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

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

Good TV numbers against very little sport competition... But only drew 6k in a 10k college arena in his hometown.

[MasterPlan]

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.

Sho and HBO went head to head that night or Frampton-Santa would have gotten similar numbers to Broner.

[MasterPlan]

Good TV numbers against very little sport competition... But only drew 6k in a 10k college arena in his hometown.

NBA All-Star weekend is big business man.

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

NBA All-Star weekend is big business man.

true...but wasn't it done by the time Broner fight started after 10pm ...

[boxinghead530]

Not bad but by no means good. This fight was on showtime which offered free access to non subscribers this weekend. That's how I was able to watch.

So this was basically the same as having it on NBC, cbs, or abc. Everyone had access to watch the fight. In that sense it was rather blah type viewer numbers.

[GMAN SUPREME]

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.

This tosser getting more average viewers than a rematch of the FOTY is a ****ing LUL.

frampton vs santa cruz that was not the FOTY. vargas vs salido was voted fight of the year by the BWAA.

[GMAN SUPREME]

I thought it would do a mil because showtime was free for the weekend. meh

[chepboxingking]

I thought it would do a mil because showtime was free for the weekend. meh

These #s don't include those viewers who had a free preview from showtime..only the paying subscribers. These are awesome numbers considering he was fighting a fairly unknown guy.

[chepboxingking]

Not bad but by no means good. This fight was on showtime which offered free access to non subscribers this weekend. That's how I was able to watch.

So this was basically the same as having it on NBC, cbs, or abc. Everyone had access to watch the fight. In that sense it was rather blah type viewer numbers.

What!? These are awesome #s!! These #s don't include viewers with the free preview week, only the paying subscribers. If you take into consideration that he faced an unknown guy like granados, plus all star weekend was on during the same time, these #s are awesome

[Bronx2245]

I can't believe that Broner vs. Granados had more viewers than LSC vs. Frampton II. I guess good guys always finish last?