How many views will ESPN get for Pacquiao vs Horn fight this coming Saturday 9PM ET?

[SceneBoxer]

I don't think a lot because a lot of casual fans only want to watch clean fighters and since this fight doesn't have PED testing it's hard to know if you are watching clean fighters.

ha ha casual fans don't know the difference between PEDs and Juice drink.

[The Big Dunn]

Casual fans don't give a ***** about PEDS testing. Dunn you are a better poster than this. I am starting to think someone stole your Identity.

No it's me. Obviously I am hinting at another point.

[hectari]

There is no build up or promotion it was a last minute deal, so im guessing 1.2 to 1.8 million viewership

[hectari]

I got no clue, but I'm super curious. I feel like they should be good numbers.

I feel more confident in speculating on PPV numbers than TV ratings. Need one of the boxing ratings nerds to comment on this. Pigeons or MCC maybe.

There is no way it does good, the tv deal barely got done last week the fight is this saturday and they have done absolutely zero promotion lol

It takes at least a month of heavy rotation commercials during games shows espn has only done the initial announcement.

[Pigeons]

4th of July weekend. I will be out and about enjoying life.

[All in]

10 million

[MasterPlan]

Around what Thurman and Garcia did on ESPN

[Eff Pandas]

There is no way it does good, the tv deal barely got done last week the fight is this saturday and they have done absolutely zero promotion lol

It takes at least a month of heavy rotation commercials during games shows espn has only done the initial announcement.

Define "no way it does good" in numbers, assuming you are better at ratings then I am of course.

Although Pigeons brings up a good point about the holiday weekend & it will have an impact on the upside I'm sure now that I think about it. For some reason I was disassociating the 2nd of July fight date from the 4th of July holiday weekend.

If anything they should be fighting Sgt. Sammy on 4th of July weekend & try to parlay Sammy's military service into some mandatory fight watching on that holiday or some sorta angle like that that seems more appealing then a Filipino vs a Aussie on an American holiday.

[SceneBoxer]

10 million

This is my number too.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

It will snag at least 7 or 8 million... espn should start the hype machine this week