Figures from Sky in 2010 I can only show figures when they are listed, they have to be in the top 10 for the channel they were shown on. Date Event Figures Where it stands in top 10 for that Channel - Promoter 13/02 Big Fight Live (Cleverly, Mitchell, Degale etc.) 222,000 (SS1 #6) Frank ****** 13/02 FNF Replay (Daws-Cook) Saturday 29,000 (SS2 #9) Matchroom 26/02 Prizefighter (Light Middles) 147,000 (SS1 #6) Matchroom 09/04 Big Fight Live (Sprott-Harrison) 274,000 (SS1 #8 ) Matchroom 12/04 Haye-Ruiz replay 55,000 (SS2 #4) Hayemaker 30/04 Prizefighter (Cruiserweights) 152,000 (SS2 #4) Matchroom 02/05 Mosley-Mayweather Replay 99,000 (SS2 #7) Golden Boy 15/05 Mitchell-Katsidis 272,000 (SS1 #8 ) Frank ****** 16/05 Khan-Mallignagi Replay (second replay one earlier on ITV1) 349,000 (ITV4 #2) Golden Boy 04/06 Hall-Napa - 90,000 (SS2 #5) Matchroom 11/06 McCloskey-Lauri - 112,000 (SS2 #1) Matchroom 25/06 Fury-McDermott II - 118,000 (SS2 #2) Frank Maloney 31/06 Prizefighter (Super Middleweights) - 112,000 (SS1 #7) Matchroom 02/07 McDonnell-Bracco - 66,000 (SS2 #3) Frank Maloney 09/07 Laws-Williams - 59,000 (SS2 #6) Matchroom 16/07 Hatton-Nuzhenko - 166,000 (SS1 #4) Hatton Promotions 23/07 Hall-Power - 89,000 (SS2 #7) Frank Maloney 04/09 Roman Martinez-Ricky Burns - 141,000 (SS1 #6) Replay 44,000 (SS2 #10) Frank ****** 11/09 Wladimir Klitschko-Samuel Peter & Steve Molitor-Jason Booth - 202,000 (SS1 #6) Frank Maloney 24/09 Tony Bellew-Bob Ajisafe - 161,000 (SS1 #9) Frank ****** 02/10 Levan Kirakosyan-Stephen Foster - 139,000 (SS1 #10) Hatton Promotions 23/10 Liam Walsh-Maxwell Awuku - 131,000 (SS1 # 8 ) Frank ****** 24/10 Toshiaki Nishioka-Rendall Munroe Replay @ 18:30 - 44,000 (SS3 #6) Frank Maloney 20/11 Prizefighter (Super Featherweights) - 102,000 (SS1 #9) Matchroom Figures from Sky in 2011 22/01/2011 Jamie McDonnell-Stephane Jamoye - 124,000 (SS1 #9) Frank Maloney 29/01/2011 Prizefighter - Light Heavyweights - 117,000 (SS1 #9) Matchroom 05/02/2011 Jason Booth-Jamie Arthur - Did not make Top 10 (10# SKY SPORTS NEWS AT SEVEN 92,000) 12/02/2011 Watson-Crolla - Did not make Top 10 (10# LIVE MILLENNIUM MAGIC SUPER LEAGUE 140,000) 19/02/2011 Gavin-Lomax - Did not make Top 10 (10# Gillette Soccer Special 134,000) 26/02/2011 Foster-Fegatilli - Did not make Top 10 (10# GILLETTE SOCCER SPECIAL 180,000) 05/03/2011 Gary Sykes-Carl Johanneson - Did not make Top 10 (10# LIVE SUPER LEAGUE 144,000) 12/03/2011 Ricky Burns-Joseph Laryea - Did not make Top 10 (10# LIVE SUPER LEAGUE 140,000) 19/03/2011 Liam Walsh-Jon Kays & Vitali Klitschko-Odliander Solis - 168,000 (SS1 #8 ) Frank ******/K2 23/03/2011 Prizefighter The Super Middleweights - Did not make Top 10 (10# Goals on Sunday 186,000) 26/03/2011 Denton Vassell-Bethuel Ushona - 56,000 (SS2 #7) Hatton Promotions 02/04/2011 John Murray-Karim El Ouazghari - Did not make Top 10 (10# LIVE SUPER LEAGUE 179,000) 09/04/2011 Stuart Hall-John Donnelly - 46,000 (SS3 #6) Frank Maloney 16/04/2011 Ringside - 61,000 (SS2 # 8 ) 30/04/2011 Darren Barker-Domenico Spada - Did not make Top 10 (10# LIVE SUPER LEAGUE 