ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the replay of the Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez fight on HBO drew 970,000 viewers and peaked at 1.126 million. It was the opening of the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast which drew 954,000 viewers overall and was the most-watched BAD card of the year.
The live main event which featured Ruslan Provodnikov taking on Chris Algieri peaked at 1,110,000 viewers and overall drew 1,046,000. Also on the fight card, the Andrade-Rose fight average 882,000 viewers.
Payout Perspective:
The Cotto-Martinez fight went on at the same time as the start of the UFC PPV. While we have no numbers, we might assume that the HBO subscribers watching at least the first round of Cotto-Martinez were more than those that ordered UFC 174. HBO had hoped to build up Ruslan but he was upset Saturday night. Overall, it was an entertaining night of fights started by the replay of the Cotto fight.
WOW!!! double what they predicted. Fighting on Puerto Rican day in NYC added to the hype, and Cotto won so he will have future success as a draw and no doubt be selling out the garden again. Good for boxing and the fans, hes and exciting fighter!
Jason this fight was on June 7th 174 was the 14th.
Miguel Cotto is my favorite!
Ha sorry I just now saw that it said replay lol duh
Yeah, you are a fucking idiot, you don’t have to explain it to us.
ruslan-algiri peaked at little over 1.1 million .. another million for boxing .. boxing continue to put high ratings in consistent basis every weekend last 2 months been non stop entertaning shit … gamboa-crawford big fight should also do over 1.1 in next week .. showtime tripleheader should do alright this saturday as well .. with great schedule up ahead
Ruslan has above average notoriety and he fought a public relations dud and they still did 1.1 million on HBO and midnight. trong numbers. These numbers would be triple on basic cable since basic has triple the audience.
They can give us replay numbers but not freakin pay per view numbers for Cotto vs Martinez. I’m guessing 600k
fight business- no way cotto-martinez did 600k … 600k is amzing numbers… cotto-martinez is around 400 maybe high 380s which is solid but not amazing …
Fightbusiness keep exaggerating.
Word is that Martinez-Cotto generated 384,000 buys.
Pretty disappointing but still more than the highest UFC event this year.
I forgot to mention that the UFC didn’t put out any big ppvs yet this year and all of their big fights are coming up in the 2nd half of the year. God I’m an idiot.
Pat- where did you get that number?
D- It was a guess. i never said they got 600k. Stop being jealous that Ruslan’s fight did so well and you know a horrible UFC ppv number is coming around the corner. Oh by the way wait til GGG’s numbers come in later this month. lol
Fightbusiness, you exaggerate everything you say.
Ruslan’s fight didn’t do so well. It was an average number. Nothing to be impressed about.
Keep ignoring the fact that each of the last 7 years the UFC dominated the ppv market.
Keep reinforcing Dana White’s point about how popular mma is considering all the mma blogs are flooded with boxing fanboy trolls who are so threatened by the sport, they dedicate themselves to trashing mma.
Daaruk at least I admit when I’m wrong. You on the other hand’ don’t know that you don’t know, bahahaha . UFC might get. 400k PPP in 14. Not bad but when you’re a half billion or more in the shit hole and your entire decision makers are drunk, on medication and straight up suicidal I doubt that anyone is throwing a party. And as for your less than intelligent comments about bob arum, if you think that cheap motherfucker or anyone in the boxing promotion biz would spent 2 cents paying someone to post on blogs Dana’s dick has been up your poop shoot way to long! Not only is it a fact that boxing doesn’t need to lie about it’s standing in sports but all the promotors are penny pinching con men. But I guess it’s worth it for you to work for the UFC. Free fight pass that someone else sprung for, not the UFC but the idiots who lent them half a billion, is a small token for a useless retard like yourself who can’t do anything else .
Martinez vs cotto won’t get close to 600k buys, not at this stage of their careers. Keep in mind that when Martinez fought Chavez jr both fighters where at the peak of their respective hype trains.
Also, that fight had been anticipated for a long time by fans and it was hyped up even more by some trash talk and drama in the promotional campaign. There was a genuine sense of bad blood.
With all that it generated about 475k buys. Cotto and Martinez have been on the decline and the buildup to this fight had next to nothing in terms of excitement or drama.
cotto vs Martinez is unlikely to break 400k
SalDaQueef, you are wrong so frequently, it is ridiculous to compare. You are wrong about everything mullet boy.
Hahaha. I never said Arum paid you, I said you were on the welfare to work program. Or is this another topic you can’t comprehend?
