Comments Thread For: Lomachenko-Marriaga Averaged Just 728,000 Viewers on ESPN

[elcashanilla]

could the low numbers be because loma is not a draw every time he fights top rank loses money wouldn't be surprise if Bob Arum said that every time time he say Lomas name the ESPN people Vomit

[Kigali]

Some of these guys don't know that Arum is known for bringing up two fighters around the same weight and ****ing over one of them (via some mechanism) to make his favorite a star.

For evidence check out Gamboa discussing the Crawford fight.

We're also watching it happen right now with Conlan and Stevenson. That'll be some drama in about two years.

The way he shelved Walters was pitiful.

He lambasted Rigo like he wasn't even his fighter.

Conlan will be OK

Stevenson is ****ed.

[1g5a22]

LMAO @ these dense ****ers.... A relatively unknown Ukrainian fight's a late replacement B- level opponent in US on ESPN & does 750000 type numbers! WOW! Shock horror! Thick bastards... LOL He won't pull in big numbers until he begins to fight bigger name Mexicans or Americans! That's how boxing works! Its about marketing, building & progression. Do you think Pac was pulling in big numbers in the US prior to his Morales, JMM, Barrera days?! If you're not a US fighter it takes more time! **** this forum is thick!!! And if you think only 750000 people watched it you're even thicker! YouTube streams, Box nation channel in the UK, European viewership (no idea how non UK fans viewed it but I suspect European countries showed it on various sporting channel's/medium's) In fact I viewed it on a stream coming from Indonesia looollll So put your tampons in & don't let Lomachenko get in your head. He's here to stay! Embrace it!

[Steven Mccowan]

I think its not bad seeing as though guy has 10 fights lol. Plus late start. Usually guys with 10 fights are buried on undercards.

[Tankdestroyer]

Some of these guys don't know that Arum is known for bringing up two fighters around the same weight and ****ing over one of them

don't know wtf you talking about with this because you ain't the only one following boxing here. you never even answered my first post and took it another direction. making excuses for other fighters being younger but where the **** were they on their 10th pro fight? funny how you try to blame arum for walters getting beat by loma. if walters took the fight he must have felt ready, and if he didn't want the fight because he wasn't properly trained he could have said no mas before the fight was made. simple!

[Corelone]

9-1 vs nobody and they cry about the ratings? Even those numbers are full of Beltran fans.

[Tankdestroyer]

LMAO @ these dense ****ers.... A relatively unknown Ukrainian fight's a late replacement B- level opponent in US on ESPN & does 750000 type numbers! WOW! Shock horror! Thick bastards... LOL He won't pull in big numbers until he begins to fight bigger name Mexicans or Americans! That's how boxing works! Its about marketing, building & progression. Do you think Pac was pulling in big numbers in the US prior to his Morales, JMM, Barrera days?! If you're not a US fighter it takes more time! **** this forum is thick!!! And if you think only 750000 people watched it you're even thicker! YouTube streams, Box nation channel in the UK, European viewership (no idea how non UK fans viewed it but I suspect European countries showed it on various sporting channel's/medium's) In fact I viewed it on a stream coming from Indonesia looollll So put your tampons in & don't let Lomachenko get in your head. He's here to stay! Embrace it!

all there is on here is a bunch of salty walter fanboys

[r1onnie2]

Yeah I'm one of the 105,000 who didn't watch it because the opponent was trash and a small guy moving up coming off a loss.

[SplitSecond]

Interviews of the crowd suggest finding the fight (dunno about the event, didnt watch it myself) lackluster and disappointing.

[Butch.McRae]

don't know wtf you talking about with this because you ain't the only one following boxing here. you never even answered my first post and took it another direction. making excuses for other fighters being younger but where the **** were they on their 10th pro fight? funny how you try to blame arum for getting beat by loma. if walters took the fight he must have felt ready, and if he didn't want the fight because he wasn't properly trained he could have said no mas before the fight was made. simple!

It doesn't matter that it's only his "10th" fight. Rigo beat Donaire in his 12th fight to become a 2x champion and lineal. This point your trying to make isn't really all that significant. If Kindelan went pro in late age and won two belts over 10 fights it would be expected, not a surprise. Why is that so hard to understand? Lol guys with that international pedigree going pro at an advanced age and winning belts isn't that remarkable imo.

In regards to Arum issue. This model has been replicated by Top Rank dozens of times (in my lifetime). It's not an excuse. I think Walters would still lose even if he was sharp, but the fight would have likely looked different if he hadn't been jerked around.