Comments Thread For: PBC on NBC: Rating Average of 3.4 Million Viewers

[Da Machine]

The first commercial they put out mentioned a Heavy weight so I think that was the plan but it does not seem like Fury is interested (says he wants Wladimir now after all that ***** he was talking).

It's an easy fight to make like Khan vs Brook but only 1 guy seems to want it.

I think Fury is all talk. He wouldnt touch Wilder. He might fight Wlad because hed get good money, but Wilder hed be looking at 1.2m tops. Not good enough when you know youre getting starched.

With that said, I hope Im wrong, and that fight would be gold on NBC.

[vortex662290]

Haymon should have talked to Broner before the fight. We saw a talented fighter portray the skills but the public saw a stare contest with one guy landing 54!!! punches

[gdub27]

Boxing has been, is, and will always be a poor man's out. Putting boxing on network tv in the U.S. can be huge for USA boxing. All the greats from the 90's saw boxing on FREE televison. Kids are the key to football, the NBA and now the UFC. They have to see it to want to be it. So for the future of boxing, and my own love of the sport, I am glad boxing will be on network tv or any tv network. The more fights the better. If it means fighters and their teams are getting work And increased exposure, and I get to see more fights, what's the Fu@kin& problem? If you have a problem with Haymon putting more boxing on tv than we've had last the last few years then you ain't a boxing fan. If you just like a couple fighters, shut the fu@k up about ***** that don't pretain to you! Boxing fans love to watch the fights.

[-DSG-]

That's not a fair comparison, FOX promoted the hell out of that first UFC card during the NFL season and it was a PPV level match-up. It's the only card that the UFC has given up a big fight like that for FOX. The UFC hasn't put on a big fight like that since then. GSP/JonJ/Ronda/Brock the top draws in the UFC haven't had any fights on big Fox because the UFC is still trying to stay a PPV driven business.

This first card wasn't PPV quality, it was a good HBO/SHO card but it wouldn't do 100k in PPV buys. If this card had Mayweather/Pacquiao/Cotto/Canelo/Chavez jr (the top 5 draws in the states)in fights against quality opponents then it would be a better comparison. Either one of those guys would easily beat the number they just had, even Broner before losing and having sub par performances would have a better number imo. Just look at Broners last fight, it got the worst ratings for him in years.

As bad as people are trying to make this number out to be it's still better then most of the recent UFC on fox cards, and that's supposed to be a sport doing great while boxing is dead and 8 years since being swallowed.




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The next PBC card should do around 4.5 mil.

[mrpain81]

The next PBC card should do around 4.5 mil.

It has a good chance since Garcia is a good draw like it or not and his fight against Peterson is a lot more legit then a Molina or even Herrera. Also the promotion for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao should have people in a decent frenzy by then, I don't agree that the numbers will fall as long as the fights are good and between some known guys but we'll have to wait and see.

Wilder getting on NBC or CBS can potentially do some big numbers if promoted right.

Also going to be interesting what the S.pike and CBS cards do.

[-DSG-]

It has a good chance since Garcia is a good draw like it or not and his fight against Peterson is a lot more legit then a Molina or even Herrera. Also the promotion for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao should have people in a decent frenzy by then, I don't agree that the numbers will fall as long as the fights are good and between some known guys but we'll have to wait and see.

Wilder getting on NBC or CBS can potentially do some big numbers if promoted right.

Also going to be interesting what the S.pike and CBS cards do.

Yep I think wilder could do a monster rating on prime time NBC.

[mbase1235]

i used to be a big fan, but boxing is truly a mediocre sport to be honest. i will watch the big meaningful fights and meaningful fighters like wlad, froch, rigo and pacquiao. but other than that boxing is truly a fringe niche bottom of the barrel sport. it has been ruined by corrupt people like haymon and it's no longer watchable many times.

after manny and wlad retire i'm going to stop watching this sport.

Do us all a favor and retire now. Since you've already stated that you've lost interest in the sport, then why are you here. Unless you like wasting your time?

[Mitchell Kane]

Thats the goal. Nice short reply. You got ****ing owned and put in your place. Maybe you're finally starting to understand what an investment is. Arum **** bunny.

What are you talking about?

You're comparing what the UFC averages to what the PBC did in one episode.

You can't compare averages, because the PBC has nothing to average.

Since they've both now had at least one show, you could compare the debuts (UFC on FOX 1 peaked at 8.8 million, twice 4.2 million or so the PBC debut peaked at).

But it's hilarious that you don't understand the point.

[Mitchell Kane]

I think the first UFC on Fox is a horrible comparison.

It was at the height of there popularity, with an improtant hyped HW title fight.

Boxing in the US has no hype behind unless you have one of two names. Boxing is starting over, UFC was at their peak and they havent touched those numbers since.

Yeah, it's a horrible comparison because the UFC on FOX 1 did twice what the PBC debut did with a fraction of the budget.

And you do realize the UFC still puts on PPV's regularly, and that it saves it's biggest fights for PPV, because, you know, people paying money to watch to something can often generate more money than people watching something for free.

But you wouldn't know that, you probably don't know the difference between a network tv audience and premium cable subscribers.

[Mitchell Kane]

This first card wasn't PPV quality, it was a good HBO/SHO card but it wouldn't do 100k in PPV buys.

Which is quite a statement, considering they paid $5 million in purses for that fight.

The UFC on FOX 1 main event paid out $430k....less than Molina's purse.

If this card had Mayweather/Pacquiao/Cotto/Canelo/Chavez jr (the top 5 draws in the states)in fights against quality opponents then it would be a better comparison.

And they would presumably cost more.

Haymon has Chavez Jr...if it made sense to put the Fonfara fight on NBC, why didn't he?