Comments Thread For: Pacquiao-Horn Generates Monster TV Ratings For ESPN

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ESPN's live telecast of the Saturday, July 1, "Battle of Brisbane" (10 p.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET) delivered a 1.8 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the highest-rated fight on record for a cable network this decade.*
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[siablo14]

Hectari, I thought boxing was harmed by Dirrell's uncle?

[hectari]

Hectari, I thought boxing was harmed by Dirrell's uncle?

Huh how come the first post in this thread is about me, and putting my name with something I never said, im kinda creeped out how im on the mind of several posters here.

[siablo14]

Huh how come the first post in this thread is about me, and putting my name with something I never said, im kinda creeped out how im on the mind of several posters here.

You are quite known on here. So don't act a fool. I remember you saying Dirrel's uncle punching that boxer was being splashed all over the news and was giving boxing a bad rep which would lead to decline in viewers of boxing.

[siablo14]

You need known boxers to pull these numbers. You can't put mid-level boxers on and expect these results.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

It shouldn't be surprising that manny brought huge numbers to espn...

espn is a hype machine that can really promote to a casual audience and putting a big name star like manny on espn will draw eyeballs.

I do think they need to cut a lot of the undercard.. maybe an opener fight and then the main event.. casuals don't want to sit around for 2 hours for the main event, especially late night..


Loma and Crawford probably won't do anywhere near those numbers, but they will draw healthy viewership

[hectari]

You are quite known on here. So don't act a fool. I remember you saying Dirrel's uncle punching that boxer was being splashed all over the news and was giving boxing a bad rep which would lead to decline in viewers of boxing.

But what does that have to do with this thread? makes no sense man. why am I on your mind that was completely random. Now you are creeping me out Siablo, you reminding me of a few members on here who I blocked who will randomly mention me several times in threads.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

You need known boxers to pull these numbers. You can't put mid-level boxers on and expect these results.

Totally agree...


If you put the true big names on espn, on a consistent basis, boxing will become more popular

[p4ptbe]

Espn promoted this scam fight like it was the superbowl! So how many million watched this in america exactly?

[KnockoutKings]

Not surprising, Pac is still the biggest draw in boxing behind Floyd. People will tune in to watch him fight. It also helped that it was an entertaining fight with a controversial ending. ESPN loved it lol they actually did post fight stuff went on for a while, not just a blurb. But of course boxing can't have a perfect night as the decision overshadowed the fight itself.

Pacman vs Broner would be big numbers lol