo. The sex symbol thing is still a mystery to me though.

11y ago

US_Dirk_Killer

Wow, HBO broke the bank here...and they got GGG next week? Denggggggg

11y ago

Spit_Dialect

Canelo is an earner, no doubt. Hate him or love him, people tune in to watch him fight.

11y ago

Hougigo

And Canelo's purse @WaifuCru @RyanBivins @TheFightSource $3.5M min— John Chavez (@boxingbookie) May 12, 2015

11y ago

Hougigo

How much was Kirkland gonna make for that PPV 2 years ago? @WaifuCru @TheFightSource @boxingbookie Kirkland got 1.3 mil, Fonfara got less than half a mil.— Ryan Bivins (@RyanBivins) May 12, 2015

11y ago

Hougigo

http://m.espn.go.com/deportes/nota?storyId=2371005&cc=3888 Fight in Mexico drew a 15.5 rating in his first fight with Tv Azteca. Deng, that's a good number

11y ago

R_Walken

Good job for piggybacking off May / Pac Not a Canelo fan ( has a exciting style) but lets be real he's the biggest magician in boxing

11y ago

QballLobo

Pac/May replay certainly helped. I knew a few people that didn't watch the fight that wanted to see the replay for free on HBO. Glad that those that stuck around got to watch a great fight. We need more of these type of match ups to keep the momentum going.

11y ago

Achcauhtli

Highest non PBC fight this year. Huge number I'm sure was helped by Floyd/Manny replay. I doubt it, especially because of the backlash the sparring session the week before caught....but good try though.

11y ago

torosboxing75

Wow! Great numbers. :boxing:

11y ago

Dinamita_03

http://m.espn.go.com/deportes/nota?storyId=2371005&cc=3888 Fight in Mexico drew a 15.5 rating in his first fight with Tv Azteca.

11y ago

Beater_of_ass

salty? canelo-kirk did more than floyd-manny replay(both networks together), explain that?... 4.4 million paid $100 to watch it the week before, they doubled the Canelo rating at 100x's the price... Not trying to take away from Canelo here though, you can't. I think all the casuals watched the first fight and all the real fans tuned in for the main event. The fact that people stood around after the replay is awesome, great for Canelo but more importantly for boxing. There was definitely some carry over regardless of how the fight played out.

11y ago

TAKEOVER7209

Good stuff add the 1 million that watched the CBS card and over 3 million were able to watch some exciting fights!

11y ago

icha

Cool. But let's be cereal. Close to half are cause of May PAC. Who cares if it was "boring" they're still the only boxers most casuals know about lol salty? canelo-kirk did more than floyd-manny replay(both networks together), explain that?...

11y ago

gamefrk

Those numbers are impressive considering that 1.18 million viewers didn't fall asleep after that underwhelming MayPac fight. Props to Canelo & Kirkland!

11y ago