PBC on FOX Garcia/Granados draws 1.08M viewers

[mrlopez]

I think 200K give or take. But you had ESPN running ads and programing constantly even had the fight talked about on sportscenter all week every sportscenter. If this fight doesn't do a minimum 300K that's a big failure. We have seen fights hit 300K with Showtime or FOX backing nowhere the amount of time and energy ESPN spent and like you said with all the shyt talking Arum talking about the megaphone if he does way worse then these PBC PPVs he looks foolish.

You mustve NOT been watching tv the 3-4 weeks, especially the last 2 weeks leading up to the Spence/Garcia fight. That sh.it was flooded all over any cbs/fox channel and their affiliates. C'mon maaaaaaaaan!

[JaBfromTokyo]

I do not usually post, yet I have to call out b.s when I see it..too much of it.

a) 1.08 is NOT the final number or a "rating" number, this 1.08 number that you have is called the fast nationals. The final numbers will be in by tomorrow or Thursday at the latest, you will see boxingscene post the final numbers in the news section once they are in as well.

b) Spence vs Garcia had 5x the amount of promo that Crawford vs Khan had. From up to 5 weeks leading into it...... A press conference on the main fox, a 3 part series called fight camp on the main fox, a countdown on the main fox and a face to face on the main fox....all of these aired either on a saturday afternoon or sunday afternoon..on the main fox. ESPN literally started spamming their promo 1 week in advance...too little too late.

c) You have to take into consideration that this card was competing with a PPV and was also a completely meaningless fight. Hurd vs J Rock (May), and then Charlo vs Harrison part 2 (June) both do well over 2 million, a lot of eyes will be tuned in for those..especially the latter.