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

[filup79]

You keep trying to make this point without acknowledging that Loma is old as **** for guy with "10" fights lol A 29 year old boxer doesn't have years to wait around.

He'll be considering retirement around 33 - 34. The time is now to make moves. He's a fabulous boxer but your argument ignores context.

I'm baffled with these guys who throw out this only 10 fight nonsense. He is pretty much on par with fighters his age who turned pro in their late teens. Loma is a great talent but could you even say that he would be as accomplished of a fighter as Manny or Floyd by 29?

[Butch.McRae]

Why were the Klitshco Bros. so successful in Germany?

They both definitely speak German. So that might be one factor.

[Andrij]

Why were the Klitshco Bros. so successful in Germany?

Because the Klitschko Brothers were based in Germany since 1996.

[Andrij]

They both definitely speak German. So that might be one factor.

They were based in Germany since 1996.

[Tankdestroyer]

You keep trying to make this point without acknowledging that Loma is old as **** for guy with "10" fights lol A 29 year old boxer doesn't have years to wait around.

He'll be considering retirement around 33 - 34. The time is now to make moves. He's a fabulous boxer but your argument ignores context.

ignores what context? you just looking for an argument yourself along with everybody else on here hating. His second pro fight was against salido and just last year he quit walters so if that's not making moves you are just hating. he won't be able to land the best fighters every time out and he still has ten years of boxing if he chooses that route.

[North Star]

Terrible ratings compared to the Pac-Horn fight. And only about 4,000 people were in attendance too.

Still, I would have liked to see the Hall of Fame inductions get moved to ESPN2 instead.

If they scheduled that channel and time slot for boxing then they should have honored the schedule.

Agreed. The HOF show running way over and guide listing for ESPN2 had WTA listed, probably messed up more than a few home viewers. But people that tend to watch ESPN know that they move around programming when running into live issues. I figured as much and found the card pretty quickly, but I can see how some folks would just shut the TV off or switch to something else if what was planned program wasn't being shown.

These are still pretty bad numbers considering all that.

On the other hand, the UFC card won the night with 1.1 mill viewers I believe. It was just bad planning and bad luck all around with this event.

[BWC]

Agreed. The HOF show running way over and guide listing for ESPN2 had WTA listed, probably messed up more than a few home viewers. But people that tend to watch ESPN know that they move around programming when running into live issues. I figured as much and found the card pretty quickly, but I can see how some folks would just shut the TV off or switch to something else if what was planned program wasn't being shown.

These are still pretty bad numbers considering all that.

On the other hand, the UFC card won the night with 1.1 mill viewers I believe. It was just bad planning and bad luck all around with this event.

Nah, the UFC card averaged about 890K on FS1. Pretty low all things considered but the UFC has been struggling on FOX/FS1 all year. I'd say the Loma numbers were no doubt disappointing, but not as bad as a lot are making it out..

[North Star]

I really doubt Loma fights any of them. Arum has recently been on record saying that he isn't willing to pay any fighters enough money to fight Loma. He pretty much says money doesn't grow on trees for him or ESPN to pay fighters. I'm pretty sure Arum isn't working with a big budget to make fights for Loma. He pretty much had Loma's fight in a tiny theater where GB used to have there Fight Club series, where prospects fought.

They mentioned on the telecast that the intended opponent for the night's card was Salido, and that he turned it down, even though he was offered a $750k payday.

[Butch.McRae]

I'm baffled with these guys who throw out this only 10 fight nonsense. He is pretty much on par with fighters his age who turned pro in their late teens. Loma is a great talent but could you even say that he would be as accomplished of a fighter as Manny or Floyd by 29?

When Floyd was 29 he became lineal WW champ by beating Carlos Baldomir. His fourth lineal crown. On the eve of his ODH fight and transition to "Money"

Manny at 29 beat MAB and was in the verge of becoming lineal superfeatherweight against JMM. His fourth lineal crown.

He's nowhere near those two at the same age.

[Gunpowdergreg]

Too bad that more viewers didn't get to see Lomo, their loss. I agree with most comments about low viewership; time, ESPN/ESPN2 double switch, name recognition, etc. All Lomo can do is to keep boxing the way he does, it's up to the promoter to get media attention for Lomo. I too want to see Lomo/Rigo but it won't work as a PPV. A fight between two 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, two of the best P4P boxers and neither one or collectively has enough of the casual public's name recognition to make a big fight. No one that I know outside of boxing's hardcore fans are familiar with either. All the coverage each gets here and on other boxing sites doesn't mean a thing, we already know and appreciate them. The promoters need to get them out into the public/sports fans eyes. More sitting at ringside of fights, publicly attending sports events, etc where they can be seen and talked up. It's a hard job to publicize two fighters from foreign countries, neither of whom speaks good English. Also, ESPN doesn't do as good of a job promoting their fights as other networks, HBO and Showtime blitz the media and advertise on other non-affiliated networks as well.