Comments Thread For: Stevenson-Valdez Averaged 1,353,000 Viewers On ESPN; Audience Peaked At 1,440,000

[killakali]

Shakur is turning into a big draw. Looks at his recent fights as they have all surpassed the million mark. Remember, these numbers are not including the streaming numbers. Valdez obviously helped as well but this is like three or four consecutive cards that Shakur headlined that has done good numbers.

Good stuff!

I think it said not even espn deported is not included. I bet a lot of Valdez fans watched on ESPN Deportes

[jonnyc420]

I see the race baiters wasted no time in the comments. Jokers, aces, one eye faces…..and the race card

You must be looking in the mirror, you are the resident victim of boxingscene.

[KTFOKING]

I think it said not even espn deported is not included. I bet a lot of Valdez fans watched on ESPN Deportes

Yep, so the actual true numbers may be close to 2M or around that mark.

[P to the J]

You must be looking in the mirror, you are the resident victim of boxingscene.

He’s not wrong though, is he? In the last week alone there’s been **** about gypsies and Irish travellers, Hispanic or Latino/Latina ppl, and people of East Asian descent.

Really, and I’ll be fair here cos I have no beef with you, I’ve been trying to drop the political talk in the last few weeks and just focus on boxing around here to keep peace with my fellow posters; so I haven’t been calling out **** as much, but others are making it not easy.

[Boxing Logic]

He's got no fanbase. He fought the most popular Mexican American fighter in the weight neighborhood, title unification, and the needle barely moved. I think Boxing fans are getting woke to the hustle and tuning out. Floyd said it right, "one last heist." The heists were so obvious, and there were so many of them, that Boxing fans got smart and stopped leaving their money (or their viewership) anywhere near Boxing. Now Boxing fans recognize that all these fights are "heists" and Boxing fans tune out and do more productive things with their time instead of watching WWE Boxing.

Good for them. Every Boxing match you watch is hours of your life you will never get back. Major props to all the people out there who didn't tune in for this fight. Y'all are doing the right thing.

[Boxing Logic]

Basically Floyd was like the bank robber who was so good at it, and robbed so many banks, that it caused the banking industry to totally revamp their approach, and make sure to never let anyone rob them again. And now Shakur and Garcia and all these next generation guys come along, and they can't get any traction because Floyd made it impossible for them. You'd have to be a fool to watch Floyd's career for ten years and still keep watching the sport afterwards, or paying for tickets to any of these new guys. Floyd milked Boxing fans so dry that they won't ever produce no more milk for the next generation, figuratively speaking.

And like I said, good for them. The smartest boxing fans are the ones who don't watch boxing. The sport is a joke, and it will never change, especially if you keep watching it the way it is. Maybe if everyone boycotts it the way it is, it will change a little bit in the future, but even then, it won't really change. There are better things to do with your time.

[Chris Hanson]

Those numbers are **** for free TV. Reruns of Family Guy do higher numbers. Dr Phil has 4 million viewers daily.

[NC Uppercut]

Now Bob wants to put in in schitt fights instead of unification bouts. Sad! Shakur whoops Kenichi and Gutierrez! Bob let Shakur make his own decisions before you lose another awesome fighter already!

[Oldskoolg]

He’s not wrong though, is he? In the last week alone there’s been **** about gypsies and Irish travellers, Hispanic or Latino/Latina ppl, and people of East Asian descent.

Really, and I’ll be fair here cos I have no beef with you, I’ve been trying to drop the political talk in the last few weeks and just focus on boxing around here to keep peace with my fellow posters; so I haven’t been calling out **** as much, but others are making it not easy.

personally I have no idea why that kid obsesses with my posts, ignored him nigh on a year or so ago and he still rants and raves any time I call bs on the resident racists.
to the dope smoking nerd who hates it when I speak out against anti black racism…mate, shut it. You’re not white, quit obsessing with black people like some kind of Mexican klansman. Dump the far right trump routine, I’m white, you’re not.

[MONGOOSE66]

Another dominant performance from Shakur Stevenson drew higher viewership than the previous Stevenson fight ESPN televised. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that an average of 1,353,000 viewers watched Stevenson's 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Oscar Valdez in their 130-pound title unification fight Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in
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This number really surprises me. These people aren’t “casuals” or “fanboys”, well maybe a few fanboys. These business people SHOULD take notice of these numbers. It’s a VERY HIGH number. Now imagine if it was PPV?
Now, executive morons, put a TRUELY great fight together AND add 2 GREAT undercard fights and you can collect on that high PPV money.
Casuals do watch boxing IF ITS GOOD. Now set up a card SO THEY DONT MIND PAYING FOR IT.