Comments Thread For: Jack-Bute, DeGale-Medina: Ratings For Showtime Double

[Santa_]

WAR JACK! WAR MEDINA!

The fans saw who won the fight!!!

[TheCell8]

I wouldnt i'd look at the numbers by the $ sign and look at the network that looks interested in boxing tbh..degale and jack are champs but no one knows them..

those fights on hbo only does 600k..if yall dont see it yet..hbo is only putting on named fights..when it tried to air king kong alone...it flopped just as bad bro..

It's not about the money, it's about who's going to give him the most exposure.

Eddie Hearn made that very clear:

“The problem is he’s earning — you see what Wilder was making for his last fight, taking [the upcoming fight with Alexander] Povetkin away — Joshua is making three or four times as much as Wilder is making already. So to come to the U.S., he’d have to take such a big pay cut, but with our relationship with a broadcaster, a network, maybe not next, not in November, but you may see him in the U.S. next year. I want him to be a pay-per-view fighter in the U.S., so we have to build him and that’s going to take time.”

The best place for that to happen is HBO. Showtime will likely offer him more money, but they'll do little to increase his popularity in the US.

[ShoulderRoll]

Both fights on Showtime were competitive and were meaningful in the big picture of the 168 division.

If people didn't tune that was their loss in my opinion.

[Teetotaler]

Look at this gay network fanboy. What a f*ggot!

the irony. It must of been hard for you to read this article unless you came straight to the comments

[tiliheels]

It's not about the money, it's about who's going to give him the most exposure.

Eddie Hearn made that very clear:

“The problem is he’s earning — you see what Wilder was making for his last fight, taking [the upcoming fight with Alexander] Povetkin away — Joshua is making three or four times as much as Wilder is making already. So to come to the U.S., he’d have to take such a big pay cut, but with our relationship with a broadcaster, a network, maybe not next, not in November, but you may see him in the U.S. next year. I want him to be a pay-per-view fighter in the U.S., so we have to build him and that’s going to take time.”

The best place for that to happen is HBO. Showtime will likely offer him more money, but they'll do little to increase his popularity in the US.

joshua cant come to the US dont let eddie give you that crap..joshua's record is horrible..HE AINT GETTING IN LOL...
u kno when sho and pbc put on their names they do numbers right??

once again u are foold bc hbo is only giving u 4 fighters per year..they all have names...showtime is giving you a line up..its more hardcore..but when the put on their good names like danny garcia..they do numbers..thurman does numbers..its just that simple..

[Jsmooth9876]

Yeah but NBA,NHL,PBA,Rodeo,Golf,Law and Order,Sharktank, were all on at the same time LOL..

Showtime is in the gutter for ratings...