Comments Thread For: Broner-Granados Fight Peaked at 859,000 Viewers on Showtime

[Pigeons]

I saw they also had it on the SHO streaming service. Any idea how that might have affected ratings?

Doesn't count in the TV average obviously. We as fans are a bit too focused on what the live TV average is. For Showtime, it's about how many total people they reached which includes DVR, On Demand, Twitter streaming, Showtime streaming, etc. Live TV average is a small part of the pie.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Doesn't count in the TV average obviously. We as fans are a bit too focused on what the live TV average is. For Showtime, it's about how many total people they reached which includes DVR, On Demand, Twitter streaming, Showtime streaming, etc. Live TV average is a small part of the pie.

its not a small piece of the pie, its actually a huge piece of the pie. They only care about what they can monetize, so their streaming service and tv is what they care about, twitter free streams etc is just a test, they will crunch the number and see if the cost of customer acquisition is worth it that way.

[Sadiqkingofko]

Going against the 3pt contest and dunk contest this is amazing, they should start putting Broner on PPV

[-PBP-]

Broner is still one of boxings most popular fighters

[SensFullViolenc]

im surprised that Broner is so popular. I mean he has proven himself to be mostly just sizzle, not streak. He's like a starving man's version of Mayweather on his worst day. And his schtick I find boring.

And credit to Granados, but its not like he's a world beater.

As someone pointed out, this fight did better than a rematch of the FOTY. Just goes to show you that sometimes sizzle is more important than substance.

[Pigeons]

its not a small piece of the pie, its actually a huge piece of the pie. They only care about what they can monetize, so their streaming service and tv is what they care about, twitter free streams etc is just a test, they will crunch the number and see if the cost of customer acquisition is worth it that way.

You're wrong.

Most people consume TV though DVR, DVR services like OnDemand, and steaming. None of those count in average live viewers. For example, HBO's The Night Of finale averaged 2.1M viewers but it reached 7M viewers over the week on different platforms. Game of Thrones typically averages 7-9M per episode but around 25M are reached over the week through services like streaming and DVR. HBO and Showtime don't care about their live TV average because they don't air commercials or receive advertising revenue. All they care about is how many people are they reaching overall through every platform, TV, internet, DVR, streaming etc etc.

Live TV is just a piece of the pie.

[The Big Dunn]

im surprised that Broner is so popular. I mean he has proven himself to be mostly just sizzle, not streak. He's like a starving man's version of Mayweather on his worst day. And his schtick I find boring.

And credit to Granados, but its not like he's a world beater.

As someone pointed out, this fight did better than a rematch of the FOTY. Just goes to show you that sometimes sizzle is more important than substance.

For all his problems, Broner is a 4 weight class champ that is 29-0 @140 and below and 3-2 @ 147.

He may not be great but he was outstanding below 147 and when he has gone up has fought tough fighters other than Paulie.

You can criticize his lack of discipline and professionalism, but you can't minmize the fact that he fights hard and competes until the end. Most fans appreciate that.

[SensFullViolenc]

For all his problems, Broner is a 4 weight class champ that is 29-0 @140 and below and 3-2 @ 147.

He may not be great but he was outstanding below 147 and when he has gone up has fought tough fighters other than Paulie.

You can criticize his lack of discipline and professionalism, but you can't minmize the fact that he fights hard and competes until the end. Most fans appreciate that.

I do find him cheesy, and I also saw him struggle to beat Ponce de la effing Leon's sorry ass at 130. I do blame it on his lack of discipline ( a huge difference w/ Mayweather, who was as disciplined as they come in the ring). The Granados fight is just more evidence that this is who Broner is.

But I hear you on that last part. Once in the ring, he does compete. Even when he was getting sparked by Chino, he fought back. He makes for fun fights.

I dont consider him a star, however.

[The Big Dunn]

I do find him cheesy, and I also saw him struggle to beat Ponce de la effing Leon's sorry ass at 130. I do blame it on his lack of discipline ( a huge difference w/ Mayweather, who was as disciplined as they come in the ring). The Granados fight is just more evidence that this is who Broner is.

But I hear you on that last part. Once in the ring, he does compete. Even when he was getting sparked by Chino, he fought back. He makes for fun fights.

I dont consider him a star, however.

So he had a tough fight. Does that really even matter? I am not dis*****g the fact Broner isn't great. But your criticism seems to ignore the fact many a fighter gets to a weight class and bottoms out.

My point is fans seem to tune in because he gives them a show before the fight (we can agree his prefight stuff is ridiculous but to each his own), fights to win (and goes for the KO) and then usually answers when he is questioned after the fight, whether he wins or gets his ass beat.

I think fans appreciate that.

[slimPickings]

Like him or hate him, Broner sells!!