[bballchump11]

Incredible. Genius move by Al Haymon to put the former Olympian on NBC right after the Men's basketball gold medal game and in between the closing ceremonies. Spence may become (or already is) a star after destroying Bundu in front of that crowd.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/767824018925682688

edit: http://www.boxingscene.com/errol-spence-over-moon-with-monster-rating-6-million--108022
"Following the broadcast of the 2016 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team's gold medal-winning performance, Spence Jr.'s fight posted a peak audience of 6.34 million viewers and averaged 4.8 million viewers for the entire hour. This fight is the highest-rated PBC fight to-date.

Spence-Bundu drew the largest television audience for boxing in over 18 years (August 21, 2016 vs. March 23, 1998)."

 

[bballchump11]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/767894860254711808

 

[Brownies]

Incredible. A star is born ! :hammertime

 

[Lampley]

Nice! Happy for Spence, and hopefully this bodes well for upcoming PBC shows.

 

[Cableaddict]

Thrilled for Spence.

- but this is just going to encourage Uncle Al to orchestrate more & more mis-matches, going for those casual-friendly KO's. We all know where this is heading......


Still, thrilled for Spence.

 

[Bogotazo]

What the fuck

 

[One to watch]

They all came for bundu.

They heard he beat Lee purdy and so tuned in.

 

[Floyd_g.o.a.t]

I can't believe my eyes! That is insane! Does this include those just flicking through the channels though?

 

[Flag Nonce]

Bundu's a draw!
Uncle Al knows this

 

[Kampioni]

Fuck the guy is a beast I hope we see him against a legit top 5 welter by years end

 

[Chatty]

Nice. Hopefully yhey can capitalize by getting him a big fight next. Dude is ready for anyone in the division.

 

[JamieC]

They all came for bundu.

They heard he beat Lee purdy and so tuned in.

When you beat a legend, you become a legend.

 

[Cableaddict]

Maybe 5 1/2 million basketball fans were simply too drunk to change the channel?

 

[ThatBoxingGuy2022]

Maybe 5 1/2 million basketball fans were simply too drunk to change the channel?

It said 75% of people didnt change the channel so realistically everyone could have just been taking a shit before the closing ceremony

 

[Atlanta]

Very fucking good. Hopefully Al explores putting on more fights during the afternoon on the weekend.

The only bad thing is that everybody saw Spence's yee yee ass haircut.

 

[McKay]

Was just about to post this. It's great news for American boxing, especially seeing as Spence looked fantastic in the fight. Yeah, Bundu isn't any sort of world level operator, but the majority of the 6 million viewers don't know or care about that. They tuned in to see a promising young talent and he put in a great performance.

 

[Guest]

LOL those mugs on the Boxing Rant were saying the timing was shit.

 

[rjjfan]

When you beat a legend, you become a legend.

And in his prime as well, not 5 years later. :clap:

 

[Atlanta]

LOL those mugs on the Boxing Rant were saying the timing was shit.

Shows how much they know about business and entertainment.

 

[bballchump11]

LOL those mugs on the Boxing Rant were saying the timing was shit.

That's Steve Kim's garbageass show?