Broner-Vargas Telecast Peaked at 891,000 Viewers on Showtime

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Broner still won the ratings game yet again Saturday night. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that Showtime’s telecast of Broner’s majority draw with Jessie Vargas was watched by a peak audience of 891,000 and averaged 782,000 viewers.

That marked the third straight Broner bout that attracted a peak audience of at least 859,000 viewers for Showtime.

The polarizing Broner’s previous fight – a 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Mikey Garcia on July 29 – drew a peak viewership of 937,000 and an average viewership of 881,000. Five months earlier, Broner’s split-decision victory over Adrian Granados also produced strong ratings (peak: 859,000; average: 779,000).

Only one fighter, WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder, consistently draws better ratings for Showtime than Broner.

Immediately before the main event between Broner and Vargas on Saturday night, a peak audience of 572,000 watched Jermall Charlo knock out Hugo Centeno Jr. in the second round. The Charlo-Centeno contest was watched by an average of 545,000 viewers.

The opener of Showtime’s three-bout broadcast – Gervonta Davis’ third-round knockout of Jesus Cuellar – peaked at 527,000 viewers and averaged 460,000.

Note:
For Broner-Vargas, 869,000 viewers was the peak audience during the actual bout. Viewership went up to 891,000 just before the decision was announced.

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

I think a few years ago, any fight averaged over a million.. Now days it's crap.

Thing with USA, Boxing is probably behind NFL, NBA, MLB, and likely UFC.. Even college football is above boxing.

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

I think a few years ago, any fight averaged over a million.. Now days it's crap.

Thing with USA, Boxing is probably behind NFL, NBA, MLB, and likely UFC.. Even college football is above boxing.

True. That's a real shame.

Still though, if at least one of those fighters were British, and it was aired on primetime Sky Sports, that fight would have probably done a million over here (with only a fifth as many potential viewers).

We also have football (soccer), cricket, tennis and F1 for competition, although admittedly there aren't usually schedule clashes between boxing and those sports.

[SenorPipino]

Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

Considering that 99% of the American public has no interest in boxing, those are terrific numbers.

And even if Broner has a tough time winning these days, he consistently shows that he's one of the biggest draws in televised US boxing.

The Problem is routinely denounced for his out-of-ring behavior and often foul, politically incorrect rants, but fans still tune in to see him.

No wonder he can demand (and get) million dollar paydays against the Jesse Vargas' of the world, even if he's only 3-2-1 in his last 6 fights.

People are still attracted to the Adrien Broner persona. The fight itself isn't nearly as important as the personality.

[SenorPipino]

Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

I think a few years ago, any fight averaged over a million.. Now days it's crap.

Thing with USA, Boxing is probably behind NFL, NBA, MLB, and likely UFC.. Even college football is above boxing.

Probably behind??

Compared to the major sports, boxing isn't on the television radar.

An ordinary Saturday afternoon college football game on ESPN can easily garner a 2.5 rating or higher.

Throw in 2 big name schools and the rating hover past 6.

The National Championship game in January on ESPN between Alabama and Georgia did a 15.6 and lured more than 28 million viewers.

ESPN crows loudly when one of its boxing matches pulls in a 0.6.

So for boxing (especially on a premium cable channel) close to 900,000 viewers for a Adrien Broner fight is a fantastic number in the US.

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Most certainly...

If he fought on CBS, like Thurman usually does, Broner would attract 4-5 million viewers

[SenorPipino]

Most certainly...

If he fought on CBS, like Thurman usually does, Broner would attract 4-5 million viewers

Sounds high, offhand.

How many millions watched Thurman's bouts with Guerrero, Garcia, Porter?

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Most certainly...

If he fought on CBS, like Thurman usually does, Broner would attract 4-5 million viewers

Sounds high, offhand.

How many millions watched Thurman's bouts with Guerrero, Garcia, Porter?

Thurman-Garcia peaked 5.1m, averaged 3.74m on CBS

Thurman-Porter averaged 3.1m on CBS

Thurman-Collazo peaked 1.1m, averaged 779k on ESPN

Thurman-Guerrero peaked 4.2m on NBC

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Most certainly...

