Ratings: Crawford-Lundy 982K, Santa Cruz-Martinez 297K

[Dr Rumack]

Anyone know why Showtime ratings are struggling like this? Quillin-Jacobs only did something like 300k as well.

[PK3434]

Showtime's enslavement to Haymon has completely destroyed the network for boxing. Anyone who denies this is a moron.

When is the last time showtime got a decent rating for a fight? Wilder-Stiverne?

[Pigeons]

Anyone know why Showtime ratings are struggling like this? Quillin-Jacobs only did something like 300k as well.

My guess would be lack of fights, casual fans have forgotten about them. In 2015, they only had 8 cards on their main Showtime channel + 2 Mayweather PPVs + 2 Showtime International Boxing cards on Showtime Extreme.

That's not enough.

[GMAN SUPREME]

LOL at those terrible showtime numbers and that will continue with the way they are going. something has to be done. they need to pony up for lomachenko vs walters because showtime's schedule is garbage.

[SterlingStained]

surprised hbo even did that much.. the warriors thunders game was too good

good?

that game was fcking incredible.

too much crap to do nowadays. boxers need to do something to catch the mainstream's interest if you're not that superstar boxer like floyd or manny or a lower tiered star that is representing a prominent nation in boxing like mexico.

maybe slap a gay ****** on video or something.

[j0zef]

Meh, winter cards are usually garbage. It wont get interesting until April.

[El-blanco]

Boxing is getting the ratings they deserve for the garbage they feed us.

[bballchump11]

My guess would be lack of fights, casual fans have forgotten about them. In 2015, they only had 8 cards on their main Showtime channel + 2 Mayweather PPVs + 2 Showtime International Boxing cards on Showtime Extreme.

That's not enough.

Yes I think that's the main problem. Showtime had very little fights the first half of 2015 and 2014 had a bunch of garbage fights. 2012 and 2013 gave them great momentum, but I think the slump from 2014 through the first half of 2015 cost them attention and viewers. There's no reason why Wilder and Broner should be getting less than 500K viewers no matter who's it against.

[killakali]

Canelo has a huge fanbase. as I said earlier his loss hurt. GBP is not doing much on HBO. Their fighters other than Canelo are "opponents" -Lemuiex and Matthysse.

Those cards are not doing good ratings either.

We agree that better promoting is needed.

Luis Ortiz is starting to make a name for himself too and Ali could move up a level if we wins the belt Saturday.

[NEETzsche]

LOL at those terrible showtime numbers and that will continue with the way they are going. something has to be done. they need to pony up for lomachenko vs walters because showtime's schedule is garbage.

it would be a shame for loma-walters to only get 300k-500k viewers on showtime when it can assuredly get >1m on HBO. hopefully nelson opens his wallet for the card