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

[HandsofIron]

Not bad, now if ESPN can chill out with all the virtual signaling, ******* bs, I'd watch more often.

[iniduoh]

About 3.9m viewers. Huge for ESPN, solid for Pacquiao off PPV. Second biggest viewership in boxing this year.

How did you come up with this number?

[IMDAZED]

How did you come up with this number?

Researched comparable Nielsen ratings (2.4) and saw what it came out to. Although I'm hearing conflicting reports. Some saying there were 3.1m viewers.

[The Big Dunn]

So what's the answer? How is it that Arum have a knack for building stars and Haymon doesn't? Everyone expected Thurman to become a PPV star. Seems One Time has lost his hunger and just wants to have children.

Horn was a nobody. Now he's a star.

How is horn a star?

[Combat Talk Radio]

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

Exactly. And this clearly proves that Jeff "The Hornet" Horn is a bigger draw than Golovkin.

[Sweet_Science2]

Yeah I guess. Remember leave the drugs alone my man.

[Sweet_Science2]

You alright?

I already hoe'd you. Are you good pussie? Was scared to put your money and account up. Fall back chump

[uppercut510]

good for boxing

[Mike D]

The Pacquiao name is still big enough to attract casuals. Put that together with ESPN constantly advertising the fight on their other programming and it was a good recipe for success.

Will this work just as well for Lomachenko vs Marriaga? I have my doubts. There is no star power there for the casual viewer.

That's why they need to promote the hell out of him. Him and Terence. Do stories on them on Sportcenter leading up to their fights. Maybe even do a 24/7 type show that lasts a half hour. Mention their names nightly. Show their highlight packages. Do that same little countdown clock thing to their fights like they did with the Pacquiao fight.

Will they attract the same numbers as Pacquiao, most likely not but they can still do very, very well. I think it's up to ESPN. If they put their power behind these events then plenty of casuals will bite hook, line, and sinker.

[ShoulderRoll]

That's why they need to promote the hell out of him. Him and Terence. Do stories on them on Sportcenter leading up to their fights. Maybe even do a 24/7 type show that lasts a half hour. Mention their names nightly. Show their highlight packages. Do that same little countdown clock thing to their fights like they did with the Pacquiao fight.

Will they attract the same numbers as Pacquiao, most likely not but they can still do very, very well. I think it's up to ESPN. If they put their power behind these events then plenty of casuals will bite hook, line, and sinker.

I do agree that ESPN has a lot of power. If they get Sportscenter behind their boxing shows, to treat them like real sports news, that alone helps a lot.

For the Pac fight they had their MLB announcers talking about it during games. That kind of cross promotion is gold for attracting new viewers.