Boxing promoters don’t have to lie? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You just put your final nail in the coffin you fucking idiot!
You need to go change your diapers.
SalDaQueef, you are wrong about everything. So, no you don’t admit it when you are wrong. You just make shit up and convince no one of your bullshit other than the trolls on here.
I never said Arum paid you, I said you were on the welfare to work program for Arum. Is this another topic you can’t comprehend? His nuts have been in your mouth too long.
Boxing promoters don’t lie?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
No need to comment any further. You just put the final nail in your coffin you fucking idiot!
Fightbusiness, you are a massive tool.
Emotional emotional ufc shills…
Smell E
D- First of all I am not a Boxing guy trolling, this is a Boxing article. Secondly 1.1 million viewers is a strong number not average. Nice try. Also the UFC has dominated the PPV market because they have TONS of freaking PPV’s and because they had a WWE star in most of them. Those days are done. Boxing only has 3. Excess PPV’s killed Boxing in the early 2,000’s and is hurting the UFC now. By the way are you shiting in your pants now that a real man has been appointed to Bellator.
Yes you are, this is an mma website. The majority of your comments are under mma articles. You are a life long troll and an idiot.
It isn’t that strong of a number considering how high profile of a fight it was. You just have no concept of things like that though.
No, the UFC has dominated the ppv market because they can sell ppvs with a number of fighters as opposed to boxing who can’t. Broner-Maidana had to be cancelled because they were expecting it to do less than 100k buys. They had to move the fight from Vegas. Marquez had a ppv back in 2012 against that Russian that flatlined. It isn’t because of the number of ppvs dummy.
A WWE star in most of them? Delusions. Lesnar headlined 5 ppvs. The UFC puts out around 12ppvs annually. You aren’t very good at math.
Boxing has more than 3 ppvs per year, you are an idiot.
Excess UFC ppvs has not hurt them. The fact that they lost their 2 biggest stars combined with the fact that the entire ppv industry is down as a whole is the reason why their numbers are down. Boxing numbers are not strong either.
I like Bellator. I hope they overtake the UFC. Are you shitting your pants literally right now?
D=Daaruk= blablabla bla total bullshit and delusional lies, its ok Daaruk the truth is Froch Groves 2 and Cotto Martinez will out do the top 2 or even top 3 or 4 ufc ppv combined in 14 Am i lying? we shall see, all your coments are so funny and its pathetic that you wont consider any reason or fact but only see what you want or what you are paid to see. Funny how you and all the Dana poop shoot boys are so worried about what boxing fans say or write when the majority, not all of what they say is right.You are not a sports fan, not a fight fan, you are a video game hand job fan. Its so obvious. If you were a real fight fan and not a paid UFC mole toad fuck boy, you would have a more realistic out look. Take a look in the mirror son you are not fooling any of us.
SaDaQueef you are delusional beyond recognition.
You just make shit up over and over again because you are beyond an idiot.
Cotto-Martinez and Froch Groves will not out gain the biggest ufc ppv this year. Probably not even the biggest 2 or maybe even 3 revenue wise. Cotto-Martinez probably won’t do as well as Froch-Groves II anyway.
Funny how you accuse me of ignoring facts. That is literally all you do. You lie about seriously everything. You ignore every fact in the equation. You are too busy carrying Arum’s balls in your mouth you little bitch. I’m not on the boxing blogs trolling, YOU are on the mma blogs trolling because you are so threatened by the fact that MMA has taken over boxing. You are a mullet rocking, fat slob, Type II diabetic, old fuck who needs his diapers changed which is why he is so cranky. Pathetic beyond anything imaginable. Keeping spewing your lies and bullshit the only ones who accept your lies are the boxing trolls.
hey Daaruk what other planet or alternative reality is MMA taking over boxing? in video game world?bahahahahah or cartoon land bahaha my predictions will be on point. So far you dont have a leg to stand on as far as the performance of the UFC in 2014 its going to be a long slow boring fight season in 14 for UFC . Soon you wont be posting on this site because there wont be a budget for poop shoot paid boys like you bahaha
Hmm, maybe the fact that for the past 7 years, mma has destroyed boxing in ppv also know as the largest revenue source for either sport. Boxing might for the first time in 7 years outdo them and it is solely because by far their two biggest stars are done. Just wait until when boxing loses Pac/Mayweather. That will be an atomic bomb on the boxing ppv business. Much worse than what the ufc is going through this year.
Stop sucking Arum’s dick.