Comments Thread For: Santa Cruz-Mares A Huge Ratings Hit For PBC on ESPN

[mrpain81]

The Santa Cruz-Mares fight at Staples last weekend drew the biggest boxing audience on ESPN since 1998 & the biggest ever on ESPN Deportes.

— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) September 1, 2015

Going to be interesting what the peak rating is and what the ESPN deportes did.

[-PBP-]

Great night of and for boxing.

Unfortunately 12 pages probably mean the Hating, Bitching and Ovulating (HBO) cheerleaders are whining about what's wrong with PBC.

[SHO_RULEZ]

Santa Cruz has a habit of twisting his right wrist while in the guard. He even does it while sitting on his stool in between rounds. As he picks up the quality of opposition, I can see guys taking advantage of his hands not being in position to punch. Time the wrist twist.

[Biolink]

How is this huge ratings for "free tv"? HBO you have to pay for and gets the same amount of viewers.

ESPN is not free TV though.

[wlliam]

No surprise really, it was a big fight and a Good Fight so it deserves to be a ratings hit! Fans will show up if it is a match up they want to see!

Yet the momentum gets ruined by **** match ups from Quillin and Wilder

No sh17 huh.. they very well COULD have built on that momentum...but nope, put a damper on that excitement. Im just wondering when, if ever, PBC will get that light bulb moment and put 2 and 2 together. Its a simple formula and MARESLCS proves that good match ups produce good ratings..why cant Haymon freakn see that?

[Fetta]

No sh17 huh.. they very well COULD have built on that momentum...but nope, put a damper on that excitement. Im just wondering when, if ever, PBC will get that light bulb moment and put 2 and 2 together. Its a simple formula and MARESLCS proves that good match ups produce good ratings..why cant Haymon freakn see that?

Not enough talent in this sport and boxing fans are quick tp write off the loser.

some are already writing off 2 loss Mares.

[wlliam]

Not enough talent in this sport and boxing fans are quick tp write off the loser.

some are already writing off 2 loss Mares.

Its horrible managment and match making that got ppl thinkn that, they got him bouncing bk with the wrong fights. Look at JCCjr for instance, he was a product of good match making before he signed with Al...look at him now. And i disagree with there not being enough talent, bcuz there really is alot of talent out there, in EVERY division..its just a matter of getn a camera on them guys, the audience will see that and will want to see em face each other. Look at Roman Gonzales, nibody knew him until Estrada started making noise, Shawn Porter came out of nowhere.

[wlliam]

Real fights bring in real good ratings. Crap fights dont. Its not rocket science.

PBC's next 4 fights for this month all are crap..

And all casuals who were potential fans after seeing MaresLSC will get turned off by the next garbage fight that they wont stick around to see the remaining 3...Haymon dont understand how to build off that momentum and i question whether he knows wtf hes doing at all...he might just have ppl fooled into thinkn hes smart

[wlliam]

Imagine if DelaHoya and Haymon never had their falling out

GBP+Haymon= Best Product in Boxing

[Fetta]

Its horrible managment and match making that got ppl thinkn that, they got him bouncing bk with the wrong fights. Look at JCCjr for instance, he was a product of good match making before he signed with Al...look at him now. And i disagree with there not being enough talent, bcuz there really is alot of talent out there, in EVERY division..its just a matter of getn a camera on them guys, the audience will see that and will want to see em face each other. Look at Roman Gonzales, nibody knew him until Estrada started making noise, Shawn Porter came out of nowhere.

Yes they come out of nowhere. Cant just put them on and expect the ratings you all love so much. So yes Get the camera on them, showcase them, then match them up for the big fights. Thats what they are doing but it isnt fast enough for some cause they think the casuals, who are the sport, know them. You know how many boxers are known? Very few

Been saying its up to fighter to sell themselves now. Thats why they are getting the big money. Show the talent.

Other than NSB you know how many people now Gonzales? Hardly anyone.

Hell im telling people to buy the GGG/Lemiuex foght cause they dont know either. But GGG is an example of what i mean. He sold himself to a PPV by a career of showcase fights.

Chavez came with built in fanbase.