Comments Thread For: Golovkin a Hit in The Ring, But Moves Backwards In Ratings

[Build That Wall]

You have to fight a known guy. The average casual fan dont even know GGG. Much less Geale. lol

ggg got more views vs non world champs than this world champ. didn't GGG Vs Macklin and GGG Vs stevens get high ratings.

[Vadrigar.]

Still more than Wards viewing audience of 0.

Don't be so delusional.

[IMDAZED]

Not necessarily a setback but definitely a reality check. He's not a burgeoning star just yet. They need the right dance partner (more than one) to get him there.

[PAC-BOY]

ggg got more views vs non world champs than this world champ. didn't GGG Vs Macklin and GGG Vs stevens get high ratings.

Yeah they did better i agree but still ...Youre going backwards if you keep fighting guys nobody has heard of. The interest falls fast .

[MrP4P]

Still more than Wards viewing audience of 0.

The myth that GGG is a bigger draw than Ward is a lie. Wards live gate and ratings are just as high or all higher than GGG. Alittle research goes a long way.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Im also loving the excuses from the GGG fanboys.

Kovalev drew 1M vs Agnew. Geale, unlike Agnew, had been on HBO before and in a fight of the year candidate.

Excuses.

[Public_Enemy]

You sure?

Ok, finalized Ward-Rodriguez ratings on HBO: average was 1,029,333 viewers. Their average for the main event was 1,191,000. #boxing

— Steve Kim (@stevemaxboxing) November 20, 2013

Stop being a ****ing a hater and posting bull**** with 0 basis.

This. Ward does very well on HBO. If i'm not mistaken the Ward/Rodriguez fight was just a 1 fight televised card.

[DoktorSleepless]

Macklin last year was shown pretty much around the same date and it got higher ratings.

[The Big Dunn]

NSB as a collective body has the mindset that great fighters fighting average and below average opponents is something fans don't want to turn in and see. Wouldn't this apply to GGG in this case?

Daniel Gaele was a top 5 MW. But most of NSB thinks MW is a very weak division right now. My guess is casual fans do as well. They don't want to see GGG just KO an opponent they firmly believe is overmatched. The low sales suggests this as well.

If you put GGG in with Froch, ward (when his contract is up) or another middle tier draw (yes I know froch and groves just did 80k in wembley) I think fans will tune in. A quillin fight would do well in NYC for sure.

You just can't keep making "GGG getting a KO" as the drawing card. I think the low ticket sales and low ratings suggest fans are telling HBO "we've seen that enough, we want something more".

[DoktorSleepless]

Summer ratings from 2013.

Mikey Garcia-Juan Manuel Lopez: 1.3 million
HBO, June 15

Bud Crawford-Alejandro Sanabria: 1.1 million
HBO, June 15

Gennady Golovkin-Matthew Macklin: 1.1 million
HBO, June 29

Chad Dawson-Adonis Stevenson: 1.0 million
HBO, June 8