Ratings: Ortiz-Thompson 740K, Ali-Vargas 726K

[krazyn8tive]

What did mcgregor-Diaz do?

[BM dnobagaV]

The only fight I watched from all of them was Douglas/Khurt two days later.
Douglas was getting absolutely schooled it was dirty

[KnockoutKings]

How much do yall think the UFC PPV impacted the numbers on these fights?

[JJRod]

Williams-Matano 311K
Douglas-Khurtsidze 278K

Source: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/article...-3-5-2016.html

Being that Ortiz isn't a big name, are these considered good ratings on HBO?

[_original_]

Being that Ortiz isn't a big name, are these considered good ratings on HBO?

I think so, given that there was another boxing card on Showtime and a huge UFC PPV that night. I also think that Vargas VS Ali should have been marketed more and been the main event fight.

[Mitchell Kane]

What was the last pick em fight any of the networks put on for that matter?

Vargas-Ali wasn't a "pick em"?

[about.thousands]

Boxing ratings are weird. Ortiz did better ratings against Thompson than he did against Jennings & Jennings is more known. He did over a million against Wlad. And then J-Rock does more than LSC. And all of this on the same day as a UFC PPV featuring McGregor.

[_original_]

Vargas-Ali wasn't a "pick em"?

True, I think a lot of people slept on that fight cause they either thought Vargas wasn't that good or that Ali was way better.

[al-Xander]

It's a surprise a fight with no stars like this did that well.

Wilder-Szpilka averaged barely at 500K, peaked at 623K.

[Pigeons]

Boxing ratings are weird. Ortiz did better ratings against Thompson than he did against Jennings & Jennings is more known. He did over a million against Wlad. And then J-Rock does more than LSC. And all of this on the same day as a UFC PPV featuring McGregor.

Weird, indeed. Here are the HBO and SHO numbers so far this year:

01/30/2016: Mikhaylenko-Mayfield 0.701M HBO World Championship Boxing
01/30/2016: Kovalev-Pascal 1.179M HBO World Championship Boxing
02/27/2016: Verdejo-Silva 0.886M HBO World Championship Boxing
02/27/2016: Crawford-Lundy 0.982M HBO World Championship Boxing
03/05/2016: Ali-Vargas 0.726M HBO Boxing After Dark
03/05/2016: Ortiz-Thompson 0.740M HBO Boxing After Dark

1/16/2016: Martin-Glazkov 0.437M Showtime Championship Boxing
1/16/2016: Wilder-Szpilka 0.500M Showtime Championship Boxing
02/27/2016: Frampton-Quigg N/A Showtime Boxing International (Showtime Extreme)
02/27/2016: Ceja-Ruiz N/A Showtime Championship Boxing
02/27/2016: Santa Cruz-Martinez 0.297M Showtime Championship Boxing
03/05/2016: Harrison-Guerrero 0.232M Showtime Boxing Special Edition
03/05/2016: Douglas-Khurtsidze 0.278M Showtime Boxing Special Edition
03/05/2016: Williams-Matano 0.311M Showtime Boxing Special Edition