Wilder-Szpilka averages 500K viewers

[Fetta]

I would be far more sympathetic towards Haymon/PBC haters if they could provide me with ANYTHING as a boxing fan I stand to gain by PBC's failure.

How do lower purses help me as a fan? How do more mediocre HBO cards help me as a boxing fan? As far as I can tell there is zero to be gained by the failure of PBC so the hate just seems personal to me, maybe even a little racist honestly..

Let it fail. Let them get their wish. Boxing was bad before and it will go back to being bad. They still think this it is the 80's.

[NEETzsche]

The losers could fight the losers and the winners could fight the winners. Hell if they're lucky some of those fights might be real good and people would demand/want a rematch. But if they are insisting on marinating it by putting them in against bums where the outcome is so clear there is no point of watching the fight then it just does more harm than help

yep, and there should always be prospects on the fringe ready to step in and replace the fighters who are done. that's how it's supposed to work. this marination business just interferes with the natural selection process and leaves us with a bunch of mediocrities and no stand-outs. how can you become a star when you're not even able to prove that you are #1 in your division?

[Deevel916]

Cause im right but go on thinking just cause you dont watch no one else does.

I've been a boxing fan since '86 and have many friends who follow the sport religiously as well. I've never once met ANY boxing fan casual or diehard that would NOT watch a good fight because of WNBA. NBA playoff's or championship game? Yes. WNBA? LOL. Cmon man!

[MrRolltide91]

Packers/cardinals

[Fetta]

I've been a boxing fan since '86 and have many friends who follow the sport religiously as well. I've never once met ANY boxing fan casual or diehard that would NOT watch a good fight because of WNBA. NBA playoff's or championship game? Yes. WNBA? LOL. Cmon man!

Oh so because you dont watch means it has no market or fans...wait i already said this.

Sold out Target Center. They have a market.

And i have friends who watched it cause they love basketball and dont really watch boxing

[The Big Dunn]

Packers/cardinals

True but I think you have to hold Haymon/Dibella/Showtime responsible. You know when the NFL playoffs are. You probably should avoid scheduling fights against the NFL playoffs.

[North Star]

I would be far more sympathetic towards Haymon/PBC haters if they could provide me with ANYTHING as a boxing fan I stand to gain by PBC's failure.

How do lower purses help me as a fan? How do more mediocre HBO cards help me as a boxing fan? As far as I can tell there is zero to be gained by the failure of PBC so the hate just seems personal to me, maybe even a little racist honestly..

Nobody is intentionally not tuning in BECAUSE OF RACE! That is such a pathetic excuse card.

[The Big Dunn]

Nobody is intentionally not tuning in BECAUSE OF RACE! That is such a pathetic excuse card.

He's talking about what he is seeing from posters. He isn't saying race is the reason people didn't tune in FFS. How could you misunderstand that?

[BWC]

Nobody is intentionally not tuning in BECAUSE OF RACE! That is such a pathetic excuse card.

I'm not talking about the viewership, I'm talking about the people who never post a single HBO rating but come here and savage every single PBC ratings number for pages and pages on every thread..

[Deevel916]

Oh so because you dont watch means it has no market or fans...wait i already said this.

Sold out Target Center. They have a market.

And i have friends who watched it cause they love basketball and dont really watch boxing

Sure they have a market. So does bull riding. I just don't see how either can affect boxing ratings. Those who were tuned in to WNBA more than likely weren't planning on watching the boxing match anyway!