If he fought on CBS, like Thurman usually does, Broner would attract 4-5 million viewers

Sounds high, offhand.

How many millions watched Thurman's bouts with Guerrero, Garcia, Porter?

Thurman-Garcia peaked 5.1m, averaged 3.74m on CBS

Thurman-Porter averaged 3.1m on CBS

Thurman-Collazo peaked 1.1m, averaged 779k on ESPN

Thurman-Guerrero peaked 4.2m on NBC

Well maybe Broner could do the numbers you suggest, but he would have to fight name opponents as Thurman did.

We will throw out Collazo on ESPN. It turned out to be a competitive fight but Collazo was simply a past his peak opponent.

Certainly a Broner-Thurman matchup on a major network screams "big numbers."

But first Thurman has to actually decide to fight.

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Well maybe Broner could do the numbers you suggest, but he would have to fight name opponents as Thurman did.

We will throw out Collazo on ESPN. It turned out to be a competitive fight but Collazo was simply a past his peak opponent.

Certainly a Broner-Thurman matchup on a major network screams "big numbers."

But first Thurman has to actually decide to fight.

Thurman would do over 1 million on Showtime. Fox, CBS, Spike and NBC will always do high numbers, especially if it's 2 big draws.

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

Considering that 99% of the American public has no interest in boxing, those are terrific numbers.

And even if Broner has a tough time winning these days, he consistently shows that he's one of the biggest draws in televised US boxing.

The Problem is routinely denounced for his out-of-ring behavior and often foul, politically incorrect rants, but fans still tune in to see him.

No wonder he can demand (and get) million dollar paydays against the Jesse Vargas' of the world, even if he's only 3-2-1 in his last 6 fights.

People are still attracted to the Adrien Broner persona. The fight itself isn't nearly as important as the personality.

Broner's loud-mouthed thuggery probably brings in a lot more viewers hoping he will LOSE than cheering for him.

[SenorPipino]

Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

Considering that 99% of the American public has no interest in boxing, those are terrific numbers.

And even if Broner has a tough time winning these days, he consistently shows that he's one of the biggest draws in televised US boxing.

The Problem is routinely denounced for his out-of-ring behavior and often foul, politically incorrect rants, but fans still tune in to see him.

No wonder he can demand (and get) million dollar paydays against the Jesse Vargas' of the world, even if he's only 3-2-1 in his last 6 fights.

People are still attracted to the Adrien Broner persona. The fight itself isn't nearly as important as the personality.

Broner's loud-mouthed thuggery probably brings in a lot more viewers hoping he will LOSE than cheering for him.

Well sure, you're right.

But it's a formula that was successful for Broner's mentor, Floyd Mayweather.

The old "I don't care what you think of me, just as long as you tune in to watch me" approach.

And apparently SHOWTIME is pleased since they keep bringing back the crass Problem.

Broner=Eyeballs.

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

Considering that 99% of the American public has no interest in boxing, those are terrific numbers.

And even if Broner has a tough time winning these days, he consistently shows that he's one of the biggest draws in televised US boxing.

The Problem is routinely denounced for his out-of-ring behavior and often foul, politically incorrect rants, but fans still tune in to see him.

No wonder he can demand (and get) million dollar paydays against the Jesse Vargas' of the world, even if he's only 3-2-1 in his last 6 fights.

People are still attracted to the Adrien Broner persona. The fight itself isn't nearly as important as the personality.

Broner's loud-mouthed thuggery probably brings in a lot more viewers hoping he will LOSE than cheering for him.

Guarantee. Most people bought FMJ's ppv's to watch him lose..

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Considering the huge population over there, the numbers watching big boxing cards are absolutely appalling. Hard to believe they consider those kind of numbers decent...

I think a few years ago, any fight averaged over a million.. Now days it's crap.

Thing with USA, Boxing is probably behind NFL, NBA, MLB, and likely UFC.. Even college football is above boxing.

Gaymon did a number on boxing.