Comments Thread For: Santa Cruz-Mares II Peaked at 633,000 Viewers for Showtime

[BaDaBingVIP2]

i wonder what the numbers were on espn crawford/horn. i was flipping back n forth myself.

[Beercules]

Why did they even fight again? First fight was fun but a clear win for Leo.

[RL_GMA]

Not a great outing. Showtime's lack of subs really tends to shows with events like this.

[filup79]

Why did they even fight again? First fight was fun but a clear win for Leo.

It was to pretty much consolidate the WBA title. Leo was the super champ and Mares the regular. Believe it was also an eliminator for the WBC title that Russell Jr has.

[Jab jab boom]

Weak ratings for a pointless rematch. I know that promotors were thinking that they could build this all Mexican match up into another Barrera vs morales or Vasquez vs Marquez but we're not dealing with the same quality of fighters. The first fight was decent but by no means warranted a rematch. Fans will only fall for the foolery for so long.

[Idunnoshet]

Why did they even fight again? First fight was fun but a clear win for Leo.

It was a way for them to get a decent check before one Has to fight Gary Russel.

[Boxfan83]

Those numbers are sad. I really think they could have promoted this fight a lot better.

Its a boxing trend these days. Boxers want a lot of guaranteed money and it seems like promoters/managers are getting them the money they want but its taking promotional funding away. I mean the money has to come from somewhere.

[New England]

nobody watches TV any more. boxing and its network partners will need to adjust to that.

[Southpawology]

Those numbers arent bad

[BLACK KNOT]

terrible numbers loooooool! two mexican fighters with entertaining offensive styles in the main event should have done better!