Comments Thread For: Wilder-Ortiz Showtime's Highest-Rated Fight Since Wilder-Stiverne

[Phenom]

Heavyweight will always do big ratings

AJ vs wilder will do over 1M PPV if they fight in Vegas

[DannYankee]

And it was a really good fight too.

[kafkod]

You are using numbers based off of what 5100 homes watched. Accurate though.

"In order to estimate viewing patterns across all TV households, a carefully selected panel of private homes is recruited. The Establishment Survey is carried out continuously by Ipsos MORI in order to track changes in UK household characteristics. From this we can ascertain the types of households we need on our panel to make sure it is representative of the whole of the UK. We then recruit households to be on the panel that suit the necessary demographics, TV platforms and geography, as well as other variables. The BARB panel consists of 5100 households, which each represent about 5000 other households across the UK."

http://www.barb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-do-what-we-do/

BARB don't knock on every door in the UK every hour, on the hour, to check what people are watching on their TVs, but they are the most reliable source for UK TV viewing figures available.

Imo, the fact that the BARB numbers are virtually the same as the numbers Hearn gave out just after the event is strong evidence that they are accurate.

In any case, The question was - which sold more Sky PPVs, May/Mac or AJ/Wlad.

And BARB used the same criteria to calculate the numbers for both shows.

[Robbie Barrett]

BARB don't knock on every door in the UK every hour, on the hour, to check what people are watching on their TVs, but they are the most reliable source for UK TV viewing figures available.

Imo, the fact that the BARB numbers are virtually the same as the numbers Hearn gave out just after the event is strong evidence that they are accurate.

In any case, The question was - which sold more Sky PPVs, May/Mac or AJ/Wlad.

And BARB used the same criteria to calculate the numbers for both shows.

Or they just typed them in after Hearn released them. The chance of them bein **** on like that based off of 5100 households is tiny.

[kafkod]

And it was a really good fight too.

Damn . that bug in your sig nearly had me reaching for a magazine to swat it off my monitor screen!

[kafkod]

Or they just typed them in after Hearn released them. The chance of them bein **** on like that based off of 5100 households is tiny.

Or maybe their methods work, which is why everybody from advertising companies to politicians use their numbers.

[kafkod]

Heavyweight will always do big ratings

AJ vs wilder will do over 1M PPV if they fight in Vegas

So how come none of Wilder's fights have been in Vegas and on PPV?

[Robbie Barrett]

Or maybe their methods work, which is why everybody from advertising companies to politicians use their numbers.

Why would they need to estimate when Hearn gave them the number? Also would be disaster for them if their number didn't match. Common sense that the most likely explanation is they used Hearns number over their own. But that wouldn't suit what you're pushing, so common sense is out the window for you.

[kafkod]

Why would they need to estimate when Hearn gave them the number? Also would be disaster for them if their number didn't match. Common sense that the most likely explanation is they used Hearns number over their own. But that wouldn't suit what you're pushing, so common sense is out the window for you.

Lol .. you're a ***n cretin!

What's the point of even talking about PPV sales if you don't believe any of the numbers are genuine?

Or are they only bogus when it suites your agenda?

[HarvardBlue]

The fight was great. I'm glad it was seen by so many people.