Boxing viewing figures in the UK

There was a thread reminiscing about Benn v McClellan this week with it being 20 years since. Upwards of 15 million watched that.

 

Anthony Joshua gets viewers and nobody is really ****d about brian rose

 

khan did well to get 148k considering the fight was 4/5 am. I'm interested to see how many watch the Frampton fight on ITV, assuming its a ratings success ITV may get involved more in boxing which could be a good thing.

 

Figures from Sky in 2015
31/01/2015 Kevin Mitchell v Daniel Estrada - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 RUGBY UNION: LVCUP 156,000)
14/02/2015 Brian Rose v Carson Jones - 68,000 (SS1 #8)
21/02/2015 Paul Smith v Arthur Abraham - 133,000 (SS3 #1)

ITV
28/02/2015 Carl Frampton v Chris Avalos - 1,100,000

Channel 5
21/02/2015 Martin Murray v Gennady Golovkin - 740,000 (Channel 5 #29)


Figures from Sky in 2014
01/02/2014 Lee Selby-Rendall Munroe - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 FOOTBALL FIRST - MATCH CHOICE 210,000)
22/02/2014 Darren Hamilton-Curtis Woodhouse - 88,000 (SS2 #4)
01/03/2014 Ricky Burns-Terence Crawford - 153,000 (SS2 #4)
15/03/2014 Tony Bellew-Valery Brudov Kell Brook - 115,000 (SS2 #5)
05/04/2014 Prizefighter - Welterweights　John Ryder-Jez Wilson - Did not make Top 10 (SS2 #10 LIVE AMLIN CUP QUARTER FINAL 133,000)
19/04/2014 Scott Quigg-Tshifhiwa Munyai,Anthony Crolla-John Murray - 96,000 (SS2 #3)
17/05/2014 Lee Selby-Romulo Koasicha,Gary Buckland-Gavin Rees - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 LIVE MAGIC WEEKEND SUPER LEAGUE 127,000)
21/05/2014 Josh Warrington-Martin Lindsay - 57,000 (SS2 #9)
27/06/2014 Ricky Burns-Dejan Zlaticanin - 67,000 (SS3 #2)
12/07/2014 Tony Bellew / Nathan Cleverly - 88,000 (SS1 #2)
17/08/2014 Kell Brook-Shawn Porter - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 SOCCER A M 98,000)
13/09/2014 Scott Quigg-Stephane Jamoye - Did not make Top 10 (SS1 #10 THE SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT 145,000)
20/09/2014 George Groves-Christopher Rebrasse - 176,000 (SS2 #1)
27/09/2014 Arthur Abraham-Paul Smith - 108,000 (SS2 #1)
04/10/2014 Josh Warrington-Davide Dieli - 89,000 (SS2 #5)
11/10/2014 Anthony Joshua-Denis Bakhtov - 152,000 (SS1 #9)
25/10/2014 Tommy Coyle-Michael Katsidis - 71,000 (SS2 #6)
15/11/2014 Matthew Macklin-Jorge Sebastian Heiland - 64,000 (SS2 #7)
06/12/2014 Prizefighter - The Lightweights
14/12/2014 Amir Khan-Devon Alexander - 148,000 (SS1 #8)

Channel 5
01/03/2014 James DeGale-Gevorg Khatchikian - 810,000 (Channel 5 #25)
15/03/2014 Bob Ajisafe-Dean Francis - Did not make Top 30 (Channel 5 #30 HOME AND AWAY 720,000)
22/03/2014 Kid Galahad-Sergio Prado - Did not make Top 30 (Channel 5 #30 CASTLE 760,000)
10/05/2014 Kid Galahad-Fred Mundraby - Did not make Top 30 (Channel 5 #30 NEIGHBOURS 710,000)
17/05/2014 MaxiNutrition Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi Finals - Did not make Top 30 (Channel 5 #30 LOCKERBIE: TERROR AT 31 000 FEET 570,000)
25/10/2014 Stuart Hall-Randy Caballero - 540,000
08/11/2014 Bob Ajisafe-Travis ****inson - Did not make Top 30 (Channel 5 #30 HOME AND AWAY 670,000)

 

Groves top figures on sky

 

Just goes to show that the genral public are hacked off with all Eddie's shyte and know that any decent fight will be PPV.

 

I think the Frampton figures are decent when considering the start time and the fact that his last few fights have been on Boxnation. Talking about Boxnation, I am a subscriber and think the channel is great, do we have any idea what their subscription numbers are? They must have been fairly decent for Saunders vs Eubank in November 2014??

 

Short answer is we don't know.

 

Are those Khan figures for the live showing at 4am or was there a repeat?

 

Fair enough, That fight (Saunders Vs Eubank) definitely caught the publics attention. All the lads I play footy with on the Saturday were watching it and amazingly the local sports pub in town showed it and it was packed!! Who knows?? Wouldn't even like to guess.... Ok I will, average throughout the year of 50,000 subs??

 

According to Frank BN subscription numbers of expectations. He says this every time.

Doesn't explain the £7m losses they have incurred and a judge describing them as basically insolvent.

 

When they had their IPO they said they had 100k subs but needed 150k to break even (peak was 250k for haye chisora)

 

At the start they said 100k subscribers to break even. Then again they said they were going to have a domestic and an international show every weekend at the start.

 

250K for Haye Vs Chisora! They must have been happy with that. Having said that if Frank can get Mayweather Vs Pac Man, Saunders vs Eubank2 and Fury Vs Klit sorted and on Boxnation they could possibly get 250K subs again for a few months. Fury and Saunders could keep the channel afloat for the next 12-24 months if they keep winning. A rematch with Eubank if they were both Champions, Biily Joe the WBO and Eubank the WBA would be the biggest show they've screened! A long way off though I suspect

 

Pac v Mayweather would finish off BN as there is no queue of new subscribers to pay for the large outlay.

Tyson Fury has lost public profile in the UK due to disappearing from Channel 5 and Sky.

The Germans view Wlad v Fury as another Wach and Leapai routine defence. This fight will not be PPV in Germany and can be watched on German TV using a satellite system or online using a VPN.

Billy Jo is not going to bring in subscribers and the fight with Eubank would greatly enhance the profile of both if on ITV or Sky.

By the end of the year, based on current domestic offerings on BN - the subscriber base will do well to be above £25k.