Comments Thread For: Wilder Homecoming Draws 678,000 Viewers For SHO

[JakeNDaBox]

Anytime HBO and Showtime go head-to-head, the results are rarely favorable. Such was the case for the latest installment of Showtime Championship Boxing, which was topped by Deontay Wilder's 9th round knockout of fringe but game contender Eric Molina this past Saturday at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

The bout—Wilder's first in his home state since 2012, and the first ever heavyweight title fight to ever take place in Alabama—did big business at the box office, drawing a sold-out crowd of 9,347 at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) campus, less than an hour from Wilder's hometown in Tuscaloosa.

It didn't quite resonate as much with the TV audience, drawing an average of 678,000 viewers over the course of the evening. [Click Here To Read More]

[mike1010011]

Doesn't seem like wilder is that big of a star after all...

[BrometheusBob.]

Let this be a lesson regarding the scheduling of 50/1 fights.

That goes to everyone btw. I'm equally uninterested in GGG fighting as a 50/1 favorite.

[johnnycontrolet]

Wilder should fight Povetkin or Klitschko next and not another tomato can

[kiaba360]

This is bound to happen when HBO/SHO have cards at the same time. What were the HBO #'s?

[Eastcoast]

Both HBO & Showtime cards were bad. UFC heavy weight title was going on and bigger event.

[DeadLikeMe]

This is bound to happen when HBO/SHO have cards at the same time. What were the HBO #'s?

611,000 according to the BPP thread.

[AgainstTheRopes]

terrible numbers. He needs to be fighting on the PBC platforms going forward

[Hougigo]

terrible numbers. He needs to be fighting on the PBC platforms going forward

Haymon most likely usin the showtime platform so he doesn't have to pay for the fight... Wouldn't be surprised to we him on there again in September, unless they consider arreola not a mismatch

[AgainstTheRopes]

Haymon most likely usin the showtime platform so he doesn't have to pay for the fight... Wouldn't be surprised to we him on there again in September, unless they consider arreola not a mismatch

highly doubt thats the reason, he's paying millions to some of his other fighters like Lara and Guerrero for glorified sparring matches and having Wilder on those instead would be better for him.

Probably just made a deal for a couple fights with them so they could continue working together in the future. Maybe collaborate on PPVs