Comments Thread For: HBO March 5 Doubleheader Averages 740,000 Viewers

[PKing]

So people on here acting is like the ufc ppv n showtime card didn't affect the HBO card view

Kovalev-Pascal 2 averaged less than 940k. The network is down overall

[Pigeons]

So people on here acting is like the ufc ppv n showtime card didn't affect the HBO card view

If people would rather pay $60 to watch a fight instead of watching a fight for free on HBO, you're not delivering a quality product.

[Cinci Champ]

ya this was a weird card. i thought vargas and ali not being the main event was just odd

[GMAN SUPREME]

that's not bad at all considering it was going head to head against a ufc card headlined by its biggest star in mcgregor and showtime boxing.I thought it would do under 500k views.HBO still winning. LOL on the other hand showtime boxing numbers will be so disgustingly bad that they wont even release their numbers.

[bigdunny1]

Showtime pulling these ratings is the real problem
Williams-Matano 311K
Douglas-Khurtsidze 278K

HBO put out a cheap Boxing After Dark card where the headliner Ortiz actually did better ratings then his Boxing After Dark fight last year. And far greater ratings then Showtime got for Wilder a month or so ago which did 500k. Wilder was paid far more then Ortiz was paid yet HBO got better ratings. HBO put a cheap card that performed about average for Boxing After Dark fights (their cheapest of all boxing programming on HBO) I don't see where the shock is. Showtime on the other hand had fallen off a cliff. They went from competing head to head with HBO just over a year ago to now they are getting less then 50% in ratings. Their viewership is not slightly down it's completely left them. Cards that used to get 800k are getting 200k. Cards that were getting at or over 1m ratings are getting at or lower 500k.

[GMAN SUPREME]

If people would rather pay $60 to watch a fight instead of watching a fight for free on HBO, you're not delivering a quality product.

those are mma fans you idiot and most of them don't give a **** about boxing free or not.

[Dean_Razorback]

Maybe one day they start making fights that mean something rather than Ortiz/Thompson

vargas ali was a good fight man

[GMAN SUPREME]

Showtime pulling these ratings is the real problem
Williams-Matano 311K
Douglas-Khurtsidze 278K

HBO put out a cheap Boxing After Dark card where the headliner Ortiz actually did better ratings then his Boxing After Dark fight last year. And far greater ratings then Showtime got for Wilder a month or so ago which did 500k. Wilder was paid far more then Ortiz was paid yet HBO got better ratings. HBO put a cheap card that performed about average for Boxing After Dark fights (their cheapest of all boxing programming on HBO) I don't see where the shock is. Showtime on the other hand had fallen off a cliff. They went from competing head to head with HBO just over a year ago to now they are getting less then 50% in ratings. Their viewership is not slightly down it's completely left them. Cards that used to get 800k are getting 200k. Cards that were getting at or over 1m ratings are getting at or lower 500k.

LOL damn showtime boxing is dead. espinoza needs to be fired quick!!!

[Teetotaler]

Pretty good numbers since it went head to head with ufc's biggest star in mcgregor and that showtime card

[PKing]

I'd be very surprised to see HBO stay in boxing past 2017.

Very little financial incentive to do so.