Comments Thread For: HBO's Replay of Joshua-Klitschko Peaked at 890K Viewers

[Motorcity Cobra]

My dude, don't let ******ed inbred imbeciles guide how you analyze things.The notion that any previous fight turned people off is complete and utter BS. That's just Manny fans and Floyd haters doing their best to downplay the fight to claim some victory because Floyd beat Manny.

Manny's ratings have dropped because he didn't show up in the big fight. If Floyd were to come back and fight Manny, Thurman it would still be huge. Floyd/McGregor is the most talked about fight event in all of sports. Again, don't let the inbred imbeciles make you believe Floyd hurt the sport.

As for this fight, I think more people watched then have recently watched a wlad fight. Wlad/Fury had about 1.1 mil viewers if i recall. The total for this fight exceeds that if you add the network totals.

Wlad has been in garbage fights with unknown opponents for the last 7-9 years. However, his loss made him vulnerable, which probably meant people that didn't watch him previously decided to tune in. Joshua has developed a following because he has won in dominant fashion while showing some vulnerability.

I agree that advertising the fight played a part. I'm just pointing out how agendas work.

May-Pac gets the blame for GGG-Lemieux. Nevermind the fact that Lemieux wasn't built up on HB before the fight. He previous fight was on Fox Sports 2 and got a little over 100k in ratings. GGG wasn't a household name. But a month later Canelo-Cotto, two fighters with previous PPV success, does 900K and nobody mentions May-Pac. May-Pac gets the blame when fighters the media are pushing down our throats don't do so well. The agenda is clear to me

[Tha_Greatest]

you ****** again you are wrong..... Hbo is a old ass channel... Showtime is not..... Thats why they have 8 million more subs..... Google is very easy to use genius..... Do some research

i dont have to do research, facts are hbo wins and now u mad forever,

[PoserExposer]

HBO broadcasted the fight 5 hours later. There were 90,000 fans in attendance, Showtime had a more substantial promotion having the Live rights to the fight and Gayson still can't live with that fact. The insults are just a desperate attempt to have the last word when they have no argument to begin with. It's classic Jason Shaw, jabroni to the core boxing audience on NSB.

that means hbo wins twice kid, lol showtime gets annialated in fight ratings and showtime gets defeated in subscriptions, u will never be happy and you will always live in anger that hbo is beating up showtime lil man , lol, u should earn to channel your hate and anger towards positivity so you dont get a heart attack from hbo beating sho , be well my freind

[killakali]

um a live fight on saturday early evening dumbass..... This is not mexico where people stay home all day.... American like to spend money and go out on saturday.... Also with 8 million few homes that hbo showtime only last by barely 2 hundred thousand? Wow!! Hbo is dying.... Hbo should be doing 1.5 million in primetime at 10 pm.... What a sad joke hbold has become.... This is what happens when you let golden girl ****tions give you horrible mismatches like canela vs kirkland, angulo, smith khan hahahahaha

ctuslly here in America we like to go party at NighT and not be home lmaooo. Why do u think HBO has 8 million more subscribers than Showtime? Because I Ana better product ******. That's why more people pay for hbo than showtime. Whoops!

[JASON SHAW]

that means hbo wins twice kid, lol showtime gets annialated in fight ratings and showtime gets defeated in subscriptions, u will never be happy and you will always live in anger that hbo is beating up showtime lil man , lol, u should earn to channel your hate and anger towards positivity so you dont get a heart attack from hbo beating sho , be well my freind

you ****** again you are wrong..... Hbo is a old ass channel... Showtime is not..... Thats why they have 8 million more subs..... Google is very easy to use genius..... Do some research

[JASON SHAW]

they were not allowed to promote it until they reached a deal with hbo on broadcast rights.

http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/...o-u-s-tv-deall

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/4/11...o-tv-rights-us

they didn't settle until very late. I think this contributed to low numbers on each network. That said, the total was more than wlad/fury so i think that is a good thing.

these are not low numbers you just seem to have delusional expectations.... Hbo did great and showtime did great.... Wlad has fought on hbo for a decade! This fight was the highest rated hbo fight of 2017 so you are wrong there again..... Showtime had their highest rated fight for an early evening show in channel history..... Dont ignore these facts just to act like you are right...

[Redd Foxx]

Well considering the network issue was sorted just 3 weeks before the fight & that this was a tape delay & the youtube videos were out before this I'd say the numbers are decent..
My only problem was with showtime airing it & the numbers not being so great(also not enough build up with the same network issue).. if its was any other free channels like cbs,spike or fox, then the numbers would have been double of it for sure..

Sure, we can find reasons to excuse it for not doing better. But, I'm looking at it as; this is one of boxing's biggest fights of the year (esp for non-PPV for the US). Bums me out that it didn't draw more fans, especially when it was such a great fight. We've got HBO budget shrinking, PBC just hanging in there. I really love how much free (or non-PPV) boxing we have on TV now and am worried about that not flourishing so I'm hoping everyone pulls big numbers.

[Tha_Greatest]

hbo is in more homes so why would they not get more views?? Are you mentally slow or just high on crack? Thats like saying a bugatti is faster than a lambo hahahaha bugati has more horsepower so of course it will go faster ****** hahahahah.... Try again

that means hbo wins twice kid, lol showtime gets annialated in fight ratings and showtime gets defeated in subscriptions, u will never be happy and you will always live in anger that hbo is beating up showtime lil man , lol, u should earn to channel your hate and anger towards positivity so you dont get a heart attack from hbo beating sho , be well my freind

[JASON SHAW]

no calculator needed, wilder vs. Molina was equally watched on showtime and that was a s hit fight! You're desperately avoiding that fact, you're desperately avoiding a 5 hour taped delay, :gay::****you:and you're also desperately avoiding the fact that you're a f******** ******!

you ****** broners fight did almost 1 million!!! Ratings come from star power..... Wlad has fought on hbo for 10 years you dumb lying scum..... So how is showtime doing soooo good with 8 million few subs??? They should barely be doing 400 thousand with only 22 million subs compared to hbos 30 million lol.... You cant stand that hbo boxing is dying.....

[JASON SHAW]

i don't get paid by either of the networks so i'm not going to say if one is greater than the other.. Based on your own admission hbo has more subscribers than showtime then there should be a reason for that isn't it?

they have more subscribers because showtime is not available everywhere..... Hbo is the older network and has a wider reach..... Showtime is only available in certain places for some reason.... Even with that logic and even with 8 million more sub hbo only beat showtime by only 200k viewers!!! The hbo fight was in primetime at 10 !! Showtime was early evening when people are out or eating dinner.... 8 million fewer homes is a big factor.....