how many people watched mayweather v marquez

as someone said already, people cought the repeats, i think only the die hards (of which there are thousands) stayed up to watch it live.

setanta used to get decent figures for fights shown at that time, so i'd expect sky's figures to be healthy seeing as sky have a bigger audience base and its mayweather

the US PPV figures won't be out for a couple of weeks.

 

Probably more of my mates watched it then for any fight in my 3 years at my present company.

I think an overwhelming part of that was that it was a huge fight on sky sports and not box office.

 

thats true, because if it was PPV then even the replays would've been PPV as well

 

I cant imagine casual fans being too entertained by Mayweather...

Pure boxing fans appreciate his skill but for many hes boring..especially against an overmatched lightweight.

 

More people watched it as the fight was built up by Skysports news/Skysports.

It pisses me off that SkySports News only build things up that Sky are showing. Surely if its a big sports story it deserves mentioned regardless of it being shown??

Thats why i loved Setanta,they weren't afraid to disect fights that Sky were covering.

 

I watched it but i was arseholed and spent the whole fight arguing with my twat mate who said there was no size difference between the two

 

Alot of casuals in my school knew about it.

 

and I was surprised by how many were talking about it in college today too, all this sounds great for boxing.

 

It'd have been better for boxing if it had been a competitive fight, if Floyd had fought someone remotely of his own size and calibre

 

i'm getting goosebumps just thinking about mayweather vs pacquiao

 

really, it just depends on how you educate casuals and what their expections are.

the impression i got from the casuals i spoke to was that they knew they were watching a master at work and just awed by it.

if you tell people to watch boxing for the knockouts then thats what they'll be looking for, its just the expectations.

 

Same hear. The fight was a big topic of conversation where I work. Plus it started the debate on who would win bet Pac and Mayweather.

 

Most people I know recorded it on their Sky+ and watched it on Sunday. Do they count towards the viewing figures? Hope they do.

 

Cotto will derail those plans. :yep

I am going to look like such a tit if Pac wins, especially seeing as I'll have a Danny Dyer avatar for a month.

 

This site went down not soon before the fight (and stayed off for hours), which is pretty unusual. It normally crashes just after a big fight.