Comments Thread For: Berto vs Ortiz Draws Biggest Rating For HBO in 2011

[onechance87]

There's been a delay in getting the HBO ratings but this week hopefully Chavez gets all the past ones he missed. I've only been able to get the FNF ratings.

03/04/11 - ESPN2 - FNF's - 596,000 average viewers

Very solid number for that Friday night fights. People gotta remember that last year there was only 1 FNF's that did over 600k and the second best live viewers I saw was 595k.

This year Friday night fights got some real big numbers that I hadn't seen since I started trying to get a hold of the ratings for some years now.

January 7, 2011 - Prodvonikov/Herrera - 545,000 live viewers

1/14/11 - ESPN2 - FNF - 788,000 average viewers

January 28, 2011 - Arreola/Abell - 734,000 live viewers

I think it might have been some momentum carried over from the movie the fighter blowing up but who really knows.

Its crazy how espn could give mls millions for soccer matches.They should
of put that money into boxing matches.

[switchsouthpaw]

Awesome. Can you say "rematch"?

I disagree, respectively. No immediate rematch. Let both of them take on other challengers, this will serve to open up the division a little bit more.

[GRUSTLER]

Fans and people really do appreciate competitive fights.