Loma vs Walters does over 750k viewers

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  1. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    These are disappointing numbers regardless if the fight turned out to stink due to Walters or not, it was a highly anticipated match up. Couple this with the Ward v Kovalev numbers and you gotta assume HBO are gunna tap out of ppv boxing real soon and only leave spaces for Pac, Canelo and Cotto.

    If Arum wants to make Lomachenko a star he needs to put him in with Pacquaio asap! Same with Crawford, one of them need to fight Pacquaio in order to really boost their names.

    What do you think of these numbers?
     
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  2. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    well it had to get worse before it got better. maybe boxing will slowly go back to the process of BUILDING UP FIGHTERS for PPV. this will encourage fighters to strive for greatness and hopefully make the fights we want to see.
     
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  3. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah your right but to be honest, the UFC is doing well so it's not like people don't like combat sports anymore. It's first of all the best fights don't get made when they should, secondly when they do there's hardly any promotion for them and 3rd the fighters don't create a buzz for themselves anymore.
     
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  4. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    The fight was past Midnight in America - that has a lot to do with it. Also, I think it clashed with something else.
    Regardless, Walters and Lomachenko are two completely unknowns so I'm not surprised.
     
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  5. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Thats pretty good.

    Frampton Cruz did less numbers and that and that was a big fight.
     
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  6. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But not many fighters have had the push from top rank that loma had, but yeah what was HBO doing playing that at midnight.
     
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  7. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Im not impressed with those numbers but then again maybe my expectations are too high.
     
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  8. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Lomachenko has had the push in terms of big fights, but hasn't really had the media push. He's going to have to eventually start speaking English more and beat more good names.
     
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  9. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah I don't understand these foreign fighters, if you wanna be big in America at this point you gotta speak England unless your manny Pacquaio and have a nation behind you. It's like the talent Cubans they don't bother to even learn the language to call out the people who are ducking them.
     
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  10. Loma The Great

    Loma The Great New Member banned Full Member

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    Golovkin vs wade did 1.6 mill veiws
     
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  11. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Even Ward vs Barrera did over 1 mil
     
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  12. Liquid Fire

    Liquid Fire Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    That's good for two non Americans.
     
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  13. RSBonos

    RSBonos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why did HBO show it so late? Talk about sabotaging your own success.
     
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  14. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    This probably is less a boxing problem than an HBO problem. Boxing does way better numbers on other channels. The sport just isn't getting the proper exposure on this outlet and we need a new distributor in the US.
     
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  15. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's not bad for a smaller guy. Roman was p4p #1 fighting for a title in his 4th division and drew 830k, and he'd had plenty of visibility as GGG's chief undercard support before that.

    It's the trajectory that matters more here, and Loma's on the upswing. The Martinez fight drew 585k.
     
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