Comments Thread For: Joshua-Parker: Showtime's First Replay Peaked at 483,000 Viewers

[_Rexy_]

I don't have Showtime subscription, but how heavily was the fight promoted? Those seem like terrible US numbers for Joshua. HBO would have doubled that amount at least.....

It was promoted.

And honestly, isn't this like a third of what Wilder/Stiverne II did?

[Bronx2245]

AJ vs Parker was an abysmal stink fest. this is AJ's second fight in a row now where he stinks the place out. how come Fat Dan hasn't written one article about how boring and unwatchable AJ is? he destroyed Rigo after the Donaire fight. but everybody is just pretending to be entertained because they have been slurping AJ for so long they can't turn back.

I would've thrown a bag of dog sht at AJ leaving the ring. wasting people's money and time.

the snoozefest of the century.

"How come Fat Dan hasn't written one article about how boring and unwatchable AJ is?"

Why isn't Deontay Wilder Next for Anthony Joshua?

Dan Rafael ESPN
April 2, 2018:

Now that Anthony Joshua has unified three major heavyweight title belts, the obvious fight -- easily the most important in boxing -- is a fight for the undisputed title against Deontay Wilder.

A Joshua-Wilder fight would undoubtedly be much better and probably more exciting than the Parker fight, which Joshua won by overly generous scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110. Joshua said after vanquishing Parker that he was game for Wilder next, but in the ring Joshua said he wants the fight in the U.K.

For some reason, Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn continues to say that Wilder doesn't want the fight when Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) and his team say (loudly) otherwise...

I believe the fight will happen, but probably not next. It seems like each man would have one more fight first -- Joshua-Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller and maybe Wilder-Dominic Breazeale -- and then the big one in the first part of 2019.

The Joshua-Parker hype was heavy and the crowd electric but the fight was a massive dud. Nonetheless, the forgettable fight is in the books (hopefully, non-stop interfering and apparently clueless referee Giuseppe Quartarone will never be seen again) and now it's all about just one thing: Getting Joshua in the ring with Wilder to crown an undisputed champion.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...-parker-wilder

[Kezzer]

For a fight with nothing to do with America that is good number in my opinion. 1 mil viewers in total in a country other side of the world to both fighters.

[BoxingTech718]

Uh oh looks like Joshua ain’t as big of a draw as we thought.
He better sign the Wilder fight while they’re still willing to accede on the purse split. Because if he still only gets sub 500k and Wilder gets another 1mil views the fight won’t happen. Because They’re going to want 50/50.

[AddiX]

Showtime is such a bum network for boxing, any of these promoters or fighters picking showtime over HBO are only holding themselves back.

For fck sake, Deontay wilder has barely grown in popularity since leaving HBO, and it's been years.

[The plunger man]

Nobody in America cares. A.J needs to build his profile.

we don't pretend that joshua is a household name in the states....he is not american he is english and he sells out stadiums and 2m ppv sells in the uk.....thats $20 million a fight.
Now american wilder fights on prime time t.v for free and draws 1m views at peak sports time with a population of 400 million people.
Its impossible to see that fight take place in the states because boxing is a dieing sport and its just not as mainstream as it use to be.
Wilder would be rewarded better if he actually boxed in the uk.
Thats basic fact

[1hourRun]

It was promoted.

And honestly, isn't this like a third of what Wilder/Stiverne II did?

You are correct, Showtime did plenty to promote this 'unification', but you know something?....every time a fight of this significance takes place theres always a highlight of it on Showtime right after ; I wonder why they don't have one of this fight?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZTYk-ezNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gs9GaG9yYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzlj6P1ed4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjwtr7IosZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdSsGWyXj5k

[The plunger man]

Uh oh looks like Joshua ain’t as big of a draw as we thought.
He better sign the Wilder fight while they’re still willing to accede on the purse split. Because if he still only gets sub 500k and Wilder gets another 1mil views the fight won’t happen. Because They’re going to want 50/50.

Talk sense....wilder was not on ppv vs ortiz and asking people to shell out $70 dollars for wilder will make a lot less numbers than on normal cable t.v lol
Do you have a brain ?

[donjigga11]

Joshua definitely should think about signing with HBO. Those numbers are poor.

Klitschko vs. Fury did like 1M if i remember correctly and Klitschko Pulev did like 600K.

Even Whyte v Browne did 400k on HBO. Whyte should not be doing similar numbers to AJ.

[Bronx2245]

For a fight with nothing to do with America that is good number in my opinion. 1 mil viewers in total in a country other side of the world to both fighters.

When you're a draw, fight location, fighters' citizenship, or ethnicity has nothing to do with it:

July 3, 2017:

Saturday night’s fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn was the first of a new partnership between Top Rank and ESPN, and so far, so good for both parties.

Pacquiao-Horn peaked at 4.4 million viewers on the cable giant, with the broadcast averaging 3.1 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN’s streaming options.

The 4.4 million peak came in the final half hour of the main event, as you would expect.

On ESPN alone, the show averaged 2.812 million viewers and a 1.6 rating, the most-watched boxing event on cable TV since 2006, when Carlos Baldomir fought Arturo Gatti on HBO, which also earned a 1.6 rating. It was the highest rated boxing broadcast on ESPN networks since December 21, 1995, when Danell Nicholson fought Darren Hayden.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2017/7/3/15916410/pacquiao-vs-horn-does-big-ratings-on-espn

Dan Rafael ESPN
July 4, 2017:

ESPN's three-hour live telecast of "The Battle of Brisbane" card from Suncorp Stadium, which ran from 10 p.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET, averaged 3.1 million viewers between television and streaming audiences on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, according to the fast national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. It was the highest-rated and most watched boxing telecast on cable television since 2006, and ESPN's highest-rated boxing telecast since 1995.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...saturday-night