Comments Thread For: Leo-Williams Showtime Main Event Peaked At 209K Viewers, Averaged 150K

[sicko]

No Surprise! Even as a Hardcore I really didn't know Angelo Leo and Williams all that well

I don't think you will see good Ratings most of these Boxing Cards at least not until they roll out some bigger and better fights

[OctoberRed]

According to Coppinger 108k out of 150k, 72% of viewers, were 55 years or older. Those numbers are bad even by ShoBox standards. The "boxing is dying" meme might actually be coming true.

Coppinger's numbers are usually wrong. They always leave out ******s and DVR, which are not monitored by Nielsen.

Regardless, that number is not bad when considering what Top Rank had for their numbers on ESPN.

Nobody knew Leo or Williams. Even some hardcore fans were unfamiliar with either.

[Get em up]

Hopefully soon enough people will realize what boxing truly is stateside and how much of a niche sport it is. Very few draws.

I watch pretty much every fight religiously myself. It's not a huge drawing sport. People for the most part have never heard these guys names unless its Mayweather or Pacquiao and here lately Tyson. Other than a very few names it's not like you've got pro boxers on wheaties boxes and Nike commercials to promote their names. As you said very much a niche sport.

[DaBeastO]

Coppinger's numbers are usually wrong. They always leave out ******s and DVR, which are not monitored by Nielsen.

Regardless, that number is not bad when considering what Top Rank had for their numbers on ESPN.

Nobody knew Leo or Williams. Even some hardcore fans were unfamiliar with either.

Top Rank's espn numbers never fell to 150k viewers lol. show me a title fight that drew low ratings like showtimes card. why should ******s and dvr be counted? we're talking about television ratings besides you really think there's that many people watching on ******s?

[DaBeastO]

No Surprise! Even as a Hardcore I really didn't know Angelo Leo and Williams all that well

I don't think you will see good Ratings most of these Boxing Cards at least not until they roll out some bigger and better fights

those won't count since al gaymon decided to through every decent and semi decent pbc match up on ppv. so much for bringing back free boxing LOL.

[Bob Haymon]

Coppinger's numbers are usually wrong. They always leave out ******s and DVR, which are not monitored by Nielsen.

Regardless, that number is not bad when considering what Top Rank had for their numbers on ESPN.

Nobody knew Leo or Williams. Even some hardcore fans were unfamiliar with either.

These are awful numbers regardless of how you want to spin it. If this few people watched on tv, whatever miniscule number watched through ******ing isn't going to make the ratings any better. Nielsen does monitor DVR viewing, but it's not like that many people are watching a fight nobody cared about after they already know the result.

[L. Cipher]

Be mindful it was up against the return of the NBA, NHL playoffs, and MLB and was essentially a glorified ShoBox card.

[JohnnyCan]

That’s a good point!

[GBP4LIFE]

Awful numbers,. But what do you expect for a card that doesn’t have one recognizable name

[Coachcody]

It was a better broadcast than Top Rank on ESPN...even without Paulie M.....Looking forward to more boxing on Showtime!