Comments Thread For: Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton Generates Big Rating

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can vary but generally people pay about £30-40 for normal tv then additional £25 ish for sky sports so total of around £55-65, but some pay much more - £100 ish. Not everyone but a good portion pay for at least sky / ****** tv not such a high % sky sports.

So assuming low end - say £60 that’s close to $100 a month for tv including sky sports. In some respects this is why uk ppv is much less because the budget/expectation is higher within the sky sports subscription itself.

That's not a bad deal! I pay $97.00 a month for three TV Boxes (Dish Network) with no HBO. America is crazy man. That does not included internet or phone. Now i think because of my membership i can get HBO for $10 a month additional bringing it to $107. But once again that is not including Phone and internet. I rather just wait til a BIG PPV comes out but $69.99-79.99 for one boxing match is nuts at least to me. I rather go to a bar/pud but they usually don't show boxing but MMA.

[Randall Cunning]

How many would Fury/Joyce do? 4-5 million? More than Thurman/Garcia, lol

[jackkeane6]

Got to say, terrestrial TV used to be just 4 channels here, then CH5 came along in 1997. It's the first 5 channels you see in any freeview built into the TV, literally everyone has access to it that has a modern TV and sees CH5 when they press their TV guide.

BBC1
BBC2
ITV
CH4
CH5

that's all we had at one point lol and most people still have that as their first 5 channels as standard.

I was gonna type this exact comment but checked to see if anyone else had first 😂😂

[Cloud]

Since 1997 (the channel's debut) C5 highest rating is a 5.63 from 2000. It is a pretty impressive rating for them considering it was up against Eurovision and C5 usually barely goes above 2.5 or 2.6's from what I'm aware. I remember Tyson Fury doing good numbers when he fought on the channel a few years ago (2011-2012).

[angkag]

But CBS and NBC showcase lots of college football and NFL so that's a bad comparison. A non sports channel would be ABC or PBS lol. Or CW11 ( I think that's local). I really don't know. But CBS sports does get good ratings just not for boxing unless PBC puts on a good show with Keith Thurman or Broner.

Another difference is that the main sport in Europe is football (soccer), and you don't get games on Saturday nights, so no head-to-head problems. Basketball/Baseball/American Football/Ice Hockey don't exist in Europe (in TV/viewership terms), I think cricket, darts and horse racing gets more viewers than any of those (and again, those usually don't happen at the same time as Boxing, although a darts match might, but that's not a huge competitor).

So its Soccer or Boxing, and they don't happen at the same time. Only other thing that gets numbers is the Olympics.

[Rubber Ducky]

Fantastic number when you consider Haye did 3 mill when he fought De Mori on the Dave channel. Hennessy better get a bigger venue for his next fight if anything he might of undersold Hughie's popularity after the loss to Parker.

Checking the Channel 5 ratings, the week before only 1 show did higher ratings than Hughie Fury's fight. So Channel 5 must be delighted at that.

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Another difference is that the main sport in Europe is football (soccer), and you don't get games on Saturday nights, so no head-to-head problems. Basketball/Baseball/American Football/Ice Hockey don't exist in Europe (in TV/viewership terms), I think cricket, darts and horse racing gets more viewers than any of those (and again, those usually don't happen at the same time as Boxing, although a darts match might, but that's not a huge competitor).

So its Soccer or Boxing, and they don't happen at the same time. Only other thing that gets numbers is the Olympics.

I am aware of the horse racing and soccer time slots . I go to Jamaica and Bermuda alot. I must admit the darts through me off. That's some good insight. Boxing used to come on Saturday afternoons but like I said politics and junk messed up boxing in America. I thought Basketball was the number two sport in the world maybe it's Soccer (football), Cricket then basketball. Either way yes. I will not argue with anybody boxing has way more fans in England than USA now a days. Sht the WWE gets better views in some boxing events and that's fake. Go Man City!

[Madison Boxing]

2.9 million? Really? I doubt the credibility to be honest

I wouldn't doubt it. People like watching boxing over here, it's that simple.

[Kezzer]

I wouldn't doubt it. People like watching boxing over here, it's that simple.

Uk population is what - 65 mil?

So that suggests 1 in 20 we’re watching the fight? I just doubt that.

I just went to check the stats and understand that 2.9 million people tuned in during the fights, some of which will literally have flicked through the channels.

I checked further to see if details were released on either average or peak viewing which is more representative but neither have been announced that I can see.

It appears more a publicity stunt from a desperate promoter to me