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

[Mr.Fantastic]

Can't argue that. Point is bad ratings are bad for the sport no matter who it is. I don't get why fans rejoice when a boxing broadcast flops

Fanboyism.

I do agree with your ratings pov.

[-Kev-]

GGG problem is he isn't American perhaps he'd get a lot more attention If he was fighting in the likes of Germany... I get the feeling the Germans would back him like one of their own just like they did with the K bros.

You have to be more specific because Canelo is not American, Cotto is not American, Pacquiao is not American, Marquez is not American, Chavez is not American, Martinez is not American, Khan is not American. All of these fighters are doing fine with the ratings/PPV. You have to be more specific with why Golovkin not being American hurts his ratings.

[-Kev-]

Can't argue that. Point is bad ratings are bad for the sport no matter who it is. I don't get why fans rejoice when a boxing broadcast flops

Fans should not rejoice when a good match does bad ratings.

Fans should rejoice when a mismatch does bad ratings. It forces fighters, promoters, networks to put on better cards and fights, offer up more money to make those elusive good fights happen.

Mayweather vs Guerrero doing 850k was what drove Mayweather, Haymon, GBP, Showtime to push for Mayweather vs Canelo, a fight everybody wanted to see. The result was 2.2 million PPVs sold.

Hopefully this forces HBO, K2, and Golovkin's people to fight some one much better. That is, leave 160, that division is trash.

[Xi_]

The usual TMT loyalists all over this thread revelling in GGG's setback

you sound like whiny b*tch....have a few of these

[Car1o]

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The average American doesn't know a damn thing about boxing whatsoever. They are not choosing to skip any fight over another for any precise reason. They simply have no clue it is even going on. All that needs to happen to change this is for ESPN to cover boxing.

The lower ratings also have a lot to do with the fact that the fight was on a summer night, in which a lot of people probably went out, instead of the November fight, which was on a winter night.

[cruz1383]

It would actually be better for GGG's career if he mans up and fights the NUMBER 2 P4P. "but ward is a weight class above doe."
GGG: "Ill fight anyone 154-168"
Ward: "ill fight you at 168"
GGG: "it doesnt make financial sense. You can't draw. I want miguel cotto instead"
Cotto: "It doesnt make financial sense."
GGG: "but... but... but..."
Ward (cuts ggg off): "I thought you would fight anyone at 168?"
GGG: "Even though I cant draw more than you, the fight makes no financial sense."

GGG fans are getting worse than floyd fans.

now this is great right here LMAO^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[cruz1383]

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.

wow "but ward doesnt make money" lol it looks like he bring more then GGG fighting geale even when Ward fights an Up in comer and was out for a year with an injury.

[Dice]

ggg vs soliman it is, he wasntvgetting cotto, this is just the confirmation

[Cuban Linx]

According to Dan Rafael per Nielsen Media Research, the fight did 984K, and peaked at about 1.048 million viewers. That's obviously a lot better than 750K or w/e the number was, but still not that great.

[Kagami Taiga]

According to Dan Rafael per Nielsen Media Research, the fight did 984K, and peaked at about 1.048 million viewers. That's obviously a lot better than 750K or w/e the number was, but still not that great.

thats with dvr viewing factored in. the fight was a flop. and rafael also argued that it ws because it was such a short fight, but that doesnt really add up either. first of all the dvr numbers still barely capped i million and add the fact this isnt the first time golovkin had a short fight and yet those numbers were still superior.