Why is ESPN....

My girlfriend and friends know who David Haye is, they have no idea who Vitali is. They are not boxing fans, just casual sports fans.

Case, Haye has made more waves in boxing than the Klit brothers in years.

You dont have to be a Haye fanboy to realise that.

 

ESPN is too busy marketing the bracketology of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

 

cant even give an normal educated response.... Why did I expect anything else:huh

 

Once again... WTFatschatschatschnut---oops:

 

Im sure it because of all the **** talking Haye has done in the media... nice way to be remembered

 

This Widow guy reminds me of a kid who holds a red crayon in front of him and tries to STARE it into turning blue. Sorry, kid. No matter how hard you try to convince US, the hardcore boxing fans who will actually spend time typing opinions about the sport on a Monday night, the Klitschkos just aren't that popular in America with the casual fans who just watch the big fights if their friends are getting together. Dr. Ironfist and Steelhammer both had their chances, and both failed to win the audience.

This fight is nothing more than filler for ESPN who knows that everyone and their mama is gonna watch college basketball...except for the hardcore fans at their computers like the ones on this thread. They don't need to market it to people that are already gonna watch it...and the people who weren't gonna watch it before the ads are the same ones who wouldn't have watched it after. Think I'm kidding? ESPN already tried promoting a PPV card with Margarito-Cintron and Shane Mosley on it. The commercial was on 20 times a day. AND IT FAILED!

Of course I want boxing to be promoted on the same level as the NBA, NFL, MLB, etc. But can you blame the fans and network TV when crooked promoters like De La Hoya or Frank Warren screw us over with crap cards and charge us 59.95, especially when the aforementioned casual fan has never even seen a superstar talent like Juan Manuel Marquez because he doesn't have HBO or Showtime? Or how about the current champions like Vitali and Wlad who are safety first and while as a hardcore fan, I can see that it's all about winning, but the casual fan could care less. They want blood and guts. They want risk takers. They want boxers that will FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE. And unfortunately, the vast amount of marquee names do not, because they're either scared to take on dangerous challenges (Calzaghe) or because their promoters won't put their golden geese at risk.

 

This thread is getting heated...

 

You had a question, and it was answered correctly.

This is not the Iraqi information ministry, Widow.

Oh, and before you try to spin it again (because you are WRONG), don't put words in my mouth. The point here at debate is not ESPN's overall lack of coverage, but the lack of coverage FOR THIS FIGHT ONLY. And as has been stated many times, in America, college basketball in March > Vitali. For reasons that are partially his fault.

Like I said, overall I would like to see better coverage. But the amount of customer demand drives supply, not just because some Klitschko superfan like you demands it.

 

ESPN should be hyping this to the gills -- this is almost a guaranteed KO/TKO.

In this day and age of MMA as 'more entertaining,' if you have a KO sitting in your lap involving a HW world champ, you should be selling the heck out of it.

 

Since you know the ins and outs of this fight as well as the way NCAA Basketball works, tell me exactly what time window would this be?

Just in case you wanted facts (which you consistently LEAVE OUT in your arguments), here's the schedule that day:

*CBS: College Basketball coverage from 12PM ET-10PM ET
*ESPN: Klitschko-Gomez coverage from 5PM ET-6PM ET

There is no window there unless you move the fight (which you can't)...OR air it later, but it will no longer be live and the results will have been leaked.

If this were any other Saturday, you might have had a point. But you are dreadfully, dreadfully wrong on this one. :deal

 

Because like I ALREADY wrote, since you probably can't read, they bought the fight as FILLER. They know that hardcore fight fans will watch it. They DON'T NEED TO MARKET IT TO THEM ANY FURTHER. For that demographic, it has sold itself and that alone will probably get it to finish second that day (albeit by a mile). ESPN is content to do that, because they are already fighting a losing battle. A world championship fight with a guaranteed audience is better than bass fishing or rodeo when it comes to ratings. ESPN will make its tiny dent on CBS and minimize losses. Then when live games are over, they will DOMINATE ratings again during SportsCenter when they cover the college basketball highlights for the other 14 hours to suck in the people who missed the games because of work, regional conflicts, controlling wives, etc. It's called COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

Unfortunately, you must live in a cardboard box because aside from the Super Bowl, the NCAA Basketball Tournament is one of the few events every year that transcend sports. If you think I'm kidding, go to work tomorrow (that is, if you have a job...if you don't then go to your neighborhood bar) and see how many people who know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about basketball are in some sort of bracket pool. They will be watching the games even though for the better part of 11 months, they couldn't give a damn about it. That is what your "promotion" will be up against.

I await your irrational blinded man-love for Klitschko response.