ESPN's full coverage of Pacquiao vs. Horn fight

ESPN coverage summary: June 30 7pm - SportsCenter Pacquiao vs. Horn Weigh-in Live June 30 8pm - First Take Primetime Special featuring WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (32-0) in-studio with Max Kellerman and Stephen A. Smith July 1 9pm - Pacquiao vs. Horn Fight Live "The complete fight card will begin with Shane Mosley, Jr. vs. David Touissaint, then follows with rising Irish prospect Michael Conlan vs. Jarrett Owen, Jerwin Ancajas vs. Teiru Kino****a and finally Pacquiao vs. Horn. The fights will also be available live on ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN and the ESPN App. The telecast will re-air on ESPN2 from 12:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m. ET and again on Sunday, July 2nd from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET. Leading up to the fight ESPN will air the weigh-in live on SportsCenter at 7 p.m. on June 30, then a First Take Primetime Special at 8 p.m. featuring WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (32-0) in-studio with Max Kellerman and Stephen A. Smith."

Comments (20)

james350

On top of having to pay for this in Australia we also have to endure adds during the coverage what a joke

8y ago

IMDAZED

Pacquiao-Horn is going to put up excellent numbers. The other two major cards will do well but Arum's depth drops below the Mendoza line after that. Verdejo will be aight and then...? In any case, good to see ESPN showing some sort of effort here; they haven't done that before.

8y ago

james350

As usual in Australia we are getting ripped off by main event and are paying top dollar ppv didn't even get live weigh ins foxtel main event are a bunch of ripp off scammers taking advantage of us

8y ago

SceneBoxer

ESPN coverage of the fight card starts in 3 hours ...

8y ago

hectari

You mean boxing casuals or sports casuals in general? Because sports casuals in general LOVE espn. That's where they get 99% of their sports knowledge. Casuals in general, yes sports casuals love espn, but the boxing casual might not be a sports fan, and the casual who likes to watch popular things aka the bandwagoner who gives into propaganda and hype and is curious will watch abc more than espn they should,have had a banner running on abc if they wanted more reach and views.

8y ago

Mike_D

casuals dont really watch espn You mean boxing casuals or sports casuals in general? Because sports casuals in general LOVE espn. That's where they get 99% of their sports knowledge.

8y ago

One_Of_A_Kind

Is it judge cam or referee cam? Judge cam. You can see the punches that from their position they literally cannot see therefore don't score

8y ago

hectari

The one good thing is that the NBA free agency period is tonight I think, plus it looks like there was a big trade, so maybe that generates some off-season traffic to espn that will see the Pacquiao-Horn stuff. But yeah, it could be too little too late to get big ratings. Espn doesnt get big big ratings, the key would be to utlize ABC espns mother station which is network free and not paid cable. If they promoted the fight on ABC with the banner and had the fight on ABC it could do Well. The most espn will get is probably 1.8 million rating since its still cable and casuals dont really watch espn, abc would bring in casual viewers.

8y ago

Mitchell_Kane

8y ago

hectari

I still think its too little too late, the pac horn fight will do around 1.2 million viewerships. Boxing is not big as ufc, because boxing is on ppv and just because one million or even three million people order your fight which is huge that doesnt mean others watch, you will make money from the ppv buys but your name isnt reslly reaching to household names, there is over 300 million americans, this is a good step forward for,boxing to get back on the main stage.

8y ago

Mitchell_Kane

Zima Kim steveucnlive The shoulder/companion programming being afforded to #boxing by ESPN is solid. Im told this will continue moving forward... Zima Kim steveucnlive Yes, this will be the norm. And for other big events in the sport, too(like they did with Canelo-Chavez).... Joshua studhardt22 Will there be similar coverage for Terrell Crawford vs Julian Indongo?

8y ago

SceneBoxer

Im watching college wrestling on espn u and they have the banner on the bottom for pacquiao horn countdown coverage, and i saw four commercials promoting the fight. Good job ESPN ...

8y ago

hectari

ESPN has a banner on the top of the scroll apparently on all their channels (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU) with a countdown clock. Says "Pacquiao vs Horn, WBO Welterweight Championship, Saturday, 9 ET, Cocerage Begins In:____" with a countdown clock. Im watching college wrestling on espn u and they have the banner on the bottom for pacquiao horn countdown coverage, and i saw four commercials promoting the fight.

8y ago

Mitchell_Kane

8y ago

SceneBoxer

Andre Ward on ESPN First Take right now ...

8y ago

ironmt

i tempted to record this first so i can fast forward thru the commercials is that douchebag Teddy Atlas gonna be calling the fight? Yes, unfortunately. The only one worth listening to Is Tim Bradley. Can't stand Atlas or Tessitore.

8y ago

SceneBoxer

Live weigh-in coverage in 2 hours ...

8y ago

SceneBoxer

8y ago

Mike_D

They only spent a few minutes on Pacquiao/Horn on Sportscenter. It was a pretty quick snippet of an ESPN interview with Pacquiao -- I'm assuming that they'll air the interview in its entirety on fight night.

8y ago

SceneBoxer

More Pacquiao-Horn coverage here: http://www.espn.com/boxing/ .

8y ago