ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted the ratings for this past Saturday’s boxing event on Showtime which featured Danny Garcia received an average viewership of 608,000 of its subscribers.
Rafael noted that HBO boxing events on its network average 957K viewers while Showtime averages 587K. Of course, this is based on subscribers and HBO has more subscribers.
In the main event, Danny Garcia dismissed Rod Salka via 2nd round TKO. The fight peaked at 850K viewers with an average of 808K. Also, Lamont Peterson’s fought on the card and his fight averaged 648K viewers.
Payout Perspective:
Garcia’s lopsided win was expected considering that the WBC or the WBA sanctioned it. Despite the lack of compelling fights on the card, the Showtime event surpassed its average. Still, there could have been more compelling fights (namely, Garcia-Peterson) than the ones on Saturday.
I’m shocked and saddened that it did that well. This was a disgraceful card, there’s no other way to put it. The fact that so many fans tuned in is surprising.
850 k on Showtime isnt bad. danny was fighting a complete bum
I didnt even know there was a fight on lol on demand baby
Sal is a fag!
FightBusiness 850k for a fight like this is amazing. I just don’t understand why so many people watched. Danny looked terrible in his previous fight and this fight was a mismatch that should never have been sanctioned.
Sal,
I’m boycotting this entire card out of disgust. So for what it’s worth I’m not even watching it on demand. I’m sure Showtime tracks those viewership numbers.
Diego- Dont know about amazing. In my opinion its above average. I think it shows that people really like Garcia even if he fights a bum. Danny should fight Pac or khan next. A fight with Broner would be good also but Adrian isnt ready yet.