Comments Thread For: Crawford-Benavidez ESPN Show Averaged 2.245 Million Viewers

[miked85]

why can't they do more viewers with 82 million potential viewers

[Ray*]

Has Crawford had a PPV fight yet in america?

[Ray*]

why can't they do more viewers with 82 million potential viewers

That's a good question, if the fight isn't on PPV then with the potential numbers of subscribers i would expect them to be doing more in viewership.

[pillowfists98]

Has Crawford had a PPV fight yet in america?

Yes, against Viktor Postol.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Man we’re in trouble if boxing can’t draw at least 5 million of ESPN subscribers.

[Ray*]

Yes, against Viktor Postol.

Interesting. I would assume he would be on PPV from then on and build on that.

[KTFOKING]

yeah exactly.. it doesnt make it not true, just only in a certain context that forgets sub disparity and accessibility lol. its a straw-man argument i agree.

But then again, its like WBC, WBA IBF saying that AJ is the best pounf for pound boxer in the world.. because he is number 1 in the biggest division therefore he beats those that are smaller than him that are the best in their respective divisions. It may be true... but its a fat chunk of bollocks lol

To that I say he may not be the best fighter in the world, but he damn sure beats everyone and that's all that matters lol. If Crawford was to fight Joshua, you think Joshua gives a damn if Crawford tells him if I was 6 4 250 pounds I'd kick your a**? Joshua would just respond but you're not, you're just a scrawny 147 pounder lol.

This was completely random, but yeah I think I would rather be THE HW champ of the world than P4P #1 fighter in the world.

[Mick Higgs]

So is it likely that Keith Thurman get's his arse in gear & man's up or has retired? Unification is the only way forward. "1 World 1 Champ"!

[DougalDylan]

That's an amazing number of viewers ESPN has but bad viewer numbers for a boxing match.

For comparison ..
Hughie vs Sam Sexton for the British championship did 3 million. The UK population is way less than 82 million and only a fraction of them are sports fan. So that's with little fanfair an unpopular fighter fought some one 99.9% of people had never heard off for a belt few people cared about and that did more than a pound per pound champ.

why can't they do more viewers with 82 million potential viewers

[pillowfists98]

That's an amazing number of viewers ESPN has but bad viewer numbers for a boxing match.

For comparison ..
Hughie vs Sam Sexton for the British championship did 3 million. The UK population is way less than 82 million and only a fraction of them are sports fan. So that's with little fanfair an unpopular fighter fought some one 99.9% of people had never heard off for a belt few people cared about and that did more than a pound per pound champ.

Boxing is bigger right now in the UK.