More counter-programming PLS! Canelo breaks Showtime record, Martinez PPV hits 600k

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So you missed Canelo sparking a brave Josesito because you were busy watching Sexy Sergio skool & survive? Couldn't catch Martinez-Beltran because up and down you jumped during Maidana-Soto Karass? Or you were praying while watching one show that your recorder doesn't **** up the other?

That's good, because you were twice as buzzed as normally, as a matter of fact, advertisements and documentaries on two networks and supporting channels meant exponentially more boxing hype overall than back-to-back shows could offer - with the counter-programming and extra ad rounds average Joe and Jane couldn't miss that boxing is alive and doing well, and both shows delivered.

So a few of us suffered the injustice of having to choose which one to watch live, but the sport benefited overall from the rivalry of networks, promotions and superstars; it was hard NOT to watch boxing this past Saturday.

More counter-programming please!

 

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30k people bought ticket this weekend in the same town, at the same time. Surely not ideal to see one and miss the other, but it's like a parade that costs without return expected, this was boxing showcasing it's power, and it was great!

 

The best thing for business is competition, it makes ppl's heads turn. Think a world with Apple or Samsung only, next phone how boring, we have the same thing. But when they jump at each others throat and my phone is better than yours, sales go crazy.

The fact alone that despite knowing the big rival is doing a big card two blocks away Both promotions had confidence to go on and found huge success Shows there's enough buzz for multiple events on one night. It's been questioned whether boxing can do such a thing, and we answered emphatically.

We don't need weekly H2Hs, but every year or so boxing should throw a parade to the world, an investment for future fight fans not just milking the current ones, because when Top Rank and Golden Boy promo machines kick off at the same time, word of boxing gets to exponentially more people.

You see the buzz here? So many passionate discussions of different fights and fighters, the General feels healthy again.

 

Disagree big time. What "this crap" are you talking about, both cards were great and hugely successful never mind not featuring a single household name for the American audience. If your point were "a double-header may bring more attention than a single show, but NOT DOUBLE THE BUZZ to justify counter-programming", there would be something to it, but reports tell a different story.

Chavez Jr., never bringing more than what, 70k PPVs, and Martinez, HBO regular for a very limited audience, their fight was never going to be on Pac-JMM level right? But Iole's hearing PPV numbers as high as 500k, even if that's 400k in the end, that's how much Pacquiao-Marquez II delivered, and I'm pretty sure the Canelo show will end up being Showtime's top3 success this year, maybe #1. And Alvarez is a new kid for the US crowd and Josesito is unknown for the larger viewership.

So in the end, the better undercards and extra rounds of advertisement to outdo one another possibly brought better individual performances for TR and GBP than if they were doing it on separate dates. Together, boxing might've just put the most asses in seats than any other show in the past 10 years with no household names. It was hard to miss there was big time boxing on Saturday, and there was no Pacquiao, no Mayweather, no De La Hoya, no Klitschko, no Hatton, no Marquez.