Nielsen Ratings for HBO BAD's Ali-Funeka/Bute-Andrade

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Nielsen Ratings for HBO BAD's Ali-Funeka/Bute-Andrade

by John Chavez
Dec 03, 2009 -


Don't kill the messenger, I'm just a measly "reporter" stating the facts given to me by Nielsen Media Research. This past weekend, HBO subscribers were privvy to a double-header that took place on the premium cable network between Joan Guzman-Ali Funeka and Lucian Bute-Librado Andrade. It was a fight card that featured some fairly decent action with a controversial outcome in the first bout while a definitive ending in the second.

Controversy is never good for the sport as it reminds the spectator that boxing still has a flawed system when it scoring a bout clearly and effectively.

Here are the Nielsen Media figures for HBO's BAD card:

11/28/2009 - HBO B.A.D. - Funeka-Guzman - 741,000
11/28/2009 - HBO B.A.D. - Bute-Andrade - 903,000

From my horribly flawed understanding, Boxing After Dark cards are put together for a fraction of the price of a World Championship Boxing event.

In addition to garnering a much lower price tag, boxing fans generally witness 2 or 3 bouts rather than the comparable one that is shown by WCB events.

You'd think that if the more expensive cards were costing upwards of 3 to 5 times as much as that of the B.A.D. cards that feature more fights, that they would at least draw a significant amount of more viewers to the table.

This just isn't the case as Chad Dawson's rematch with Glenn Johnson the week prior failed to break the 800,000 viewer mark which is by far the lowest ever for a World Championship Boxing card.

How HBO decides to spend their money is their business...

How the average consumer decides to spend their money and time on boxing is their business...

I think the case is quite closed.

http://theboxingtruth.com/article.php?id=1266

The ratings were a little under the average for the year but also it's not bad for a B.A.D card considering Showtime had it's card at around the same time.

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Thats good news that a fight card like this did better numbers than Dawsons WCB. I'm thinking HBO is finally understanding that if you can do well by putting on interesting fights. Boring fights or main events without any sizzle just isn't going to get it done. HBO should also consider having something like SHO box and maybe a weekly boxing preview/news show. HBO should follow SHO with what their doing with tourneys and interesting fights.

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Thats good news that a fight card like this did better numbers than Dawsons WCB. I'm thinking HBO is finally understanding that if you can do well by putting on interesting fights. Boring fights or main events without any sizzle just isn't going to get it done. HBO should also consider having something like SHO box and maybe a weekly boxing preview/news show. HBO should follow SHO with what their doing with tourneys and interesting fights.

dawson's style just isn't everyone's bag of tea

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dawson had my father LIEING that he wasnt sleeping just to not make me feel bad that a boxing fight put him to sleep. lol at him thinking he fooled me

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When you learn about how Nielsen ratings work, you realize how unbelievably inaccurate they are. There's gotta be a more accurate way to establish ratings.