8/8 PBC on FOX/FS1 - Thomas Dulorme vs Jamal James

[patscorpio]

tall ass welters...none of them were as vicious as the punisher was

 

[patscorpio]

fox got dropped in round 1

 

[Electric Ladyland]

tall ass welters...none of them were as vicious as the punisher was

Ellis and Ortiz will keep them in check brother

 

[Electric Ladyland]

what an awful defense from Fox

when someone is coming in, you do nothing because you’re fighting small

 

[patscorpio]

what an awful defense from Fox

when someone is coming in, you do nothing because you’re fighting small

and he doesnt even have the power to do that

he is looking at a 2nd loss

 

[Electric Ladyland]

i remember saying Mikeys 1-2 is the best is boxing and how other fighters should copy it

amd now its the time

 

[Electric Ladyland]

none of this fighters are a real problem to the real champions

 

[aceboon]

99-90 is crazy

 

[patscorpio]

99-90 is crazy

Yeah it def wasnt that type of fight

 

[Electric Ladyland]

this is why i like Robert Garcia

these other Mexican trainers just tell you to come forward, no regard for pace or defense

Garcia fighters are definitely not boxers, but they parry, high guard and great punch selection

 

[patscorpio]

Saturday night in Los Angeles, Premier Boxing Champions fight series returned on Fox Sports for the first time in five months. And, while they have several significant fight cards coming in the next few months, the initial ratings have to be a disappointment for both.

First, Minneapolis Welterweight Jamal “Shango” James did as expected with an impressive 12 round unanimous decision win on Fox defeating Thomas Dulorme in the main event at the Microsoft Theater without fans.

However, the overnight TV numbers show the PBC on Fox struggled in prime time including against other Sports Programming on network TV. Showbuzzdaily.com had the info:



The initial overnight ratings showed an average audience of around 750,000 viewers with the main event drawing just over 830,000 watching.

Those numbers could go up slightly, when more full major market ratings are in on Monday.

For comparison, it was beaten decisively by CBS’ coverage of the PGA Championship, a golf major, in Primetime from San Francisco, CA, which had an average of 2.8 million viewers between 8 – 10 p.m. Eastern Time. And, The NHL Stanley Cup hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning nationally on NBC Sports averaged 1.2 million fans between 8 – 11:00 Eastern Time.

A couple of other reference points in terms of the audience:

The Fox number was expected to be much larger (and it was) than PBC’s return to Showtime premium Cable for the first time since March, last Saturday night. That main event fight between Junior Featherweights Angelo Leo and Tramaine Williams drew a main event average of just over 200,000 fans. However, Showtime is a separate additional paid premium subscription service for cable subscribers that many do not have.

That is not the case with network TV options, which every American television viewer has available to them and traditionally, have much greater audience.

Last January, “PBC on Fox” saw an audience of over 2 million for it’s Jeison Rodriguez 5th round TKO upset of Julian “J Rock” Williams broadcast. So, Saturday would be more than 50% lower than that.

Another reference point is ESPN averaging in the neighborhood of 500,000 fans for its June and July “Bubble” Series of fights from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The difference, again, is the ESPN, as popular as it is, is a cable offering and not an over-the-air network.

And, then there is the situation in the U.K., where last weekend Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing debuted their first in their “Fight Camp” series on regular cable with Sky Sports. Still, after Hearn had massive free media publicity for weeks and had made fun of Top Rank’s ratings, his first main event had a tepid 200,000 fans watch on British TV last Saturday.

Obviously, all of the boxing promotions know that, as they have better fighters fighting upcoming, there will be more interest with viewers in the future. For example, PBC and Showtime will roll out WBC Super Middleweight champion David Benavidez defending his title this coming Saturday and it should give them an audience bump.

Showtime is also pointing to a World Championship split doubleheader Pay-per-view on Saturday September 19th when both Jermall and Jermell Charlo will defend their titles on the premium network will increase audience and interest. They also have a huge interest fight looming, also on PPV, with unbeaten two division World Champ, Gervonta Davis, battling three division World Champ, veteran Leo Santa Cruz in late October.

