Jacobs is not a draw, whatsoever

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  1. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Damn man the viewer numbers came in and they were shockingly low
    500k average viewers for the main event
    Not even 5,000 in attendance
    Jacobs cant draw in his own backyard.
    Jacobs Charlo would draw at most 8,000 in attendance. Do they even break 1 million in live gate sales? Would viewership break 1 million on Showtime?
    No wonder Jacobs wants that Canelo fight REAL bad. Its his only chance to make a cool 7 to 10 million bucks. 10 million being on the high end.
    People made fun of GGG's PPV ratings but the fact remains when coupled with a big star like Canelo, TOGETHER, they hold the 3rd and 4th HIGHEST gate in Vegas for a boxing match.
    I wonder if Canelo Jacobs would even do 10 million at the gate. Does the PPV even break 500k?
    I'm sure Oscar and Co. are looking at these numbers and are dissapointed. They really do have the biggest cash cow in stateside boxing.
     
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  2. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    It doesn't matter now, he will be on DAZN and will have money behind him.

    Sadly money talks more than ever in this sport
     
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  3. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wonder if DAZN will ever have PPV
     
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  4. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Like it or not GGG is a global star. He can fight in England, Getmany, Russia or any States in the U.S. and bringing big gates.
    He is doing excellent considering speaking not much English and have no strong demographic backing like Canelo has.
    Jacobs has a nice story about him but he's not that level yet or might never be.
     
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  5. Boon

    Boon Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    His opponent was a complete unknown nobody so I am not all that surprised.

    This should not be seen as an excuse by Canelo to avoid Jacob's and move up to 168 and take on the weakest paper champion...
     
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  6. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Correctomundo
     
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  7. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's not which is mad really because he was hyped as the next big thing before Pirog KOd him but even since then he's a well spoken American with a great backstory of overcoming cancer and fighting his way back to the top. A good promoter should have been able to make him a draw.
     
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  8. DoubleJ

    DoubleJ Active Member Full Member

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    He's been promoted horribly. Early on he was featured on ESPN a few times and seemed to be building something. But post cancer, when it should have been easiest to promote him....nothing.

    He should be a bigger draw.
     
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  9. Dirsspaardis

    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not surprising, given the circumstances.
     
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  10. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I wouldn't be surprised if the drop in viewers had to do with boxing fans who canceled HBO this month.

    I'm about to drop it myself. I just haven't gotten around to it.

    Jacobs drew a lot more viewers on HBO earlier this year against lesser comp. I think a lot of people who were regular viewers canceled.
     
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  11. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep, which is why no one seriously claims he was a draw.
     
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  12. GK BOX

    GK BOX Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I dont think anyone claimed he was a draw. This fight, however, shows just how poor of a draw he is. He just fought an undefeated and highly ranked middleweight, the same guy that GGG avoided and let the IBF strip him of his belt. These numbers show us, outside the top draws, the ratings are utter crap
     
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  13. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    That's Fishnets excuse we''ll duck cos he's not a draw ROFLMAO Let Moonelo fight a worthy opponent in a fair fight I DARE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Jacobs-Sulecki broke 800k when The World Series wasn't on.
     
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  15. MeatFeastMan

    MeatFeastMan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I mean, it's not a surprise is it..

    He's living off the GGG loss, and GGG viewers come from Canelo haters. So really, his viewership is very low. You've got to have a breakthrough moment to have big viewership. Jacobs hasn't had one. HBO also knew they were going out of this business a year ago. They haven't promoted Jacobs enough because they weren't committed to the future.

    And HBO going out of boxing will have automatically removed viewers who pay for this stuff.

    Eddie Hearn is also only committed to DAZN, so he wouldn't have promoted this in the same way he might have done a year back. I'm not by any means saying Eddie is a hugely popular name in the US or anything, but he would have helped a little.

    All that adds up to poor numbers.
     
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