Sor Rungvisai-Estrada Main Event Peaked at 753K Viewers on HBO

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https://www.BS.com/sor-rungvis ... bo--125702

The second installment of “SuperFly” drew lower ratings than HBO’s first telecast, but produced similar ratings to the premium cable network’s first boxing offering of 2018.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, HBO’s main event Saturday night between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada drew a peak audience of 753,000. Sor Rungvisai-Estrada averaged 639,000 viewers.

McWilliams Arroyo vs. Carlos Cuadras peaked at 598,000 and averaged of 548,000 viewers.

The opener of HBO’s “Boxing After Dark”Donnie Nietes vs. Juan Carlos Reveco, drew a peak viewership of 533,000 and an average audience of 432,000.

[Enlightened-One]

When was the last time a non-PPV HBO boxing event attracted a viewing audience of one million or more? I'm sure they didn't achieve those sort of numbers last year.

I can’t fathom out whether these numbers are impressive or not, given HBO’s gradually declining viewership, coupled with the fact that both guys that headlined this event are probably unknown to mainstream casuals.

I’m guessing the audience figures are pretty low in comparison to the sort of viewing numbers achieved by the top-20 premium cable boxing events of 2017.

[Ruthless-RKO]

When was the last time a non-PPV HBO boxing event attracted a viewing audience of one million or more? I'm sure they didn't achieve those sort of numbers last year.

I can’t fathom out whether these numbers are impressive or not, given HBO’s gradually declining viewership, coupled with the fact that both guys that headlined this event are probably unknown to mainstream casuals.

I’m guessing the audience figures are pretty low in comparison to the sort of viewing numbers achieved by the top-20 premium cable boxing events of 2017.

Usually Kovalev and GGG hit the 1 million mark as well as Crawford. Crawford peaked over 1 million vs. Diaz but averaged less.

Kovalev had 1 ppv fight and the other was vs Shab (not a big name)

GGG was on PPV twice last year.

[Enlightened-One]

When was the last time a non-PPV HBO boxing event attracted a viewing audience of one million or more? I'm sure they didn't achieve those sort of numbers last year.

I can’t fathom out whether these numbers are impressive or not, given HBO’s gradually declining viewership, coupled with the fact that both guys that headlined this event are probably unknown to mainstream casuals.

I’m guessing the audience figures are pretty low in comparison to the sort of viewing numbers achieved by the top-20 premium cable boxing events of 2017.

Usually Kovalev and GGG hit the 1 million mark as well as Crawford. Crawford peaked over 1 million vs. Diaz but averaged less.

Kovalev had 1 ppv fight and the other was vs Shab (not a big name)

GGG was on PPV twice last year.

I can confirm that none of the top 20 premium cable Showtime/HBO non-PPV events attracted an average viewing audience that surpassed the one million mark.

Apparently Crawford-Diaz did an average of 961K, which topped the most viewed top 20 premium cable list for 2017 (according to Nielsen Media Research).

[SenorPipino]

That 750,000 figure sounds about average compared to the recent numbers for HBO and SHOWTIME boxing telecasts.

Apparently there are about 750,000 hardcore boxing fans---no more, no less---in the US and they watch every boxing match on cable regardless of who's fighting.

Everyone else in the country prefers to watch some sort of weenie programming like figure skating.

Sulaiman says he's okay with an Estrada-SR rematch in the fall. And do does promoter Loeffler and HBO so we should get another exciting go-around this year.

I assume the same 750,000 fans will watch.

[Ruthless-RKO]

That 750,000 figure sounds about average compared to the recent numbers for HBO and SHOWTIME boxing telecasts.

I find it strange with the differences in peak and average. I for one, when watching a fight will watch from start to finish. I wouldn't turn it off halfway or start watching it from later on. Fair enough some might miss the start. But usually there is a difference of around 50k to 200k in average and peak viewership.

I see you have already come across my Ratings thread..

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... hilit=2018

[Ruthless-RKO]

Apparently Crawford-Diaz did an average of 961K, which topped the most viewed top 20 premium cable list for 2017 (according to Nielsen Media Research).

Piss poor.. Kovalev vs. Milhalkin is not going to average 800k IMO. 1. Poor opponent and 2. They going up agaisnt a solid Showtime card.

GGG is likely going to PPV again in the fall.. unless he has a non-ppv fight and fights 3 times this year..
Crawford is on ESPN..

