Golovkin vs. Murray Channel 5 (UK) Ratings

[Hougigo]

What did Germany do?

http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6708/2955679/starke-15-0-prozent-marktanteil-sat-1-und-box-champion-arthur-abraham-feiern-erfolgreiche-premiere

Was right after Smith/Abraham 2 and got over 2 million

They were talking about it in here

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=668497

[Eastcoast]

Well that's not going to help force a fight with Froch. Too bad the fight had to be in Monte Carlo and not in England. Also didn't help with Murray having his training camp in South Africa, as it limited the UK media.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Murray hadnt had his last fights screened on the channel had he ? If he could have generated some interest in a run up maybe figures would have been much better. If Murray can rebuild his career on the channel and grab another title shot I expect figures would be much better.

I can't remember who showed Murray's last couple of fights. He's not that big a name here.

Having said that, James Degale drew double the number of viewers fighting Hadillah Mohoumadi.

Kid Galahad headlines shows which did more which is even more startling.

Golovkin is a bum.

I don't know where you've come up with that from. You're usually a good poster but you seem to get very defensive and emotional when it comes to Golovkin.

[Pac=Duran]

Golovkin is a bum.

Straight bum. He ain't a draw doe!

[DoktorSleepless]

http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6708/2...eiche-premiere

Was right after Smith/Abraham 2 and got over 2 million

They were talking about it in here

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=668497

That's pretty depressing about the age demographics. I remember an Iole tweet that was also pretty shocking regarding demographics in the US.

The Taylor-Soliman fight on ESPN2 drew 477k households. Scary part is that 338k were 55-plus. Mostly old folks watching

— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) October 14, 2014

[artfuL_]

That's disappointing, not sure what the coverage or advertising was like but you would think it would have done better being a legit world class fight.

Be nice to know the German ratings since the last Abraham fight drew huge numbers.

[soul_survivor]

This shouldn't be surprising at all, not many here know Murray, even among the sport fan community. GGG is a name which is still being built as a draw, that's what has lead to the ratings.

Unfair to compare to DeGale who had been on major Sky shows before his arrival on channel 5 and was a known quantity. Surprised that Kid drew more fans though but then again he is more fun to watch than Murray and has consistently featured on bigger channel 5 cards featuring heavyweights and so on.

[Hougigo]

That's pretty depressing about the age demographics. I remember an Iole tweet that was also pretty shocking regarding demographics in the US.

The Taylor-Soliman fight on ESPN2 drew 477k households. Scary part is that 338k were 55-plus. Mostly old folks watching

— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) October 14, 2014

I remember that

55+

[Dirk Diggler UK]

This shouldn't be surprising at all, not many here know Murray, even among the sport fan community. GGG is a name which is still being built as a draw, that's what has lead to the ratings.

Unfair to compare to DeGale who had been on major Sky shows before his arrival on channel 5 and was a known quantity. Surprised that Kid drew more fans though but then again he is more fun to watch than Murray and has consistently featured on bigger channel 5 cards featuring heavyweights and so on.

Martin Murray was on Sky for years. His world title fight with Sturm was shown on Sky Sports at prime time.

[soul_survivor]

Martin Murray was on Sky for years. His world title fight with Sturm was shown on Sky Sports at prime time.

he was never as heavily promoted as DeGale the golden boy or Groves and the likes. Plus there was little advertising on the channel for it, unless you're a boxing fan like us, how would people know what to watch?