Comments Thread For: Alvarez-Kirkland Most Viewed Cable Bout Since 2006

[PETUFF]

Well a lot of people want to see repetition free Maywather vs Pac!!

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Yeah, but....

Sports TV Ratings @SportsTVRatings
Showtime's Boxing coverage on Saturday:
9:13-10:05p: 370K
10:05-10:23p: 318K
10:31-10:55p (Inside Mayweather vs Pacquiao): 304K

4.4 million ppvs to add to the 2 million from Canelo. 6.5 million ppvs in two fights for Shotime. Two Emmy awards for All Access. I'd say Hbo and Shotime are both going to be OK.

Canelo last 4 on Shotime
Trout
Angelo
Weather
Lara

last 4 on hbo
Kirkland
Cintron
Ryan Rhodes
Alfonso Gomez

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Spent 100 dollars on a MayBeatHer sprinting marathon hugfest? Better Call Saul!

Call Saul if you want a bum beat up

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Holy **** haters have been demolished

So in reality Canelo did like 900k-1mil views still good

[Cinci Champ]

Great news. A very good advert for future Canelo fights vs Cotto and Golovkin too.

no question canelo can be a huge star and hes fun to watch i just dont see the next generation being like may pac i see it being more spread out stars which should be good for the sport

[Rysandro]

So in reality Canelo did like 900k-1mil views still good

Lmao whatever helps u sleep on that newspaper

[batmam]

I really want to watch Floy vs Pac !

[Mitchell Kane]

4.4 million ppvs to add to the 2 million from Canelo. 6.5 million ppvs in two fights for Shotime. Two Emmy awards for All Access. I'd say Hbo and Shotime are both going to be OK.

Canelo last 4 on Shotime
Trout
Angelo
Weather
Lara

last 4 on hbo
Kirkland
Cintron
Ryan Rhodes
Alfonso Gomez

Canelo will be back on HBO/HBO PPV in a few months.

He has no "next 4 on Showtime".

But you make a good point...Canelo was limiting himself by fighting on SHO.

He'll get many more viewers fighting consistently on HBO...and this was just the first of likely many.

[Scipio2009]

To my understanding, the fight was being replayed on SHO, not HBO but since the undercard fight got cancelled they showed the fight.

And Oscar moved Canelo's fight to the 9th because May-Pac took the 2nd. Canelo was initially scheduled to fight on the 2nd

They scrapped the Tyson-Lewis deal, at HBO's insistence during the negotiations, with both networks being allowed to show the replay.

Showtime re-aired the fight as the lead-in to the Inside: Mayweather vs Pacquiao - Epilogue (Showtime had no fight card to air for the night); HBO re-aired the fight as the lead-in to their Alvarez-Kirkland card, which was originally supposed to be a doubleheader (turned into the airing of only Alvarez-Kirkland, after Gomez missed weight by almost 8 pounds)

[Mitchell Kane]

Showtime had no fight card to air for the night

Nothing new there...