Comments Thread For: Jennings-Dimitrenko ESPN Double Averaged 686,000 Viewers

[Removed Now]

What type of headline is that? Lol

Those ratings are putrid btw. 600k on ESPN is no good by any objective measure.

It'll be very interesting to see how this relationship plays out when the UFC cards arrive in a few months.

UFC is already on top for viewership for non ppv fights. I am thinking about jumping ship too. Boxing is not doing enough to make the best fight the best. I am pumped for the porter vs Garcia and fury vs Wilder (if it's real). You can keep that GGG - Alverez rematch.

[niceyboo3]

UFC is already on top for viewership for non ppv fights. I am thinking about jumping ship too. Boxing is not doing enough to make the best fight the best. I am pumped for the porter vs Garcia and fury vs Wilder (if it's real). You can keep that GGG - Alverez rematch.

Dont jump ship, just watch both.

[Butch.McRae]

very interesting in that ESPN is so satisfied they just signed a 7 year extension with Top Rank

Here you go again. They don't disclose any figures for that "deal" for a reason lol

These cards are averaging world series of poker and NBA summer league numbers. It's obviously not some homerun for ESPN.

Let's be honest, it's just a content play. The international cards should go a long way in helping out.

[Boksfan]

That was a very corrupt stoppage. Somebody made a few dollars on that.

That's the only explanation for how bad that call was.

It was weird because Jennings was winning that fight anyway, boxing is a mystery.

[Removed Now]

Dont jump ship, just watch both.

You right!!! Was kidding but low key thought about it lol.

Boxing will always be my favorite sport. Then NFL and Soccer.

[killakali]

To be honest, that was more so because they needed content with the launching of ESPN+ and they wanted Top Rank's library which is insane. The ratings itself have been pretty damn bad. That's not debatable at all. But again, that is mainly due to having too many dates and not enough name fighters. And some of the name fighters they have are just arriving at the scene and the mismatches haven't helped.

Crawford's next fight better be on regular ESPN and not ESPN+.

most TR cards are in Espn and not the app. 18 per year on ESPN 12 per year in the app

[killakali]

Note how there's never been any mention of the value of Top Rank's deal with ESPN.

its more than pbc’s time buys lmao. And it’s enough that Crawford got 3 mil for Horn and Loma got over 2 for Linares and Linares side got 1.2 for the fight....

[killakali]

Here you go again. They don't disclose any figures for that "deal" for a reason lol

These cards are averaging world series of poker and NBA summer league numbers. It's obviously not some homerun for ESPN.

Let's be honest, it's just a content play. The international cards should go a long way in helping out.

these are the summer cards. Crawford Loma Pac And Valdez all had good ratings.

Plus why would they disclose the value of the deal? Does pbc and showtime disclose there yearly spend? HBO and GBP?

[killakali]

Note how there's never been any mention of the value of Top Rank's deal with ESPN.

note there hs never been any mention of Showtime and Haymon’s deal or GBP and HBOs deal.

[Mammoth]

This has been the worst, a waste of time and money. Golden Boy has done absolutely nothing with their shot on ESPN

Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN2 on Friday averaged 189k viewers.#Boxing

— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) August 20, 2018

Why does Golden Boy spread themselves so thin with HBO, ESPN and Facebook watch when their roster is so weak? I really don't get it.