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The ratings for Oscar Valdez’s fight Saturday night were significantly higher than for his previous ESPN appearance.

The card headlined by Valdez’s victory over Scott Quigg drew an average of 1.1 million viewers, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Valdez’s previous fight on ESPN, a unanimous-decision defeat of Genesis Servania on September 22, helped draw an average audience of 706,000.

How did that compare with the Crawford-Idongo fight and Lomachenko vs Marriaga?

A comparison gives you an idea of Valdez' potential star power.

Loma/Rigo "fight" grabbed 1.73m viewers while there was a UFC card and HBO boxing the same night.

Crawford/Indongo did only 965k

caldo2025 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 07:00 Loma/Rigo "fight" grabbed 1.73m viewers while there was a UFC card and HBO boxing the same night.

Crawford/Indongo did only 965k

Thanks. Still looking for Loma vs Marriaga numbers as a guide to gauge Valdez' star power.

Crawford-Indongo fell short even though it was a title unification tilt.

Bodes badly for Crawford on PPV.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 11:09
Thanks. Still looking for Loma vs Marriaga numbers as a guide to gauge Valdez' star power.

Crawford-Indongo fell short even though it was a title unification tilt.

Bodes badly for Crawford on PPV.

Loma-Marriaga averaged 728,000 viewers on ESPN.

The move from HBO to ESPN was done to expose Lomachenko and gain more viewership, but was down by 104,000 compared to Lomachenko's last fight against Sosa on HBO.


TBH, Marriaga was a crap opponent. Crappest since before Rocky Martinez.. Also Valdez had beaten him before that.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 11:09

caldo2025 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 07:00 Loma/Rigo "fight" grabbed 1.73m viewers while there was a UFC card and HBO boxing the same night.

Crawford/Indongo did only 965k

Thanks. Still looking for Loma vs Marriaga numbers as a guide to gauge Valdez' star power.

Crawford-Indongo fell short even though it was a title unification tilt.

Bodes badly for Crawford on PPV.

It does bode badly for Crawford but that's what he and Top Rank get for the weak fights that they've signed recently. They thought that TC was matchup proof and fans would tune in no matter who he fought and they were dead wrong. They are cherry picking again with Horn's belt but I think that will be a fun fight and will do better numbers.

caldo2025 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2018, 08:15

SenorPipino wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 11:09

caldo2025 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 07:00 Loma/Rigo "fight" grabbed 1.73m viewers while there was a UFC card and HBO boxing the same night.

Crawford/Indongo did only 965k

Thanks. Still looking for Loma vs Marriaga numbers as a guide to gauge Valdez' star power.

Crawford-Indongo fell short even though it was a title unification tilt.

Bodes badly for Crawford on PPV.

It does bode badly for Crawford but that's what he and Top Rank get for the weak fights that they've signed recently. They thought that TC was matchup proof and fans would tune in no matter who he fought and they were dead wrong. They are cherry picking again with Horn's belt but I think that will be a fun fight and will do better numbers.

Funny he hasn't fought at 147 and WBO make him mandatory.

But I do know that when a WBO champion vacates to move up/down in weight, they get highly ranked and guaranteed a title shot. Happened to Loma too.

Funny they're both Arum's kids.

Well if Arum's 50 + years in the business hasn't earned him some major pull, then he's been doing something very wrong.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑15 Mar 2018, 20:07 Well if Arum's 50 + years in the business hasn't earned him some major pull, then he's been doing something very wrong.

Same with Frânk Wârren.. not that he's been around for 50 years.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 02:39

SenorPipino wrote: ↑15 Mar 2018, 20:07 Well if Arum's 50 + years in the business hasn't earned him some major pull, then he's been doing something very wrong.

Same with Frânk Wârren.. not that he's been around for 50 years.

Title shots are not earned by promoters. Or, shall I say that title shots shouldn't be earned by promoters. That's one of the major problems with the sport. Jumping weight divisions and getting a multitude of divisional titles is way easier now than it was in the past.

caldo2025 wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 07:49

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 02:39

SenorPipino wrote: ↑15 Mar 2018, 20:07 Well if Arum's 50 + years in the business hasn't earned him some major pull, then he's been doing something very wrong.

Same with Frânk Wârren.. not that he's been around for 50 years.

Title shots are not earned by promoters. Or, shall I say that title shots shouldn't be earned by promoters. That's one of the major problems with the sport. Jumping weight divisions and getting a multitude of divisional titles is way easier now than it was in the past.

Should be earned!