Comments Thread For: Joshua-Takam Ratings: 334K for Live Telecast, 309K for Replay

[Pennsauken1]

That’s what happens when you fight taxi cab drivers and dishwashers

[donjigga11]

You can't compare Wilder's fight on free tv prime time to Joshua's fight on Subscription channel Showtime that's just dumb
NBC CBS ABC FOX are all free TV everyone with a tv can watch those fights on Prime TV
Joshua fight was on Showtime @ 5pm Unless you subscribe you're not gonna see it

To get maximum exposure in America that's what AJ might actually need, a fight on free TV there.

[Randall Cunning]

Same number as Spence got against Brook. As I expected though that 6 million was all Bundu. Bundu box office gold.

[Tygshsu]

All you Americans why dont you listen up to what Hearn says,Wilder v Joshua is happening in the UK,because it's not ppv in the US,Wilder is the home/American fighter and no one knows about him,his walking through New York on a Showtime Documentary no one knew the hell he was.Yes everyone would prefer it to be in the Us/Las Vegas but i dont think it will get strong ppv numbers.That is why Hearn wants Wilder/Whyte in Febuary,Whyte is **** anyway we saw that,then Joshua-Wilder at Wembley where people will actually create a boxing atmosphere and not be like Americans focusing on the belly and getting diabetes.One thing may stop this fight though,it could be Joshua moving to HBO.

[KING5TWENTY]

Spike tv is not free and getting lower nymbers then Lara on Spike is something I didnt know possible.

[KING5TWENTY]

Aj had decent numbers against a good opponent so theres people who watch him hete and Wilder always brings good numbers tv wise and will be tje a side of a tv deal. It good be PPV over here if AJ fights over here against a good name and him and Wilder meet in Vegas.

[Sparked_26]

Right.

So it happens in the UK then. Like we all knew.

[Nicoya415]

Nope That's your opinion till Canelo fights in UK There's no proof to your theory

No need for Canelo to fight in the UK hes made it in the US that's where it matters

[N/A]

As has been noted many times, Showtime's boxing ratings are extremely misleading. Showtime makes their fights available in many ways that HBO refuses to do, which makes the announced Showtime viewership lower than it would be otherwise.

Showtime boxing streams live on Showtime Anytime and those viewers are not counted towards the announced viewership. HBO GO refuses to stream fights because they're concerned about the bad PR when it lowers the announced number.

Showtime very quickly uploads the full show to Showtime Anytime to be viewed on demand and those viewers are not counted towards the announced viewership. HBO GO refuses to post the full show, and only posts the fight bell to bell, and they wait until Tuesday to post it because they're concerned about the bad PR when it lowers the announced number.

There is absolutely no incentive to watch the live linear feed of Showtime because you can watch the fight anywhere you want on any device you want, including your television using a gaming console, ROKU, the SmarTV's in device app, etc, none of which is included on the publicly announced number.

Whereas with HBO, if you don't want to have to wait until Tuesday to watch part of the show (they never post the full show), you have to watch live or record the linear feed on your DVR, both of which count towards the publicly announced number.

So everybody that's always criticizing the publicly announced Showtime number needs to realize that Showtime itself has made every effort possible to make it as easy as possible to watch their fights, even though it lowers the publicly announced number. They clearly don't care. They want their customers to be happy and that is more important to them than optics.

HBO on the other hand makes sure it is as annoying and as frustrating as possible to watch their fights in any way that won't count towards the publicly announced number.

[Sparked_26]

Aj had decent numbers against a good opponent so theres people who watch him hete and Wilder always brings good numbers tv wise and will be tje a side of a tv deal. It good be PPV over here if AJ fights over here against a good name and him and Wilder meet in Vegas.

So the reverse of Wilder fighting Whyte in the UK.

Hearn would have to promote AJ in America to a disinterested American public and convince AJ to give up a large chunk of whatever his earnings were for Takam likely £10 million plus for how much? No brainer really.

Wilder comes to England. That's fine.

It's a shoot out anyway.