Comments Thread For: HBO, Showtime Struggle In Ratings For Dueling June 11 Telecasts

[LomaUsykKlichko]

Uhhhhh...they didn't.

Showtime's peak audience was larger than HBO's peak audience...even though HBO has like 8M more subscribers than Showtime.

No it wasnt 613>568

[BennyBlanco]

No it wasnt 613>568

You're right...I was looking at the peak for the Verdejo bout. Surprising that Verdejo and Loma did so poorly.

[krazyn8tive]

Like I've been saying...may-pac killed boxing for a time

[Jsmooth9876]

Why all the crying about how much Lomachenko makes? You ever think he signed a contract with a minimum purse guarantee? Same as Bradley,Pac etc.... Top rank seems to hand those out to guys....

And of course nobody knows who he is, he's had like 7 fights, most on under cards... People should get to know who he is though because he's fun to watch...

[ShoulderRoll]

Hmm, personally I like Lomachenko's skills and find him interesting to watch. But with ratings like that can Bob Arum really make demands such as the one below?



Arum: HBO Must Find Money For Lomachenko, Or It's Off To PPV

http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-hbo-find-money-lomachenko-its-off-ppv--105621#sthash.XkihfVJD.dpuf

[Motorcity Cobra]

Why all the crying about how much Lomachenko makes? You ever think he signed a contract with a minimum purse guarantee? Same as Bradley,Pac etc.... Top rank seems to hand those out to guys....

And of course nobody knows who he is, he's had like 7 fights, most on under cards... People should get to know who he is though because he's fun to watch...

Are you serious? All we ever hear is how much Haymon fighters get paid. And they're overpaid. Lomachenko is the most overpaid fighter in the sport. Good on his manager for getting him a good deal.

[Motorcity Cobra]

HBO usually does 1 mil viewers alone for HBO Championship Fights and around 800k viewers for the Boxing After Dark fights. The last time BAD went head to head with Showtime boxing was a couple months back and HBO did 740k viewers. HBO doing bad ratings this time out had more to do with Loma then it did with going head to head with Showtime. We have enough historical evidence to prove this point. And Showtime didn't have some big spike in ratings to show that all the viewers for HBO went over to Showtime. Showtime did their avg this year and HBO fell off a cliff. This says a lot more about Loma then it does HBO going head to head with another boxing card which we have seen all year long yet ONLY this fight produced such terrible results.

The Showtime numbers did around what they usually. This fight did better than the LSC fight. Showtime didn't struggle going head to head with HBO but HBO ratings were lower. This doesn't make sense. Why was there a significant decrease in HBO ratings but really no increase in Showtime numbers?

[Jsmooth9876]

Are you serious? All we ever hear is how much Haymon fighters get paid. And they're overpaid. Lomachenko is the most overpaid fighter in the sport. Good on his manager for getting him a good deal.

Yeah he's a 2 division world champion in 7 fights... Meanwhile Haymons guys make 750k to fight guys we've never heard of in our lives...Leo Santa Cruz was fighting Landscapers for that money so pleasseeeeee with the most overpaid BS....

[Motorcity Cobra]

Yeah he's a 2 division world champion in 7 fights... Meanwhile Haymons guys make 750k to fight guys we've never heard of in our lives...Leo Santa Cruz was fighting Landscapers for that money so pleasseeeeee with the most overpaid BS....

Ok, so you really do want to complain about how much guys make as long as it's not Lomachenko. Ok gotcha.

[Jsmooth9876]

Ok, so you really do want to complain about how much guys make as long as it's not Lomachenko. Ok gotcha.

I don't give a fk what he makes but don't try to say he's the most overpaid when he's done more than 90% of every fighter in Haymons stable in only 7-8 professional fights...