TV ratings for Fury-SS on Channel 5 UK

[Bodyshot3]

BBC won't be touching pro boxing after 'Harrisongate' for years to come....

...Audley's best professional result is still stiffing a major international broadcaster for £1M to watch him learn how to fight without a headguard.

Fury is also way too mouthy and unpredictable for the BBC.

ITV is the natural home for Tyson, but they've mortgaged the whole rickety shop on European soccer and we've got decades of working-class Turks, Portugeese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians chasing a pig's bladder about to look forward too.

[Tom Cruise]

Interesting times for the Channel 5 folks...

....they've got a guy who is possibly just a couple of fights away from the Heavyweight Championship, he's unbeaten, outspoken and even slightly eccentric and always exciting.

They also happen to have De Gale, Eubank Jr and Tyson's cousin on the payroll as well, and are also the only free-to-air UK channel showing boxing.

But Fury and Hennessey will now want some serious money as they close-in on a mega-fight with the K brothers. Just being on TV and getting £60,000 quid per-fight won't be enough.

Do Channel 5 dig deep and continue to back the Fury rollercoaster...or do they step back and let someone else, who does pay-per-view or subscriptions take the fights?

Do they still have the primetime ppv outlet?

A fury vs Klitschko fight would surely go on Primetime, hopefully with major advertising on C5

[louisg]

Interesting times for the Channel 5 folks...

....they've got a guy who is possibly just a couple of fights away from the Heavyweight Championship, he's unbeaten, outspoken and even slightly eccentric and always exciting.

They also happen to have De Gale, Eubank Jr and Tyson's cousin on the payroll as well, and are also the only free-to-air UK channel showing boxing.

But Fury and Hennessey will now want some serious money as they close-in on a mega-fight with the K brothers. Just being on TV and getting £60,000 quid per-fight won't be enough.

Do Channel 5 dig deep and continue to back the Fury rollercoaster...or do they step back and let someone else, who does pay-per-view or subscriptions take the fights?

How do you know they get £60,000 per fight?

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

BBC won't be touching pro boxing after 'Harrisongate' for years to come....

...Audley's best professional result is still stiffing a major international broadcaster for £1M to watch him learn how to fight without a headguard.

Fury is also way too mouthy and unpredictable for the BBC.

ITV is the natural home for Tyson, but they've mortgaged the whole rickety shop on European soccer and we've got decades of working-class Turks, Portugeese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians chasing a pig's bladder about to look forward too.

Audley is a convenient excuse for the BBC. The reality is that it's posh boys looking out for posh boys.

[croz]

update: the original numbers said Fury vs SS averaged 1.1m and peaked at 1.45
It now looks to have averaged 1.54m with a so far unknown peak. It came second for the week on channel 5. In other words if C5 want to get rid of boxing they will have no truly justifiable reason for doing so.

[croz]

BBC won't be touching pro boxing after 'Harrisongate' for years to come....

...Audley's best professional result is still stiffing a major international broadcaster for £1M to watch him learn how to fight without a headguard.

Fury is also way too mouthy and unpredictable for the BBC.

ITV is the natural home for Tyson, but they've mortgaged the whole rickety shop on European soccer and we've got decades of working-class Turks, Portugeese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians chasing a pig's bladder about to look forward too.

BBC and ITV had two main reasons for scrapping boxing

1. Advertisers who book later rounds may not get their moneys worth if it ends early
2. We invest in promoting a fighter then they go jump ship to another network or PPV. Likewise, if they start fighting in the states it means a late night timeslot in the UK which doesn't make the promotional efforts worthy it