What kind of ratings did Mike Tyson's fights on HBO pull? (especially against Berbick

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  1. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Yeah I remember this. Terry Norris fought a few times as well.
     
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  2. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not to mention that that's 5+ million homes not counting how many bars, parties, friends etc..were actually watching the fight.
     
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  3. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Actually, I'm not even sure if FOX was an actual cable channel at that time. Pretty sure you could have watched it with nothing more than a TV antenna.

    I remember watching this one my junior year in college at my apartment with a room full of drunks. John Madden interviewing Tyson was hysterical as I remember it. I think the first question Madden asked him was something like "Do you like boxing?"

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  4. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    that's true you could get NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox over the air until about four years ago.
     
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  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Yeah. I'm not 100% positive, because I did have cable in college, but I'm pretty sure Fox became available in the mid/late 80s around the time Married with Children debuted, and that from that time forward, Fox was available just like the rest of the regular networks. And by the mid-90s when Tyson faced Mathis, Fox had their big toe stuck in the NFL and had come along way from fledgling efforts like Married with Children and The Simpsons.
     
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