Bradley-Alexander draw 1.3 mill viewers

Not bad. Better then I expected

http://www.theboxinghistorian.com/component/content/article/6-boxing-article/140-hbo-gets-off-to-quick-start-bradley-vs-alexander-does-13million-live-viewers

But it shows why boxing needs to get back on network TV or even the likes of regular ESPN. I bet if the fight was on regular ESPN, it'd gotten higher ratings. Maybe 2-3 million live viewers.

How does it compare to previous fights ?

Ali wrote:How does it compare to previous fights ?

November 20, 2010 - HBO - 8:00pm PST - Martinez-Williams – 1.3 million viewers
November 27, 2010 - HBO - 7:00pm PST - Marquez-Katsidis – 998,000 viewers

GrantZilla wrote:

Ali wrote:How does it compare to previous fights ?

November 20, 2010 - HBO - 8:00pm PST - Martinez-Williams – 1.3 million viewers
November 27, 2010 - HBO - 7:00pm PST - Marquez-Katsidis – 998,000 viewers

How did it compare to Khan vs Maidana ?

December 11, 2010 - HBO Victor Ortiz-Lamont Peterson – 745,000 viewers
December 11, 2010 - HBO - 8:00 PST - Amir Khan - Marcos Maidana – 1.17 million viewers

This how far the bar been lowered on HBO. In 2007, it was big deal when Calzaghe-Kessler didn't get 2 million viewers. Because was lowest ratings HBO ever had for Championship Boxing.

Now, getting over million viewers is considered "good"

Put into prospective, FNF doesn't even spend a fraction of what HBO does on a fight, and they average around 500k viewers on ESPN2. UFC which can gurantee doesn't spend a million on their UFC telivised fights on Spike get around 2 million viewers.

HBO spending atleast 3 million on fights that getting fucking 700 to million viewers.