Less than 700K viewers for Lemiuex - Stevens on HBO?

[bigdunny1]

A lot of people missed a good fight (while it lasted)

Yup too bad good fight. Fight generated buzz so people probably missed it live but caught clips on youtube or watched it ondemand or one of HBO replays after hearing about the knockout. But these are bad numbers way off from the HBO numbers just this Dec (over 1m viewers for HBO's last fight of the year). I think is a byproduct of going dead air for an entire month and having only 2 cards 10 days into March of a new year. HBO needs more fights to build momentum. Even if they aren't big fights. One fight every month and a half = ratings drop off

[PK3434]

That is the word on the street.

Too bad... if this fight was on PBC (could have been easily with its low budget), it could have been seen by 400 to 500% more people.

How could it have been on PBC? Is Al Haymon suddenly going out of his way to give opportunities to Golden Boy and Main Events fighters when he has like 200 fighters signed to him?

[R-C]

That means the entire card averaged about 550k... WOAH that's pretty pathetic.

When Showtime averages way less the 550K with so-called "Superstars", do you call Showtime pathetic also? or just HBO to fit your agenda?

[bigdunny1]

Not at 11pm it wouldn't have. That was way too fking late to start a card.

yeah I forgot about the time that didn't help things. Entire card started at 11 so main event didn't kick off till midnight or later. Too late get betting ratings if the main event is starting at 10:30 or 11pm.

[snoopymiller]

When Showtime averages way less the 550K with so-called "Superstars", do you call Showtime pathetic also? or just HBO to fit your agenda?

Yep. Showtime viewership is pathetic as well. It'd be best if BOTH HBO and Showtime got out of boxing.

[Scipio2009]

That is the word on the street.

Too bad... if this fight was on PBC (could have been easily with its low budget), it could have been seen by 400 to 500% more people.

Why would PBC have committed a FOX date to a fight that's literally done nothing to advance the winner? Were it not for Golden Boy needing to cultivate options for Alvarez, where would Lemieux honestly be going?

Lemieux-Stevens wasn't all that big a fight, in actuality; were it with PBC, the fight may have ended up on SpikeTV or BounceTV. They fought at Turning Stone, remember; the venue more known for massive ShoBox cards than for big-time fights.

[Kigali]

When Showtime averages way less the 550K with so-called "Superstars", do you call Showtime pathetic also? or just HBO to fit your agenda?

Stop crying.

[Dr Rumack]

That's shit for HBO. Barely better than that Rigo-Agbeko disaster.

[The Big Dunn]

I have been very critical of HBO the past couple years. That said, I don't want them to fail because it hurts the sport as a whole. Hopefully they make better fights that draw more people.

[killakali]

That is the word on the street.

Too bad... if this fight was on PBC (could have been easily with its low budget), it could have been seen by 400 to 500% more people.

dude, Wilder vs Washington was on Fox and only did 1.7mil. Was a title fight. That wasn't even 300% more than this less signficant fight and was in several more homes