Comments Thread For: Lomachenko-Walters HBO Broadcast Peaked At 761,000 Viewers

[bojangles1987]

It's a very distressing state for the sport when there are only 2-3 fighters capable of bringing a million+ viewers to an HBO broadcast. A million used to be okay, and now it's something to be celebrated, because most fighters are peaking at these kinds of numbers.

[Motorcity Cobra]

was it about stevenson kov?

Yea it was.

[My Low Place]

Yea it was.

yep havent got to them, but i saw all the links..going to do a video or 2 about that soon

kov's really a nonfactor without a belt now..he turned down a possible 10m purse bid ..only to lose his belt for 2 million..that's just dumb

[Pigeons]

2016/01/30: Mikhaylenko-Mayfield 0.701M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/01/30: Kovalev-Pascal 1.179M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/02/27: Verdejo-Silva 0.886M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/02/27: Crawford-Lundy 0.982M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/03/05: Ali-Vargas 0.726M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/03/05: Ortiz-Thompson 0.740M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/03/26: Diaz Jr.-Velez 0.756M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/03/26: Ward-Barrera 1.064M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/16: Pacquiao-Bradley (PPV replay) 0.750M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/23: Gonzalez-Arroyo 1.001M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/23: Golovkin-Wade 1.325M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/05/14: Alvarez-Khan (PPV replay) 0.767M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/06/04: Ramirez-Lopez 0.649M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/04: Vargas-Salido 0.833M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/11: Verdejo-Martinez 0.513M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/11: Martinez-Lomachenko 0.585M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/07/11: Kovalev-Chilemba (tape delay) 0.355M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/07/30: Crawford-Postol (PPV replay) 0.378M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/08/06: Ward-Brand 0.742M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Golovkin-Brook 0.843M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Kamegai-Soto-Karass 0.667M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Gonzalez-Cuadras 0.833M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/24: Alvarez-Smith (PPV replay) 0.459M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/11/12: Ortiz-Scott 0.388M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/11/26: Kovalev-Ward (PPV replay) 0.834M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/11/26: Lomachenko-Walters 0.761M HBO World Championship Boxing

[DoktorSleepless]

It actually is the average which doesn't speak well, because that means the peak may have been less considering the rating it ended with

I think that's normal. Chocalito vs Cuadras averaged 833k, ended at 767k, and peaked at 951k.


I'm still kind of confused by what the end number is supposed to mean. But by definition, peak has to be larger than average. Unless peak is only counting live viewers.

EDIT: Okay, I think I got it. In 12 round fights, the difference between the two times given is exactly 47 minutes. So the usual reported average starts at the first bell, and ends at the last bell. The end rating must be the average during the decision, interviews, and whatever is left till the end of the broadcast.

[pesticid]

2016/01/30: Mikhaylenko-Mayfield 0.701M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/01/30: Kovalev-Pascal 1.179M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/02/27: Verdejo-Silva 0.886M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/02/27: Crawford-Lundy 0.982M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/03/05: Ali-Vargas 0.726M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/03/05: Ortiz-Thompson 0.740M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/03/26: Diaz Jr.-Velez 0.756M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/03/26: Ward-Barrera 1.064M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/16: Pacquiao-Bradley (PPV replay) 0.750M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/23: Gonzalez-Arroyo 1.001M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/04/23: Golovkin-Wade 1.325M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/05/14: Alvarez-Khan (PPV replay) 0.767M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/06/04: Ramirez-Lopez 0.649M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/04: Vargas-Salido 0.833M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/11: Verdejo-Martinez 0.513M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/06/11: Martinez-Lomachenko 0.585M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/07/11: Kovalev-Chilemba (tape delay) 0.355M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/07/30: Crawford-Postol (PPV replay) 0.378M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/08/06: Ward-Brand 0.742M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Golovkin-Brook 0.843M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Kamegai-Soto-Karass 0.667M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/10: Gonzalez-Cuadras 0.833M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/09/24: Alvarez-Smith (PPV replay) 0.459M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/11/12: Ortiz-Scott 0.388M HBO Boxing After Dark
2016/11/26: Kovalev-Ward (PPV replay) 0.834M HBO World Championship Boxing
2016/11/26: Lomachenko-Walters 0.761M HBO World Championship Boxing

Pretty much nobody is a draw anymore

[Eastcoast]

Regardless of the fight outcome, those are ****ing horrible numbers for boxing.

You had the Ward/Kovalev replay and Lomo/Walters. A year ago people would've expected 1.5mill for a tv rating for those two shows, now only half that. Two of the most competitive and anticipated fights the sport had to offer this year and it flopped on tv.

The sports ****ed over right now. Too many months where there's been no boxing or uncompetitive match-ups.

[PittyPat]

What I don't get is, why would millions of people sit down to watch shit like Batman and not stick around for (what promised to be on paper) a damn good boxing fight? Eeeeeeediats. Talk about having no taste...

[JASON SHAW]

Thanks to godfather haymon for destroying hbold and top prank.... Both are rat snake filled dying ships!!!

Lomachenko needs to leave top prank and go fight some stars on pbc......

[javaboxing]

I think HBO should have showed Loma vs Walters first and then show the reply of Kolv vs Ward.

A couple of my friends fell asleep and missed the fight watching the replay of Kov and Ward.