PBC on CBS viewership down from April 4th

[Heavyfist]

when you take in to account that the weather has become nicer and more people are out doing things instead of getting fat in front of the boob-tube it makes sense. Don't start to panic just yet..........

Doesn't matter. The share of the audience is decreasing that's the point.

0.9 means 0.9% of the available audience watched it. Less than a percent.

Your TV venture should have increasing ratings, not decreasing, and especially if its so low to begin with. Haymon needs to put on better fights. That is the only way it can work. Mouthwatering fights.

Problem is, first off, he doesn't want to hurt his cash cows, and secondly, he is not willing to fight fighters outside of his promo, especially if they might lose.

I don't think Haymon can do it. The fights aren't good enough. Its as simple as that. He will lose lots of money on this, and it will all get cancelled.

[Deevel916]

Doesn't matter. The share of the audience is decreasing that's the point.

0.9 means 0.9% of the available audience watched it. Less than a percent.

Your TV venture should have increasing ratings, not decreasing, and especially if its so low to begin with. Haymon needs to put on better fights. That is the only way it can work. Mouthwatering fights.

Problem is, first off, he doesn't want to hurt his cash cows, and secondly, he is not willing to fight fighters outside of his promo, especially if they might lose.

I don't think Haymon can do it. The fights aren't good enough. Its as simple as that. He will lose lots of money on this, and it will all get cancelled.

Not to mention he doesn't have enough stars to make this sustainable. Of the hundreds of fighters Haymon has, only a handful are known and recognized by casuals. Not enough no life having hardcore fans to stay at home and watch every single fight whether its crap or not.

[ea22]

Not to mention he doesn't have enough stars to make this sustainable. Of the hundreds of fighters Haymon has, only a handful are known and recognized by casuals. Not enough no life having hardcore fans to stay at home and watch every single fight whether its crap or not.

That's why I never thought PBC would work, Haymon fighters like him because he can get them easy fights with a lot of money, but while he is good for fighters he is terrible for boxing. Some on this forum think people on here are "haters" for calling out Haymon, but if you think people here are harsh, the casuals are much worse it only takes one bad fight to make them give up on boxing. It doesn't help that a lot of Haymon's fighters are safety first and boring.

[Heavyfist]

Not to mention he doesn't have enough stars to make this sustainable. Of the hundreds of fighters Haymon has, only a handful are known and recognized by casuals. Not enough no life having hardcore fans to stay at home and watch every single fight whether its crap or not.

Yea, exactly. He would need the best fighters from TR and GB as well, he would need Canelo and Lemeuix, all the exciting hard hitters. And make them fight, every single event has two mouthwatering events.

But thats not possible. We got some good matchups already, but nothing enticing enough. When boxing was last on network TV, it was Lenoard, Duran, Hagler, and Hearns. Can Haymon bring that kinda excitement? Nope.

[Deevel916]

Yea, exactly. He would need the best fighters from TR and GB as well, he would need Canelo and Lemeuix, all the exciting hard hitters. And make them fight, every single event has two mouthwatering events.

But thats not possible. We got some good matchups already, but nothing enticing enough. When boxing was last on network TV, it was Lenoard, Duran, Hagler, and Hearns. Can Haymon bring that kinda excitement? Nope.

Seems as if Haymon was under the impression that the public was so desperate for boxing to be back on network television that they would tune in to just about anything he threw out there.

The main problem I'm seeing is how its unorganized. You have different networks showing fights on different times and on different days. The average boxing fan doesn't even know who's showing what on what day and on what channel. I sure as hell don't. Didn't even know there was a fight on this past wknd other than Canelo/Kirkland.

He should have focused on bringing boxing back on one network and build on that instead of being all over the place like how it is now.

[ramplamp]

Unfortunate considering this card was way better than the Stevenson/Bika mismatch.

[North Star]

Seems as if Haymon was under the impression that the public was so desperate for boxing to be back on network television that they would tune in to just about anything he threw out there.

The main problem I'm seeing is how its unorganized. You have different networks showing fights on different times and on different days. The average boxing fan doesn't even know who's showing what on what day and on what channel. I sure as hell don't. Didn't even know there was a fight on this past wknd other than Canelo/Kirkland.

He should have focused on bringing boxing back on one network and build on that instead of being all over the place like how it is now.

I agree. The umbrella was spread out over too many networks for casuals to remember the staple time and days. Had this just been NBC or CBS every Saturday, it may have done better. Even as a boxing fan, I can't keep up with which fights PBC is showing on which network and which date.

[bigsmoothh]

cant belive kameda lost, they did try to make better fights though.

[sugarsmosley]

Al Haymon is taking over boxing you bitter haters.

[Deevel916]

Al Haymon is taking over boxing you bitter haters.

The #'s say otherwise.

What does this have to do with hating? I pointed out valid reasons why viewership is down and not where it should be. How about you read before you run in here like a Haymon esb solider defending anything that isn't pro Haymon?