Top Rank is hoping to score audience with an upcoming Teofimo Lopez-Vasiliy Lomachenko World Unification lightweight title fight in October. It will likely be offered on ESPN+ PPV.

Hearn has a Heavyweight main event showdown between England’s number one WBC Contender, Dillian Whyte and former IBF World Champ, Russian Alexander Povetkin coming August 22nd that will be offered on Sky Sports PPV.

Now, we wait to see if the audience will rise for some or all.

 

[True Blue Moon]

I don't understand why Fox made Brian Kenny their lead blow-by-blow guy

He's so insufferable and tries too hard to hog the spotlight

 

[patscorpio]

James-Dulorme FOX Fight Peaked At 1,224,000 Viewers; Averaged 1,076,000
By Keith Idec

Published On Tue Aug 11, 2020, 08:26 PM EST

FOX’s telecast Saturday night was the most-watched boxing broadcast in the United States since the sport returned to television June 9.

Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that the main event of FOX’s three-bout broadcast, Jamal James’ victory over Thomas Dulorme, drew an average audience of 1,076,000 and a peak audience of 1,224,000 at the beginning of their 12-round, 147-pound title fight at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Before Saturday night, ESPN’s show June 9 drew the biggest audience of any boxing broadcast since the sport ended nearly a three-month break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main event of that telecast, Shakur Stevenson’s sixth-round knockout of Felix Caraballo, attracted a peak viewership of 609,000. An overall average of 397,000 viewers watched that five-fight show.

FOX, one of four major broadcast networks in the U.S., is available for free in nearly 115 million American homes. ESPN, a basic cable channel, has approximately 83 million subscribers in the U.S.

The main event of FOX’s previous boxing telecast was watched March 7 by a peak audience of 1,681,000 and averaged 1,675,000 viewers. Robert Helenius upset then-unbeaten heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki by fourth-round technical knockout in the main event that night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

While FOX’s show Saturday night drew more viewers than any boxing broadcast since March 7, viewership of its main event was lower than that of any “FOX PBC Fight Night” main event since Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions began its current four-year deal with the network.

The lowest viewership for a “FOX PBC Fight Night” main event since that deal was announced in September 2018 was for the show headlined by welterweights Danny Garcia and Adrian Granados in April 2019. That main event, in which Garcia knocked out Granados in the seventh round at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, was watched by an average of 1,391,000 viewers and a peak audience of 1,468,000.

Caleb Plant’s third-round technical knockout of Mike Lee drew a lower peak audience of 1,141,000 for FOX in July 2019.

Plant-Lee wasn’t the main event of the card that night, though. Their IBF super middleweight title fight was the lead-in to a FOX Sports Pay-Per-View show that featured welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman in the main event.

James and Dulorme, meanwhile, each headlined a show on free TV for the first time. Minneapolis’ James (27-1, 12 KOs) beat Las Vegas’ Dulorme (25-4-1, 16 KOs) by unanimous decision in their 12-rounder to win the WBA interim welterweight title.

The opener of FOX’s tripleheader, David Morrell Jr.’s win against Lennox Allen, drew an average of 766,000 viewers. The 22-year-old Morrell (3-0, 2 KOs), a Cuban southpaw, decisively beat Brooklyn’s Allen (22-1-1, 14 KOs) by unanimous decision in a 12-round fight for the WBA interim super middleweight title.

The subsequent bout, Omar Juarez’s victory over Willie Shaw, averaged 801,000 viewers. Juarez (8-0, 4 KOs), a junior welterweight prospect from Brownsville, Texas, out-pointed Shaw (12-2, 8 KOs), of Vallejo, California, and won a six-round unanimous decision.

The FS1 telecast that immediately followed FOX’s main event Saturday night attracted an average audience of 127,000.

That three-fight show peaked at 150,000 viewers toward the beginning of a 10-round welterweight bout between Luke Santamaria and Mykal Fox. Santamaria (11-1-1, 7 KOs), of Garden Grove, California, upset Fox (22-2, 5 KOs), of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, by unanimous decision.