Ward on BET gets 325K viewers

You people do realize that not everyone has the BET channel right? I myself have a DISH with premium package (all channels) and I don't have BET. A lot of people who have a dish in other areas don't have the channel as well. Even some cable boxes don't have the BET channel. Showing this fight on BET was a business mistake and I don't blame Wards popularity for the numbers. The business mistake was when Ward refused to take less than $2 million per tune up fight and was shown the door by both HBO and Showtime. The business mistake was Roc Nation thinking Ward was a draw and would bring in crowds and viewers and money instead of the chirping of crickets. If Roc Nation had been smart, they would have worked out a deal with HBO where Ward would be paid a fair purse for a fighter who has not been in the ring in almost two years and had only fought twice in three years instead of going in making insane demands. Now they are paying the price for their stupidity.

You people do realize that not everyone has the BET channel right? I myself have a DISH with premium package (all channels) and I don't have BET. A lot of people who have a dish in other areas don't have the channel as well. Even some cable boxes don't have the BET channel. Showing this fight on BET was a business mistake and I don't blame Wards popularity for the numbers.

:lol1: :lol1: LMAO no one cares about this ****** bum. He is going to HAVE to become relevant if he wants to fight Gennady, he doesn't have the credentials or the numbers to earn a shot at Golovkin right now.

The amount of money roc nation lost on that fight is insane. Plus it was a time buy. No wonder they want to stick ward on the canelo-cotto ppv card.

Don't really care about the ratings.He's HBO bound as soon that the chickens decide to fight him.GLad his back.:boxing:

LOOOOOOOOOOOL 325k views that's horrific.golovkin is now without a doubt the a side against ward and golovkin is going to headline his first ppv while ward has never fought on ppv.the tables are turned on ward now he's going to sacrifice a lot in the negotiations if he wants to fight golovkin.war ggg :boxing:

Wow even BounceTV (not included in my cable package) did better numbers than Ward on BET (included in my cable package; also included in up to 90 million homes), pretty sad.

LMAO......never got a response on that one did you? 325K is allegedly awesome but 163K is "garbage". Yet, 163K is 50% of awesome, so if half of awesome is garbage what is 400% of awesome? :banana: Inb4 "He fought a bum doe"

What about GGG 1.3 to Wards 325,000 How's that compare? LMAO......never got a response on that one did you? 325K is allegedly awesome but 163K is "garbage". Yet, 163K is 50% of awesome, so if half of awesome is garbage what is 400% of awesome? :banana:

Ward is an unpopular boxer. Even his home state California boxing fans BOOED LOUDLY when his name came up in a GGG post-fight interview. Talented fighter has everything you need to be successful but he lacks the charisma and he promotes himself in a bad way by acting like he is the A-Side speaking out in public how people should go up in weight for him or down w/e the problem probably stems from him wanting to be like Floyd Mayweather the only thing is I don't think many people care for him I mean for god sake George Groves and James DeGale are more known and liked by the public than Andre. He needs to change up his approach/act, nothing people dislike more than someone acting like something you're not.

What about GGG 1.3 to Wards 325,000 How's that compare? GGG did 1.3 million? wow...

He wasn't even espn2 material

The Lemieux - N'Dam fight was not shown on Canadian television, not PPV and not cable broadcast. It was almost not shown at all on any network. That was a mistake of the promoters and had nothing at all to do with Lemieux's popularity. The fight was picked up at the last minute by ESPN2 I believe and received almost zero promotion. Thanks for clearing that up, explains why I can't find the numbers. I saw an article about how it was going to be on Canadian PPV. Saw the Ward interview where he was helping promote the fight and they called his Smith fight "one of the biggest fights of the year." Turns out that was a bit premature.

You can't seriously be attempting to compare Canadian PPV numbers to free American TV. Ward got more viewers doe. The Lemieux - N'Dam fight was not shown on Canadian television, not PPV and not cable broadcast. It was almost not shown at all on any network. That was a mistake of the promoters and had nothing at all to do with Lemieux's popularity. The fight was picked up at the last minute by ESPN2 I believe and received almost zero promotion. Dude just admit that Ward is not a draw! He is def p4p but he can't draw flies to sh it Ward is not P4P on any list anywhere at the current time and he does not deserve to be. You have to fight on a regular basis to be considered a P4P fighter. One fight every year and a half just doesn't cut it. For him to get back on any ranking list of any kind, he will have to fight a minimum of 5 or 6 times over the next two years. And he is not exactly off to a great start.

So you don't know you're just guessing? :lol1: That Lemieux just fought a nobody on PPV, while Ward fought a nobody on free TV and had rather poor ratings? No, I'm pretty sure those are facts.

One is almost double the other, but they're comparable. :rofl: What about GGG 1.3 to Wards 325,000 How's that compare?

The other draws so much he had people thinking he was on hbo

163k is comparable to 325k? You need to go back to school. Yes they are comparable because they are both garbage numbers. Get that Ward fanboy?

He wasn't on HBO, they didn't want the fight. Of course you wouldn't know that because you don't know what you're talking about. HBO turned it down due to a potential lawsuit or so it was. Lemule was only just veing televised on US TV is what I ultimately mean. Point is on a lesser network with hardly any coverage or promotion his numbers are comparable to Ward's. Makes Ward numbers appear even more embarrasing and disappointing.

How do you know he's a big draw in Canada? Where is the evidence? Please show me. He just had a PPV fight against someone less than well known. Tends to be an indication that someone is at least somewhat of a draw.