Nielsen Media Ratings for HBO/ESPN & Live Gate Figures Gamboa-Salido

[KnockUTheFukOut]

Gamboa is not much of a Draw by himself, he was fighting a NOBODY, Big Fights is what bring ratings not just one good boxer fighting a BUM

[AddiX]

Boa is not a star and no one cares about Salido, not even hardcore fans. This was more of a fight to get the young guys on HBO, than it was to get numbers.

[onechance87]

Gamboa is not much of a Draw by himself, he was fighting a NOBODY, Big Fights is what bring ratings not just one good boxer fighting a BUM

I disagree bro,Cotto fought foreman who was a nobody,And has the
highest rating on hbo so far.

[537Bwouaye]

I don't think we got the Luevano vs Lopez rating but I got this.

4/25/2009 - HBO - Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Gerry Penalosa - averaged 990,000 live viewers

Lopez is a draw, that's pretty decent for a B.A.D and fighting a relative nobody in Penalosa.

You're wrong...Internationally Gamboa is way a bigger draw than Juanma. How do I know? I live in french Canada and, to my surprise, sometimes in the local sports channel (RDS/TSN) they talk about Gamboa out of nowhere. I have never heard Juanma's name on TV yet tho. However you're right when you say that right now Juanma sells more in the States than Gamboa, which is simply explained by the high number of Ricans in the United States. Juanma is more of a national heroe than anything else. Gamboa has more popularity potential worldwide. The proof is that you can go to any Juanma fanpage (facebook for instance) and it's almost 98% Boricua. You go to a Gamboa fanpage and it's like 40% Cuban, 25% American and 35% European-Arab-Asian...

For a BAD HBO card (only available in USA, and even maybe PR?), Juanma will do better than Gamboa in the near term, however, if they both stay undefeated, Gamboa has more superstar potential for world wide and PPV audiences. Both of them are NOT big draws right now.

[letsgobrady]

Penalosa's not a nobody. Pinoys were all drawn to boxing because of Pac. Just a fraction of Pac fans who got interested to see Penalosa will greatly affects that fight rating numbers.

yes he is a nobody.

[daggum]

to find out if you are really popular you gotta draw at least 1 million ppv buys for your mismatch fights against opponents 2 weight classes below you.

[mrpain81]

You're wrong...Internationally Gamboa is way a bigger draw than Juanma. How do I know? I live in french Canada and, to my surprise, sometimes in the local sports channel (RDS/TSN) they talk about Gamboa out of nowhere. I have never heard Juanma's name on TV yet tho. However you're right when you say that right now Juanma sells more in the States than Gamboa, which is simply explained by the high number of Ricans in the United States. Juanma is more of a national heroe than anything else. Gamboa has more popularity potential worldwide. The proof is that you can go to any Juanma fanpage (facebook for instance) and it's almost 98% Boricua. You go to a Gamboa fanpage and it's like 40% Cuban, 25% American and 35% European-Arab-Asian...

For a BAD HBO card (only available in USA, and even maybe PR?), Juanma will do better than Gamboa in the near term, however, if they both stay undefeated, Gamboa has more superstar potential for world wide and PPV audiences. Both of them are NOT big draws right now.

The figures are in the US for HBO.

And yes Juanma is still a bigger draw internationally too since they can buy the PPV's in Puerto Rico but in Cuba they can't support their fighters. Gamboa has fought in Germany but I don't see any evidence besides you're local sports channel talking about Gamboa that could make him the bigger star.

I think they both have the potential to become big stars if they start fighting each other and the best in the division. I can't say for certain who could be the bigger star but right now for certain Lopez is the bigger star.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Gamboa isn't helping himself either. He needs to get serious when he's in that ring. Gamboa showboats a little too much and he's not good at it either. When you see guys like Roy Jones, Guzman and Whitaker showboat it's great stuff because,

1. Most of the time they already have their opponent dominated
2. They're actually good at it, they can clown and NOT get hit in the process, something Gamboa clearly can't do. So instead, he ends up lookin' stupid. I'm literally shaking my head as I watch him showboat.



Gamboa should work on his craft and not be overly dependent on his athletic ability. He's a bit too inconsistent with his performances in that, one minute he's blasting guys out, the other he's looking ******ed and not so impressive. I didn't like his performance against Salido and I especially didn't like his performance against Barros; where all he did was pose a lot and failed miserably at tryin' to make Barros lead.

[ADozenArrows]

Gamboa isn't helping himself out either. He needs to get serious when he's in that ring. Gamboa showboats a little too much and he's not good at it either. When you see guys like Roy Jones, Guzman and Whitaker showboat it's great stuff because,

1. Most of the time they already have their opponent dominated
2. They're actually good at it, they can clown and NOT get hit in the process, something Gamboa clearly can't do. So instead, he ends up lookin' stupid. I'm literally shaking my head as I watch him showboat.



Gamboa should work on his craft and not be overly dependent on his athletic ability. He's a bit too inconsistent with his performances in that, one minute he's blasting guys out, the other he's looking ******ed and not so impressive. I didn't like his performance against Salido and I especially didn't like his performance against Barros; where all he did was pose a lot and failed miserably at tryin' to make Barros lead.

Good post. Gamboa is incredibly stressful to watch because you know he's full of talent but just doesn't seem to want to pull the trigger all of the time.
When in reality if he did, he would get each of his opponents out before the final bell. Maybe he's more cautious because he obviously has a weak chin??

He absolutely dominated Mtagwa but then clowned around with Salido and put a stinker on TV in my opinion.

I know styles make fights, but Gamboa's athletic ability is easily one of the best in the sport right now and should not be going the distance with opponents like Salido.

[Gino Ros]

these are good informations. thank you.

why do people get angry when people put up numbers for manny and floyd? i like to know what is going on the numbers.