Shawn Porter vs. Sebastian Formella - August 22, 2020

[Ruthless-RKO]

[margaret thatcher]

Ya showed tons of power by winning a decision without any knockdowns, even though he pounded on the guy

[JxhDel.]

Pure aggression by Shawn, at least Formella showed he has some heart and combinations.

[jujigatame]

Porter throws super hard but he doesn't seem to have huge power. Formella was a punching bag in there and he never hurt him or came particularly close to getting him out of there.

[bobcatbox]

I don’t think it’s fair to characterize Porter as a “power puncher,” but he does have a very fun, offensive style. Welterweight is pretty well lacking a true “power puncher” right now among its top contenders.

I love watching Porter fight anyone though. I am probably of a minority of fans who’d reach into their wallet for a Spence rematch. Is there any chance we could see Porter vs Pacquiao? That would be a dandy of a fight.

[jujigatame]

I think Spence and Crawford have really good power although they're known more as technicians. Pacquiao obviously used to be but up at 147 (and at 41 years old) he doesn't quite have the same pop.

Porter vs. Pac would be lovely but it's one of those fights I don't really see Pac taking. Pac vs. Crawford almost seems more plausible since Arum could potentially throw a ton of money at it.

The division desperately needs Spence vs. Crawford to happen in 2021.

[AntonioMartin]

Baby formella

Math formella

The formella for success

Formellated?...

A formellaic win?

[margaret thatcher]

[AntonioMartin]

The division desperately needs Spence vs. Crawford to happen in 2021.

That's a fight to see!

[DrDuke]

It was utterly one-sided. A tagret practice for Porter. He was exercising pretty much all his arsenal like on a heavy bag. This matchup had sense only as a comeback event after the lockdown.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Porter-Formella FOX Main Event Peaked At 1,225,000 Viewers; Averaged 1,077,000

FOX’s viewership of its main event Saturday night was almost identical to the totals from the network’s previous boxing broadcast.

Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that FOX’s main event Saturday night, Shawn Porter-Sebastian Formella, drew a peak audience of 1,225,000 and an average audience of 1,077,000. FOX’s prior main event, Jamal James-Thomas Dulorme on August 8, was watched by a peak audience of 1,224,000 and drew an average viewership of 1,076,000.

The average viewership of FOX’s entire three-bout broadcast Saturday night was 810,000 – 75,000 fewer than the average audience for the August 8 telecast. The show Saturday night also included Sebastian Fundora’s sixth-round stoppage of veteran Nathaniel Gallimore in a junior middleweight match and junior middleweight prospect Joey Spencer’s fourth-round knockout of Shawn West.

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Porter’s prior appearance on FOX drew nearly twice as many viewers as the former IBF/WBC welterweight champ’s easy 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over the previously undefeated Formella at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Viewership of that fight – Porter’s controversial, 12-round, split-decision win against Yordenis Ugas in March 2019 in Carson, California – peaked at 2,197,000 viewers and averaged 2,142,000.

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FS1’s two-fight offering averaged 121,000 viewers and attracted a peak audience of 150,000. Welterweight veteran Justin DeLoach (19-4, 10 KOs) knocked out Livan Navarro (11-1, 7 KOs) in the first round of the main event of FS1’s broadcast.

The FS1 viewership Saturday night also was comparable to FS1’s three-fight show following James’ 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Dulorme two weeks earlier at Microsoft Theater. That telecast attracted an average of 127,000 viewers and also peaked at 150,000 toward the beginning of the main event – welterweight Luke Santamaria’s upset of Mykal Fox by 10-round unanimous decision.

[jujigatame]

I assume those numbers are pretty bad for network TV?

PBC has to do better than this. Nobody wants to watch some -3000 favorite get a paid sparring session in on live TV.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I assume those numbers are pretty bad for network TV?

PBC has to do better than this. Nobody wants to watch some -3000 favorite get a paid sparring session in on live TV.

It’s done the same as James-Dulorme.

[jujigatame]

But is that good? I assume it's not but I don't really know what good ratings look like.

[Ruthless-RKO]

But is that good? I assume it's not but I don't really know what good ratings look like.

Post Covid, you gotta give it a pass. I mean FOX is in all homes, over 100m homes isn’t it?

I’m sure it would have gotten more Had he fought a better name.

Boxing is a dying sport in the US, apart from some fights/certain boxers.

[margaret thatcher]

I read it's the lowest rated PBC on Fox telecast ever

[gilgamesh]

I read it's the lowest rated PBC on Fox telecast ever

Not surprising considering it was "Sebastian who?" even for Boxing fans.

Next week's card with Lara vs Who now? Might be even lower.

[Onetimeonly]

But is that good? I assume it's not but I don't really know what good ratings look like.

Post Covid, you gotta give it a pass. I mean FOX is in all homes, over 100m homes isn’t it?

I’m sure it would have gotten more Had he fought a better name.

Boxing is a dying sport in the US, apart from some fights/certain boxers.

Dying? It's long dead.