155,000) 07/05/2011 International Prizefighters Heavyweights - 170,000 (SS1 #9) 08/05/2011 Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley Replay - 58,000 (SS2 #9) 13/05/2011 Sam Webb-Prince Arron - Did not make Top 10 (10# GOALS ON SUNDAY 168,000) 22/05/2011 Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins Delayed Coverage - 30,000 (SS4 # 8 ) Golden Boy/InterBox 28/05/2011 Jamie McDonnell-Nick Otieno - 83,000 (SS2 #9) Frank Maloney 04/06/2011 Gavin Rees-Andy Murray/Mikkel Kessler-Mehdi Bouadla/Carl Froch-Glen Johnson - 148,000 (SS1 #10) Matchroom 05/06/2011 Froch-Johnson replay - 57,000 (SS2 #9) and 41,000 (SS4 #5) 07/07/2011 Prizefighter The Welterweights - 111,000 (SS2 #4) Matchroom 11/06/2011 Price-Dallas - Did not make Top 10 (SS2 10# 87,000 LIVE UEFA EURO U21S-BELARUS V ICELAND) 11/06/2011 Price-Dallas replay - 38,000 (SS4 #6) Frank Maloney 18/06/2011 Murray-Blackwell - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 - 152,000 LIVE ENG V SL TEST CRICKET) 19/06/2011 Alvarez-Rhodes - 50,000 (SS3 #6) 23/06/2011 Ringside - 48,000 (SS3 #4) Replay 20,000 (SS4 #7) 25/06/2011 Brook-N'Dou & Sturm-Macklin - 133,000 (SS2 #1) Matchroom 26/06/2011 Haye-Valuev - 30,000 (SS3 #9) & 18,000 (SS4 #9) 29/06/2011 Ringside - 52,000 (SS3 #4) 30/6/11 - 51,000 (SS2 #4) & 03/07/11 - 38,000 (SS2 #9) 01/07/2011 Ringside Klitschko-Haye Countdown - 107,000 (SS1 #9) & 16,000 (SS4 #9) 16/07/2011 Murray-Mitchell - 190,000 (SS1 #6) & 17/07/2011 Replay - 30,000 (SS4 #7) 05/09/2011 McDonnell-Hall - Did not make Top 10 - (SS1 #10 - 94,000 GOALS ON SUNDAY) 12/09/2011 McCloskey-Prescott & Klitschko-Adamek - 193,000 (SS2 #2) 15/09/2011 Prizefighter The Light Middleweights II - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 - 89,000 GILLETTE SOCCER SPECIAL) 17/09/2011 Smith-Selby - Did not make Top 10 Live (SS1 #10 - 89,000 GILLETTE SOCCER SPECIAL) 19/09/2011 Replay - 27,000 (SS4 #10) 24/09/2011 Sykes-Buckland - 86,000 (SS2 #8 ) 01/10/2011 Rees-Mathews - Did not make Top 10 Live (SS1 #10 - 115,000 THE SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT) 02/10/2011 Replays - 33,000 (SS3 #7) and 36,000 (SS4 #4) 08/10/2011 Brook-Jackiewicz - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 - 147,000 LIVE WORLD GRAND PRIX DARTS) 12/10/2011 Prizefighter The Super Flyweights - 102,000 (SS1 #10) 22/10/2011 Booth-Quigg - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 10 # 88,000 LIVE EUROPEAN TOUR GOLF) 29/10/2011 Prizefighter The Featherweights - Did not make Top 10 Live (SS1 #10 - 144,000 LIVE FOUR NATIONS RUGBY LEAGUE) 30/10/2011 Replay - 37,000 (SS3 #8 ) 12/11/2011 - Vassell-Colomban - 123,000 (SS2 #4) 02/12/2011 - Sturm-Murray - 141,000 (SS1 #8 ) 03/12/2011 - Arron-Rose - 126,000 (SS1 #10) 11/12/2011 - Khan-Peterson - 237,000 (SS1 #5) Replay - 38,000 (SS3 #4) 18/12/2011 - Ward-Froch - 248,000 (SS1 #5) Replays - 44,000 (SS2 #10) 21,000 (SS4 #7) Channel 5 23/07/2011 Chisora-Fury - 2,220,000 (Channel 5 #1) 17/09/2011 Fury-Firtha - 1,030,000 (Channel 5 #24) 12/11/2011 Fury-Pajkic - 1,736,000 (Channel 5 #6) ITV with Fat Mick 