Last free tv fight in USA?

Last night. Gomez vs. Davis.

Before that, Darchinyan vs. Perez last Saturday.

Why?

 

I think he means free as in free to air like on ABC or CBS or some **** like that PLAYA

 

I think NBC aired some fights a few years ago. They put on a couple cards with guys like Cintron, Juarez, Juan Diaz, and Bojado.

 

He should have specified that he meant network television as opposed to cable, then. :good To boxing fans "free TV" is generally taken to mean anything other than PPV.

 

That is the last time I can remember any fights on terrestial TV fights, not enough interest or money to get them on would be the answer. Budweiser put that five week special on, it didn't do well and never came back unfortunately.

 

I never did see what the rating were or how NBC did financially on it but considereing they didn't do anymore I'd have to guess NBC lost money on those fights.

 

Non-cable?

Don't remember.

 

I get espn free so all FNF fights are free.

 

I should probably research this rather than talk from memory, but I actually remember that it did very well. They did some clever matchmaking and I think ratings weren't bad.

 

Just a followup - the ratings on NBC were good but they couldn't find enough advertising to justify more fights. There a Bob Papa interview that can be found talking about it, but it's on another boxing website and I don't want to run afoul of any rules here.

 

Thanks, I've been curious about the ratings but never looked into it. You would think, with good ratings, that there would be an advertiser or two who would step up. Or maybe some promoter would try to get creative since there seemed to be a market there.

 

It was the Budweiser Boxing Series on NBC., around 2003-2004.

 

its a sad state of affairs isnt it? :deal