Hatton-Lazcano Recieved 281,000 Viewers in the States

[LOLORSKATES]

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The article is there.

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[MikeBrew328]

Versus is channel 146 where I live. For almost 300k to watch it with scarce advertising, that isn't that bad....

[KING •]

Not true!

[Scott9945]

Is this a good or bad rating? That is just who tuned in, in the U.S, the Versus network, that does not include Sky Box Office. I dont think its too bad since it was during the afternoon. Night time would double the numbers i think. Not bad for putting higher profile boxing

Those seem like decent numbers for a network like Versus, which is known mostly to hockey fans. Really it depends on how much they paid for the fight to know whether it was a good investment. Also I'd like to know their ratings for NHL games for comparison.

[withoutthee88]

First of all, those numbers are horrendous.
Second of all, Hatton never has and never will have a fanbase in the U.S. He may be the second biggest draw in boxing, but that is only because of his following in England.
Third of all, stop making excuses for those **** ratings.

[Texanballer]

You are the only person on this forums I guess who reads and cites ******************.

well i know most of their **** is based on opinion. But i dont think you can make those numbers up

[revs1227]

Think of it this way...

They only did 100,000 less than Cotto/Gomez...

Which was on HBO during a regular slot...

This was during the afternoon in a different country and barely promoted...

The numbers are impressive...

absolutely right if it was promote dat all it woulda did 500k

[mrpain81]

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The article is there.

Thanx

Just wanted to get a source thats all.

[jmah]

Think of it this way...

They only did 100,000 less than Cotto/Gomez...

Cotto-Gomez had 1.1 million viewers.

Those seem like decent numbers for a network like Versus, which is known mostly to hockey fans. Really it depends on how much they paid for the fight to know whether it was a good investment. Also I'd like to know their ratings for NHL games for comparison.

The article pegs the broadcast at around ~$150K for Versus.

Versus gets around 250K viewers for regular season NHL games; playoff games get more than double that.

[The Gambler1981]

Yea i do not think it is to bad. Cable numbers are a lot different then network numbers. I was suprised by how little this fight got promoted, it was barely on the Versus website. i saw a couple commercials when i was watching hockey but they were advertising WEC way more. Thay paid low 6 figures for this fight which is pretty close to what they pay Bob Arum for the fights he does on the network.

I would not call the numbers great but you can only expect so much fighting on an obscure network with little promotion on said network and virtually no promotion that wasn't on the network.