04/10/09 Thaxton-Melero 295,000 (ITV4 #5) 08/11/09 Williams-Sosnowski 260,000 (ITV4 #10) 17/01/09 Murray-McAllister 405,000 (ITV4 #2) 28/02/09 Thaxton-Mezaache 369,000 (ITV4 #7) 11/04/09 Watson-ODonnell 260,000 (ITV4 #10) 23/05/09 Barker-McDermott 204,000 (ITV4 #10) 13/06/09 Murray-Lawton 231,000 (ITV 4 #10) 18/07/09 McIntosh-Cleverly 406,000 (ITV4 #7) 05/09/09 ODonnell-Glover 330,000 (ITV4 #10) 03/10/09 Murray-Thaxton 212,000 (ITV4 #5) 28/11/09 Barker-Butler 299,000 (ITV #5) Figures during FW's tenure on ITV 10/12/2005 Harrison-Williams 6.1million (ITV1 #21) 28/01/2006 Jennings-Mutley 270,000 (ITV4 #1) 18/02/2006 Arthur-Burns 243,000 (ITV4 #3) 25/02/2006 Skelton-Williams 193,000 (ITV4 #7) 11/03/2006 Pryce-Duran 210,000 (ITV4 #6) 29/04/2006 Arthur-Guliakevich 257,000 (ITV4 #3) 13/05/2006 Mitchell-Kirkorov 211,000 (ITV4 #8 ) 01/06/2006 Hobson-Keeton 140,000 (ITV4 #9) 08/09/2006 Hobson-Pavlokovic 181,000 (ITV4 #7) 18/02/2007 Sprott-Harrison 493,000 (ITV4 #1) 10/03/2007 Matthews-Simpson 223,00 (ITV4 #5) 14/07/2007 Khan-Limmond 3.5 million (ITV1 #26) 21/07/2007 Maccarinelli-Braithwaite 333,000 (ITV4 #5) 08/12/2007 Khan-Earl 4.14 million (ITV1 #22) 02/02/2008 Khan-St Clair 4.15 million (ITV1 #29) 05/04/2008 Khan-Kristjansen 4.37 million (ITV1 #21) 21/06/2008 Khan-Gomez 3.98 million (ITV #18 ) Setanta 08/03/2008 Haye-Maccarinelli 136,000 (Setanta #1) 22/03/2008 Rees-Kotelnik 37,000 (Setanta #5) 14/06/2008 Brook-Jones 5,000 (Setanta #7) 15/11/2008 Haye-Barrett 172,000 (Setanta #2) 28/03/2008 Dodson-Quigley 21,000 (Setanta 2 #1) 19/04/2008 Calzaghe-Hopkins 243,000 (Setanta #4) 25/04/2008 Lindsay-Appleby 42,000 (Setanta #5) 26/07/2008 Cotto-Margarito 14,000 (Setanta #9) 21/02/2009 Cotto-Jennings 12,000 (Setanta 2 #2) 13/06/2009 Cotto-Clottey 10,000 (Setanta 2 #6) US Viewing Figures HBO Boxing in 2011 29/01/2011 Bradley-Alexander - 1.345 million viewers 19/02/2011 Montiel-Donaire - 1.020 million viewers 05/03/2011 Alvarez-Hatton - 1,400 million viewers 16/04/2011 Berto-Ortiz - 1,542 million viewers 21/05/2011 Pascal-Hopkins - 1,837 million viewers 04/06/2011 Zbik-Chavez Jr - 1,497 million viewers ESPN Friday Night Fights in 2011 07/01/2011 Prodvonikov-Herrera - 545,000 14/01/2011 Manfredo-Eduard - 788,000 28/01/2011 Arreola-Abell - 734,000 18/02/2011 Guerrero-Findley - 603,000 Showtime in 2011 26/02/2011 Acosta-Rios - 709,000 HBO Boxing previous years 7/11/2009 Dawson-Johnson II - 774,000 27/3/2010 Maidana-Cayo - 696,000 10/4/2010 Berto-Quintana - 998,000 17/4/2010 Pavlik-Martinez - 1,200,000 24/4/2010 Arreola-Adamek - 888,000 8/5/2010 Williams-Cintron - 1,160,000 15/5/2010 Khan-Malignaggi - 1,228,000 5/6/2010 Foreman-Cotto - 1,600,000 17/7/2010 Bradley-Abregu - 897,000 7/8/2010 Alexander-Kotelnik - 1,057,000 14/8/2010 Dawson-Pascal - 1,118,000 11/9/2010 Gamboa-Salido - 744,000 6/11/2010 Judah-Mathysse - 766,000 20/11/2010 Martinez-Williams - 1,300,000 27/11/2010 Marquez-Katsidis - 998,000
Makes you realise how big Audley Harrison is. He outperformed Mitchell vs Katsidis. Itv needs to get boxing back on. Frank should be getting Gavin and Degale on terrestrial coverage to reach the level of popularly that Khan achieved.
