Premier Boxing Champions on NBC, March 7

[L.Kizzle]

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Boxing is back in a big way, on network TV in prime time this weekend!!! Not only in the ring, but on the sidelines also. Big names calling these fights. Marv Albert, Sugar Ray Leonard, Laila, Al Michaels and BJ Flores. And big names in the ring. This is what boxing needs. All the other major sports are on betwork television besides boxing.

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March 7
Premier Boxing Champions on NBC

Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero [#4 WBA] for Thurman

[You Cant Ban Me]

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[L.Kizzle]

Broner came in 1 pound over the weight limit. They're showing the weight in on NBC Sports Net.

[L.Kizzle]

Laila Ali towers over Adrien Broner.

[IGOTGAME]

how is the dude about to fight Abner?

[L.Kizzle]

Who you got tonight kizzle?

I got Thurman by KO (ima call 5th round?) and Broner by decision
No, Thurman will win but not by knockout.
Broner has a better chance at a knock out to be honest. But I see neither getting knockout though Molina and Guerrero will hit the canvas at least once.

[PistonsFan#21]

No, Thurman will win but not by knockout.
Broner has a better chance at a knock out to be honest. But I see neither getting knockout though Molina and Guerrero will hit the canvas at least once.

If Thurman hurts Guerrero enough to drop him, hes either knocking him out cold after that or the ref stops it.

[L.Kizzle]

It's about to go down in a few minutes

[L.Kizzle]

Looks like a concert.

[DonDadda59]

Nice production value. Haymon isn't being stingy with his investors' money.

[IGOTGAME]

Molina looks scared of Broner's power right now. Broner sitting on punches, juicing or is Molina shook

[IGOTGAME]

Molina looks scared of Broner's power right now. Broner sitting on punches, juicing or is Molina shook

Actually Molina is just ass...

[L.Kizzle]

Clown lol.

[L.Kizzle]

Boo
Butt fight
Molinas corner tells him to go for the knockout in round 12 and he barley throws anything.

[L.Kizzle]

Lol pulled the mic away from him.

[DonDadda59]

John Molina just killed Boxing on network TV. Thanks, John.

[L.Kizzle]

AB pulling the same lines :lol
Da Can-Man.

[L.Kizzle]

John Molina just killed Boxing on network TV. Thanks, John.
Thought they were gonna get the Molina from the Lucas fight. They got the one from the Mickey Bey fight minus the last 39 seconds of that fight.

[DonDadda59]

N e Body Can get it

:applause:

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[DonDadda59]

It's on Thurman and Guerrero to save Boxing now. No pressure.

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[1987_Lakers]

You can already see that this is going to be a better fight than Molina-Broner.

[L.Kizzle]

It's on Thurman and Guerrero to save Boxing now. No pressure.

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Save boxing, boxing is fine.

[L.Kizzle]

How often will PBC be on NBC? Monthly thing? Seasonal?
They said 20 shows this year. With shows on CBS also.

[L.Kizzle]

I spot Faizon Love in the front row?

[Scoooter]

Boxing's not going to last long on network tv if they throw duds like Molina up there.

[dude77]

guerrero showing some heart .. I thought he was done there

[L.Kizzle]

It's on Thurman and Guerrero to save Boxing now. No pressure.

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Saved. :applause:

[dude77]

thurman acting like a total bitch right now smh .. fight you piece of shit

[L.Kizzle]

thurman acting like a total bitch right now smh .. fight you piece of shit
He's been beating his ass the whole fight. Give him a round to goof off.

[DonDadda59]

Saved. :applause:

Haymon right now

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Thurman on some run time bullshit.

[L.Kizzle]

This fight reminded me of that Danny Garcia-Zab Judah fight from a few years back. Robert went down mid fight like Zab, but came back the final three rounds.

[L.Kizzle]

Pretty good ratings last night.

I think the ratings will only get better.

[Tarik One]

I thought Thurman looked great considering his opponent. In the lead up people were talking about Guerrero like he was a push over, like Thurman was picking him for an easy knockout, and I didn't understand that at all. Guerrero has always been a fantastic fighter and warrior, is southpaw and has never been stopped, so Thurman handled him well. The only other guy to dominate him like that was Floyd.

Thurman has brutal thudding power, but he does get visibly uncomfortable on the inside and he does get discouraged when he hits a guy hard and they don't go anywhere. He definitely needs to add a jab to his arsenal because a lunges way too much. Overall, Thurman is a great young fighter and one of the top guys at WW, now I'd love to see him go against another one of the division's elite like Khan, Maidana, Brook, Porter, ect. I think a match with JMM would be very interesting and a great test to see what Thurman could work against an elite counter puncher.

[SCREWstonRockets]

Pretty good ratings last night.

I think the ratings will only get better.

Hopefully but for comparisons, UFCs first show on Fox did 3.1 rating compared to 0.9 for PBC. Crazy how popular UFC is.

The first show was interesting. First fight was a dud because Molina didn't come to fight. Thurman-Guerrero was good though. The only thing I didn't like is that it seemed like they were trying to clean up boxing for NBC. Like make it a PG version. No ring card girls, they stripped down the entrances, which brings a lot of excitment for fights. Entrances felt generic. You can tell they told Broner to tone in down lol.

But all in all, it was a good start. As long as there is at least one competitive fight on each show, I can't complain.

[Tarik One]

You can tell they told Broner to tone in down lol

That mic pull was hilarious.

NBC Exec: "If he starts talking ignorant, you cut that interview fast"

Reporter: "Sure thing, boss"

[L.Kizzle]

Everywhere I read it said it got a 3.13 rating. Where is this 0.9 coming from?

[L.Kizzle]

Also, I think that UFC show was for the Heavyweight Championship. Plus went head to head with Duke-North Carolina. Thurman is basically an unknown headlining. Broner is somewhat known, but he was fighting John Molina. Had Broner fought Matthysee or Danny Garcia. ...

Deontay Wilder will be on NBC in the coming months.

[SCREWstonRockets]

Everywhere I read it said it got a 3.13 rating. Where is this 0.9 coming from?
3 million viewers and the rating are separate numbers but the same. 3.13 million viewers is 0.9 or 1.0 rating.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/08/tv-ratings-saturday-boxing-wins-night-48-hours-in-an-instant-down/372327/


On NBC, Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon scored a 0.6, down 33 percent from a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating for its most recent original episode. Premier Boxing Champions notched a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating.

On CBS, 48 Hours garnered a 0.7, down 22 percent from last week's 0.9 adults 18-49 rating.

On ABC, 20/20 garnered a 0.6, down 14 percent from a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating for its most recent Saturday episode. In An Instant earned a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 22 percent from a 0.9 for Friday's premiere.