Comments Thread For: DiBella Defends Wilder-Arreola "PBC On FOX" As a Ratings Success

[Teetotaler]

Just trying so hard to defend it shows its a failure. He even tried to compare it to a hw ppv fight. Geezus thats just sad lol guess haymon told him to throw that ass kiss towards arum

[hectari]

DiBella compares apples with bananas. Lewis vs Tyson was PPV, Klitschko fights on HBO. Wilder was on FOX, on terrestrial TV, therefore the numbers were totally disappointing.

yeah and the Thurman Porter free network tv fight had more viewers as well.

[raymosr]

Man I love PBC. Give me these free fights all day. Better than paying for whack ass fights like pac v Bradley 3, ggg vs tomato can, Canelo vs Cab driver and whatever other hbo garbage is next. I actually love the T.Crawford vs Postal fight but I'm definitely not going to pay 4 that sht. So I'm all for PBC!

[vitali1999]

Most people who watch boxing now days have no idea because they really don't watch boxing. I guarantee you most people that watch Wilder fights think that's a champion against his top contender but really Wilder is fighting the bottom of the barrel. The fight was so horrible that I couldn't watch more than 2 rounds of it.

[Blackclouds]

These are good numbers. The naysayers are racially biased more than anything, especially when you have folks saying those who watch Wilder fights don't know what's going on. How would you know anyways?

[b Murphington]

You have to look at it this way. It came in last against it's competition in the time slots. And then look at what was on at that time. Garbage TV, that's what. Yet more people watched the garbage shows.

That's why it's a failure.

If you have sports on, it should top reruns and dumb reality shows. PBC didn't this time.

And how can you compare these numbers to PPV numbers or HBO numbers? Those fights have limited access. This is free TV for Christ's Sake! It's supposed to top those numbers every damn time! That's not an accomplishment.

[FLY TY]

These are good numbers. The naysayers are racially biased more than anything, especially when you have folks saying those who watch Wilder fights don't know what's going on. How would you know anyways?

Whats also being not mentioned is the fact that directv dropped fox last week, so many people that would've tuned in, weren't able to.

I watched the **** Sunday on youtube.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

the word "ducked" is overused on this site

[mapleleaf27]

There is nothing done to actually "promote " these shows. The majority of people I speak to who say they are or were fight fans have no clue about the existence of PBC. These are the same people who boxing "lost" as they only can name Floyd Pac and Tyson as fighters they watch. As a fan I think the FS1 shows although lower profile, have been very entertaining. Some type of consistency would be nice perhaps using the ESPN crew for all shows, by this point there also should have been one or more tournaments organized with so many different networks eg: SpikeTV PBC ELITE 8 Super Welterweight Tournament...ESPN PBC Elite 8 Lightweight Tournament, at least media could pick up on these and there would be some continuity and a reason for people to keep watching, and eventually maybe the winners of these tourneys could become PPV worthy. For the most part the PBC is to random and unorganized. Hopefully for all the fans it sticks around.

[Dr.Cool]

Wilder got $1.4 mill for DuHaupas. Against Arreola Wilder got $1.4 mill. Thurman got $1.5 mill for Guerrero and $1.4 for Porter. The purses are staying the same. But many fans are really p***ed that Haymon is putting boxing on free tv. They are supposed fans, but openly hope and wish for boxing to totally fail and not gain any new fans. They want to have to buy Showtime or Hbo or ppvs to watch boxing. These are not boxing fans at all. They are haters who are simply hating because the guy who was Floyd's advisor is the one trying to make the general public take interest in boxing. Who has Crawford ever fought before tonight??? Weaker competition than Broner. But one has to pay for HBO to see Crawford while Broner fights on free tv. Yes, lets praise mismatches on pay channels but criticize similar matches on free tv. WTF??!??? Everyone always wants to see the best fight the best. But HBO has turned into only airing total mismatches and any fight involving two top fighters are on PPV! Thurman-Porter was on free tv. So that is bad. Crawford-Postol is ppv. And somehow that is good for boxing.