Amen it would be brilliant if FW had 2/3 shows a month like he used to have. I would love to know the licence fees that Boxing gets in this country, I know what most of them are in the States and at ESPN level they aren't high at all. I'm going through the figures that FW did when he was with ITV last time now and it is phenominal how bigger draw Khan was on the box.
I just added viewing figures for FW's time at ITV. Is no one interested seriously I spent at least 1 hour doing this.
Very interesting, mate. Remember that a lot of people read the threads and don't necessarily post. Khan's numbers are truly amazing; consistently hitting over 3 million viewers when he was on at a sensible hour for the casuals. I'd even say that the ITV4 numbers were quite good for lower-key fights as well. People can't argue that Harrison doesn't generate interest either after looking at his viewing figures! I think it was Stew who said a few months ago that boxing has more interest than Wimbledon or F1; interesting to note that the BBC spends millions on the coverage of both every year and don't have the time of day for boxing. Bunce's boxing should at the very least be on the beeb considering it's popularity.
Tbh this is fascinating stuff where did you get this info from i have been interested in finding this myself i think Mitchell Katsidis is disappointing Its amazing how much of a draw Khan is despite his standard of opposition and his recent level of obscurity with being on ppv and moving to america he still got good numbers on ITV. What worries me is Hatton was a garantueed draw as was/is Khan but we dont have an upcoming star like that Degale Gavin etc have all been kept fairly low key. Would also be intrested to see the figures for the Froch Taylor replay and Froch Pascal fight
BARB they gather all the viewing figures in the UK for every channel from 1998 onwards. I'm going through the Setanta figures now suffice to say I'm not surprised they went under.
Some of them are but Boxing get's outdone by Darts which I can understand as I stated that's on a much more favourable time slot. Cricket does better, Films did better on ITV4 as on occasion did documentaries about cops. But the one things that is noticable is that if you put on a bill with good talent (other than Harrison) then people will watch.
I sense a letter to the BBC, ITV and ESPN coming on citing these figures. I will go and find some info myself my campaign to bring boxing back to tele begins here....
Because I couldn't find those figures on their own. I can only find figures that are in the top 10 for that week on that channel.
You have to wonder how Audley went so long without a promoter over here, look at his ratings even if everyone was tuning in to see him get chinned.
Just added Setanta figures but it's not especially clear what those figures represent because all it has listed is Boxing and in a normal week there would be at least 2/3 lists of Boxing in the top 10 of Setanta 1 and 2.
