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The sport is being overrun with ppvs, you can't even see normal fighters nowadays without having to shell out money. I'm not cheap and I pay for the big fights like Hatton vs. Mayweather and I thought it was worth it, theres so much drama watching a fight like that live, but they're starting to go too far. Valero and Linares now have fights against average fighters, and they expect us to pay $30 for it? You've got to be kidding me! This kind of stuff should be shown on Friday Night Fights, Juan Diaz used to have title defences on FNF. FNF almost always have lousy matches now, unless you get Darnell Wilson or someone like that
And it amazes me how little the boxing people think ahead. So many people knew about Hatton vs. Mayweather it amazed me. Around where Im from, this fight caught more people's eyes than De La Hoya. Even people that have never watched 24/7 or even boxing matches were saying things like 'Mayweather stays up late into the night training, so he wont be distracted by dancing with the stars' and stuff. but NONE of those people were willing to shell out $55 to watch it. Really, thats a pretty huge amount, especially because I paid $65 for the HD version. you can bet all those people would have tuned in to watch the match if it was on CABLE television.
Also theres something else I found very interesting. I was searching around for the Nielsen ratings for Calzaghe vs. Kessler, and found them. They got a rating of 0.9. Meanwhile, on NFL Sunday, this small time boxing championship called the AIBA Championships on cable television, FOX, got a rating for 1.1. A bunch of no name fighters got more views than two big name fighters that unified the titles. That tells you how many more viewers boxing could get if they just showed worthwhile matches on cable television!
I know boxing people want a lot of money, but the NFL makes tons of money from being on cable television. while the NFL is waaay bigger than boxing, the money doesnt need to be spread around as much in boxing because youre not paying as many people.
They need to move meaningful boxing matches to cable televison, ESPN, or at least lower the blasted price to somethign more affordable. Many people told me themselves that they would have bought Mayweather-Hatton if it was $20 cheaper
And it amazes me how little the boxing people think ahead. So many people knew about Hatton vs. Mayweather it amazed me. Around where Im from, this fight caught more people's eyes than De La Hoya. Even people that have never watched 24/7 or even boxing matches were saying things like 'Mayweather stays up late into the night training, so he wont be distracted by dancing with the stars' and stuff. but NONE of those people were willing to shell out $55 to watch it. Really, thats a pretty huge amount, especially because I paid $65 for the HD version. you can bet all those people would have tuned in to watch the match if it was on CABLE television.
Also theres something else I found very interesting. I was searching around for the Nielsen ratings for Calzaghe vs. Kessler, and found them. They got a rating of 0.9. Meanwhile, on NFL Sunday, this small time boxing championship called the AIBA Championships on cable television, FOX, got a rating for 1.1. A bunch of no name fighters got more views than two big name fighters that unified the titles. That tells you how many more viewers boxing could get if they just showed worthwhile matches on cable television!
I know boxing people want a lot of money, but the NFL makes tons of money from being on cable television. while the NFL is waaay bigger than boxing, the money doesnt need to be spread around as much in boxing because youre not paying as many people.
They need to move meaningful boxing matches to cable televison, ESPN, or at least lower the blasted price to somethign more affordable. Many people told me themselves that they would have bought Mayweather-Hatton if it was $20 cheaper
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