Calzaghe/Kessler does lowest ratings ever for HBO

[War For 94]

thats hardly a surprise is it, two euro fighters fighting in Whales. LMAO.

Whales, LMAO.

They fought inside a whale?

[Shanus]

This is exactly why the fight should be held in the UK, Calzaghe is the bigger attraction, moreso than Hopkins is in the states.

[sparked_85]

do you know they speak Walesish in Wales?

[warp1432]

I thought they spoke Waleenese.

This is exactly why the fight should be held in the UK, Calzaghe is the bigger attraction, moreso than Hopkins is in the states.

Why? People would fly over to see Calzaghe anyway and it would do even more numbers on PPV.

[Shanus]

I thought they spoke Waleenese.



Why? People would fly over to see Calzaghe anyway and it would do even more numbers on PPV.

That's what I don't get, how would it exactly do more numbers on PPV?

If people want to see the fight on PPV, they will, regardless of where the fight is being taken place.

And 50,000 fans aren't going to fly over to see Calzaghe, I doubt it'd be held in a revenue with any more than 15,000 seats in the States anyway.

After all, Hopkins IS the "draw".

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I asked before....

WHO THE FUQQ IS MIKKEL KESSLER??

Y'all are acting like he is a Prime Roy Jones Jr.

[Shanus]

I asked before....

WHO THE FUQQ IS MIKKEL KESSLER??

Y'all are acting like he is a Prime Roy Jones Jr.

Kessler is better than Hopkins, that's all you need to hear.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

From Thomas Hauser's recent article on SecondsOut:

"By way of example; the network poured a $3,000,000 license fee plus another seven figures for marketing and production into Joe Calzaghe versus Mikkel Kessler, which garnered a 2.8 rating (the lowest prime-time HBO World Championship Boxing rating ever). But that shouldn’t have surprised anyone. The live afternoon telecast of Calzaghe against Peter Manfredo earlier in the year came in at 1.4"


I think Joe & Frank need to have their heads checked if they think they can dictate terms with Bernard, Roy or any other top flight American.

I keep telling you that British fighters are garbage and you won't listen.

[K-Nan]

That's what I don't get, how would it exactly do more numbers on PPV?

If people want to see the fight on PPV, they will, regardless of where the fight is being taken place.

And 50,000 fans aren't going to fly over to see Calzaghe, I doubt it'd be held in a revenue with any more than 15,000 seats in the States anyway.

After all, Hopkins IS the draw.

Who cares about the gate revenue? he big bucks come from PPV buys. There's a reason why Bernard has still been consistenly put on PPV, and Calzaghe has never. People aren't dumb; they wouldn't continually put Bernard on PPV if he wasn't selling. You're putting too much emphasis on gate revenue.

These reports have conclusively proven that Hopkins gets more people to watch TV than does Calzaghe. LOWEST EVER... meaning that it was lower than any of the fights Hopkins had on HBO.

[sparked_85]

That's what I don't get, how would it exactly do more numbers on PPV?

If people want to see the fight on PPV, they will, regardless of where the fight is being taken place.

And 50,000 fans aren't going to fly over to see Calzaghe, I doubt it'd be held in a revenue with any more than 15,000 seats in the States anyway.

After all, Hopkins IS the "draw".

yeah I don't get why venue has any significance if the gate isn't important. The key point is Joe isn't going to get ****d in negotiations. If he's not a draw in the US, he is not a draw. There is not a **** lot he can do about it now anyway.