Comments Thread For: Showtime Scores Rare Ratings Win Over HBO in Head-to-Head Battle

[Boxing Logic]

My friend on the the west coast says the Showtime card came on live at 6PM or whatever it was, but the HBO card gets delayed 3 hours and didn't come on until 10PM. So naturally everyone was watching Showtime first.

[Lester Tutor]

Lol if u put GGG on the same night as Mikey and Leo , GGG brings in more ratings than Leo and them lol #Facts

right...that's why HBO always exploited Nicaraguan's fanbase for Roman Gonzalez on the undercard of GGG, as if Nicaraguan-American based citizens didn't know about Arguello...

[GMAN SUPREME]

Boxing fans chose the better card. That's good to see. It's a shame the cards weren't on separate nights because both were outstanding.

except that the hbo card was actually the better card top to bottom in terms of action. you guys always like to blow these pbc fights out of proportion.the fans chose to watch the well known fighters like garcia santa cruz and frampton they probably didn't know hbo had a card on.

[O.K.! 2.0]

Good for Showtime but its not like it was a blow out! 100,000 more viewers! The Showtime card was hugely promoted while the HBO card wasn't as much. The Showtime card clearly had the mini star power compared to HBO. Good night of boxing all around. HBO is still by far the boxing capitol & Showtime will have their shine every now & then. HBO just knows how to develop STARS! Thurman, Wilder, etc, would be huge stars if they were on HBO.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I was switching back and forth but stayed on the Showtime card the most. I only watched maybe 5 rounds of the whole HBO telecast tbh.

[The Big Dunn]

except that the hbo card was actually the better card top to bottom in terms of action. you guys always like to blow these pbc fights out of proportion.the fans chose to watch the well known fighters like garcia santa cruz and frampton they probably didn't know hbo had a card on.

I disagree.

The HBO card featured 4 B level fighters in against each other. The SHO card featured the consensus FOTY Frampton in a rematch against another A level fighter Santa Cruz and the opener featured Garcia, a fighter most had at A level before the long layoff, in a fight against an undefeated champ where he was considered an underdog by many. Additionally, SHO had the lead in of 2 highly touted prospects on SHO extreme.

I don't mind that you prefer "action". I prefer highly skilled fighters in against each other more so than I do 2nd tier guys beating the crap out of each other.

If you think the HBO card was better is fine. You are not much of a boxing fan anyway so your opinion doesn't mean anything to me.

Bottom line is there were 2 good cards and I watched both.

[GMAN SUPREME]

right...that's why HBO always exploited Nicaraguan's fanbase for Roman Gonzalez on the undercard of GGG, as if Nicaraguan-American based citizens didn't know about Arguello...

you ***ing idiot. ggg was getting great tv ratings 1 million plus, way before gonzalez appeared on his undercards. learn to troll better

[aboutfkntime]

NEW YORK Showtime Sports produced a rare ratings victory over rival HBO Sports for competing boxing broadcasts Saturday night. Viewership for Showtime's doubleheader, which featured a WBA featherweight championship rematch in which Leo Santa Cruz avenged his defeat to Carl Frampton, peaked at 643,000, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The Santa Cruz-Frampton rematch drew an average audience of 587,000 viewers from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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yea but wasn't that a much higher-profile fight ?

[aboutfkntime]

Its all about popularity and anticipation

yea, I think those figures could be a bit misleading

[aboutfkntime]

I disagree.

The HBO card featured 4 B level fighters in against each other. The SHO card featured the consensus FOTY Frampton in a rematch against another A level fighter Santa Cruz and the opener featured Garcia, a fighter most had at A level before the long layoff, in a fight against an undefeated champ where he was considered an underdog by many. Additionally, SHO had the lead in of 2 highly touted prospects on SHO extreme.

I don't mind that you prefer "action". I prefer highly skilled fighters in against each other more so than I do 2nd tier guys beating the crap out of each other.

If you think the HBO card was better is fine. You are not much of a boxing fan anyway so your opinion doesn't mean anything to me.

Bottom line is there were 2 good cards and I watched both.

I found the winner !