Closest so far this year has been..

#5: Lucas Matthysse vs. Tewa Kiram - avg: 719,000; peak: 769,000 (Jan 27th on HBO)

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... hilit=2018

Ortiz-Alexander was free-to-air Fox.

[Enlightened-One]

Kovalev vs. Milhalkin is not going to average 800k IMO. 1. Poor opponent and 2. They going up agaisnt a solid Showtime card.

I’m glad we agree on this, because when I criticised HBO’s decision to sanction Igor Mikhalkin as a worthy opponent to not only share the ring with Sergey Kovalev, but to also participate in a main event for one of their fight cards, I received all sorts of abuse from people that frequent this forum aggressively arguing that Igor was some sort of world-beater, when he clearly isn’t!

[Mexi-Box]

Kovalev vs. Milhalkin is not going to average 800k IMO. 1. Poor opponent and 2. They going up agaisnt a solid Showtime card.

I’m glad we agree on this, because when I criticised HBO’s decision to sanction Igor Mikhalkin as a worthy opponent to not only share the ring with Sergey Kovalev, but to also participate in a main event for one of their fight cards, I received all sorts of abuse from people that frequent this forum aggressively arguing that Igor was some sort of world-beater, when he clearly isn’t!

Mikhalkin isn't a poor opponent. It's not bad considering Beterbiev is doing nothing, Barrera/Bivol are busy, Stevenson/Jack are busy, Alvarez and Gvodzyk are fighting soon. You got crap because you have laughable opinions.

[Enlightened-One]

Kovalev vs. Milhalkin is not going to average 800k IMO. 1. Poor opponent and 2. They going up agaisnt a solid Showtime card.

I’m glad we agree on this, because when I criticised HBO’s decision to sanction Igor Mikhalkin as a worthy opponent to not only share the ring with Sergey Kovalev, but to also participate in a main event for one of their fight cards, I received all sorts of abuse from people that frequent this forum aggressively arguing that Igor was some sort of world-beater, when he clearly isn’t!

Mikhalkin isn't a poor opponent. It's not bad considering Beterbiev is doing nothing, Barrera/Bivol are busy, Stevenson/Jack are busy, Alvarez and Gvodzyk are fighting soon. You got crap because you have laughable opinions.

Mikhalkin has been specifically chosen to lose... and lose spectacularly. He isn't a top-ten world-rated 175lb-er. Pretending that he's otherwise is genuinely "laughable".

[Mexi-Box]

I’m glad we agree on this, because when I criticised HBO’s decision to sanction Igor Mikhalkin as a worthy opponent to not only share the ring with Sergey Kovalev, but to also participate in a main event for one of their fight cards, I received all sorts of abuse from people that frequent this forum aggressively arguing that Igor was some sort of world-beater, when he clearly isn’t!

Mikhalkin isn't a poor opponent. It's not bad considering Beterbiev is doing nothing, Barrera/Bivol are busy, Stevenson/Jack are busy, Alvarez and Gvodzyk are fighting soon. You got crap because you have laughable opinions.

Mikhalkin has been specifically chosen to lose... and lose spectacularly. He isn't a top-ten world-rated 175lb-er. Pretending that he's otherwise is genuinely "laughable".

Okay, give me your rankings then. TBRB currently have him in the top 10.

[SenorPipino]

C'mon. Mikhalkin is hardly worthy of a title shot.

He hasn't fought any contenders. Can't punch. And like a lot of Russian athletes, his hand was caught in the cookie jar for taking that ubiquitous meldonium.

He's typical of the type of fighter fading HBO showcases these days.

Just another quick, stay busy fight for Kovalev, looking to regain confidence after the Ward setbacks.

Why even bother depending this mismatch matchup?

There's a reason Mikhalkin is listed as between a 20-1 and 35-1 underdog. Guess what it is?

[pizzakid13]

That 750,000 figure sounds about average compared to the recent numbers for HBO and SHOWTIME boxing telecasts.

Apparently there are about 750,000 hardcore boxing fans---no more, no less---in the US and they watch every boxing match on cable regardless of who's fighting.

Everyone else in the country prefers to watch some sort of weenie programming like figure skating.

Sulaiman says he's okay with an Estrada-SR rematch in the fall. And do does promoter Loeffler and HBO so we should get another exciting go-around this year.

I assume the same 750,000 fans will watch.

Count me in that 750k