Jesus! Canelo/Kirkland AVG 2.15 million views, Peak 2.3 million

[MrRolltide91]

This is going to make a lot of Cotto stans angry. Let the flag go losers.

I hope Cotto vs Degale brings in great numbers in regular HBO.

Lol u mean geale

[Marcello]

It was because it included the Mayweather Pacquiao replay.

[Luilun]

HBO***39;s #CaneloKirkland broadcast averaged 2.15 million viewers, peaking at 2.3 million. Best @HBOboxing performance since 2006.

— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) May 12, 2015

Croz was right with his trend observation

That was for 3 rounds too

Manny/May lead in numbers

HBO Saturday boxing coverage:***10;9:09p-9:57p: 1.118M***10;9:57-10:30p: 1.58M***10;10:30-10:45: 2.146M***10;***10;h/t @tcostello

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 12, 2015

In comparison to Showtime

Showtime***39;s Boxing coverage on Saturday:***10;9:13-10:05p: 370K***10;10:05-10:23p: 318K***10;10:31-10:55p (Inside Mayweather vs Pacquiao): 304K

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 12, 2015

There goes that theory that Floyd killed boxing and that nobody was ever going to watch another fight

[gamefrk]

Those numbers are impressive considering that 1.18 million viewers didn't fall asleep after that underwhelming MayPac fight. Props to Canelo & Kirkland!

[icha]

Cool. But let's be cereal. Close to half are cause of May PAC. Who cares if it was "boring" they're still the only boxers most casuals know about lol

salty?
canelo-kirk did more than floyd-manny replay(both networks together), explain that?...

[-DSG-]

Good stuff add the 1 million that watched the CBS card and over 3 million were able to watch some exciting fights!

[Beater_of_ass]

salty?
canelo-kirk did more than floyd-manny replay(both networks together), explain that?...

4.4 million paid $100 to watch it the week before, they doubled the Canelo rating at 100x's the price...

Not trying to take away from Canelo here though, you can't. I think all the casuals watched the first fight and all the real fans tuned in for the main event. The fact that people stood around after the replay is awesome, great for Canelo but more importantly for boxing. There was definitely some carry over regardless of how the fight played out.

[Dinamita 03]

http://m.espn.go.com/deportes/nota?storyId=2371005&cc=3888

Fight in Mexico drew a 15.5 rating in his first fight with Tv Azteca.

[torosboxing75]

Wow! Great numbers.

[Achcauhtli]

Highest non PBC fight this year. Huge number I'm sure was helped by Floyd/Manny replay.

I doubt it, especially because of the backlash the sparring session the week before caught....but good try though.