Comments Thread For: Kovalev-Pascal II Averages 1.179 Million Viewers

[R_Walken]

Those #s are avg at best.

[Scipio2009]

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Saunders Eubank Jr would be nowhere near a $10 million fight right now. If it was, they'd be falling over each other to make it happen, instead of giving it the cold shoulder.

Saunders would not make $3 million fighting Eubank Jr. They'd be doing very well to share that amount of money between them, if it happened in April.

Eubank Jr wins the British middleweight title, Saunders wins his first title defense, and the trash talk commences.

With Brook-Khan not happening for this summer, and Britain seeming to getting use to the annual mega event, Saunders vs Eubank Jr II, for a world title at Emirates Stadium can capture the British public's imagination. In case you forgot, Froch and Groves split $15m for their rematch; ended up generating $9m for their own stadium gate, before even counting the PPV.

[bigdunny1]

Great numbers. In comparison Wilder did only 500k viewers a few weeks earlier on Showtime. Before that Jacobs vs Quillin did like 300k viewers before that Broner did 500k viewers. It actually did better then HBO's debut last year and the first Kovalev vs Pascal fight. I wonder why Showtime's ratings are in the toilet. Haymon totally destroyed their brand. Prior to Golden Boy split with Haymon these guys all did double the ratings on Showtime. Combination of losing Golden Boy and Haymon starting PBC = Showtime audience cut in half.

[kafkod]

Eubank Jr wins the British middleweight title, Saunders wins his first title defense, and the trash talk commences.

With Brook-Khan not happening for this summer, and Britain seeming to getting use to the annual mega event, Saunders vs Eubank Jr II, for a world title at Emirates Stadium can capture the British public's imagination. In case you forgot, Froch and Groves split $15m for their rematch; ended up generating $9m for their own stadium gate, before even counting the PPV.

BJS vs Eubank Jr 2 wouldn't fill the Emirates, nowhere near. Their first fight got decent TV views, mainly because Eubank Jr was with Eddie Hearn back then and was getting a lot of publicity via Sky sports.

Everybody in the UK who has any interest in sports whatsoever subscribes to Sky sports. That's why Eubank Jr was better known than BJS when they fought.

Their first fight was close and competitive. But, after the huge grudge match build-up, many casual sports fans found it disappointing. Jr didn't perform too well, and BJS is no Carl Froch.

Even for a world title, it would be almost impossible to build enough interest in a rematch to fill a major stadium. Neither man is with Eddie Hearn either, so it would be on Boxnation, not Sky PPV, and Sky sports wouldn't be plugging it like they do with an Eddie Hearn fight.

Boxnation, Frank Warrens company, doesn't have anywhere near as many subscribers as Sky, and they are all hard-core boxing fans, which is why Warren can't sell his fights to the casual British sports fans like Hearn can.

GGG vs Saunders would have been on Boxnation in the UK too, rather than Sky PPV. It wouldn't have been an easy fight to sell to the British public. Saunders is not a big name over here, and neither is Golovkin.

[Scipio2009]

BJS vs Eubank Jr 2 wouldn't fill the Emirates, nowhere near. Their first fight got decent TV views, mainly because Eubank Jr was with Eddie Hearn back then and was getting a lot of publicity via Sky sports.

Everybody in the UK who has any interest in sports whatsoever subscribes to Sky sports. That's why Eubank Jr was better known than BJS when they fought.

Their first fight was close and competitive. But, after the huge grudge match build-up, many casual sports fans found it disappointing. Jr didn't perform too well, and BJS is no Carl Froch.

Even for a world title, it would be almost impossible to build enough interest in a rematch to fill a major stadium. Neither man is with Eddie Hearn either, so it would be on Boxnation, not Sky PPV, and Sky sports wouldn't be plugging it like they do with an Eddie Hearn fight.

Boxnation, Frank Warrens company, doesn't have anywhere near as many subscribers as Sky, and they are all hard-core boxing fans, which is why Warren can't sell his fights to the casual British sports fans like Hearn can.

GGG vs Saunders would have been on Boxnation in the UK too, rather than Sky PPV. It wouldn't have been an easy fight to sell to the British public. Saunders is not a big name over here, and neither is Golovkin.

Fair enough, I guess. I'm not a Brit, but I still think there'd be enough heat in that fight to do something meaningful at the box office.

[kafkod]

Fair enough, I guess. I'm not a Brit, but I still think there'd be enough heat in that fight to do something meaningful at the box office.

I'm a Brit but I gave you some wrong info there. Eubank Jr was with Mick Hennessy when he fought BJS. He signed with Hearn immediately after that.

His early fights were televised live on Freeview TV and he looked impressive ploughing through easy opponents. With that and the Eubank name, he got a lot of fans very quickly, but he's lost some of that shine since losing to BJS, who many casual fans had never even heard of till then.

I don't even know who is promoting him now, maybe he's back with Hennessy again. But going after a British title fight against Nick Blackwell, who is strictly domestic level, instead of Danny Jacobs or a rematch with Saunders was a weird move. I think his Dad is behind that one.