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More BS from HBO trying to save face after losing Floyd and GBP to Showtime. They never started reporting ratings until the past few months and then its only the decent ratings, which this was not, but they are spinning saying that it was by aggregating multiple airings.
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Umm they been reporting numbers dude. For Donaire, for Broner, you name them.Originally posted by WouldYouKindly?
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Not in immediate press release format the way they have been the past few months. Usually they're only reported once or twice a year, and that's more of a report on all their broadcasts in general, not cheerleading like they've been trying to do lately.
My favorite part about them combining multiple airings for the 1.1million total "success" is them pretending that there was no opportunity cost involved. Or rather, that if something other than boxing was on a 3pm PST, it would have gotten no ratings. You can only go off prime time and based on that it was a failure at only ~500K viewers, which is *old* Showtime numbers.Comment
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I am very discouraged by a lot of the European posters in this thread.
Initially they claim that Andre Ward cannot draw flies to a pile of doo doo and that Froch is an all-action warrior that is the main event at 168.
But when they are presented with facts, actual numbers, confirming that Andre Ward is the bigger draw on HBO, they hide behind nationalistic excuses.
Which excuse are you riding with? Andre Ward can't draw flies to excrement or that Andre Ward is only where he is at because of his country by birth?
By the way, here is Andre Ward manhandling Carl Froch in the Super Six Final in the USA and almost getting robbed on 2 of the cards...
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Dude it's two Europeans fighting on U.S. tv and almost drew the same as the two american fighters. I bet you if you compare tv ratings from the respective countries the numbers won't even be close. And while you're at it compare gates as well.Originally posted by The Exception
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You are most likely a Floyd Mayweather fan. Distracted by TV ratings, PPV numbers, gates, purses, attendance. I no longer wish to argue the business aspect of this sport. I will focus on the boxing.
Here are Carl Froch and Andre Ward boxing, please talk to me after watching the fight:
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Word is that Froch-Kessler 2 generated 300,000 PPV buys in the UK and 60,000 in Denmark.Comment
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Lol... This is the best you got as an argument? Well, let me inform you that your ASSumption is terribly wrong cause I am NOT a Mayweather fan.Originally posted by The Exception
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When a hater's hatred wins, he is criticized for being either a) boring, b) not a big enough draw, or c) both.
Gamboa, Ward, and the Klitchkos are all victims of this. Floyd used to be but now that he is a phenomenon the haters' only option left is to play revisionist history on his undefeated record fighting world class opponents for well over a decade as if he fought the same bums Calzaghe did during most of his run.Comment
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All Froch has to do is show a video of the crowds he draws... well and his paycheck compared to wars. He may have lost a fight but he still has more pull than Andre. Froch doesn't need to fight Ward he knows he will more than likely lose again and he'll make less money than fighting Kessler for a third time. The fact that this fight was in England only had 100,000 less viewers than Ward/Dawson is pathetic, and what was the attendance for that fight 7,000? Froch had 25,000 and is just as popular as Hatton over there, Ward is better in the ring but in boxing it's just as important to promote yourself to top 5 P4P level as well.Comment
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