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By Zach Arnold | May 7, 2006

By Zach Arnold
There’s a wrestler in Puerto Rico named “Mr. Raytings” Ray Gonzalez. Now, meet Japan’s version of Mr. Ratings. 19-year old boxing star Koki Kameda, who’s May 5th fight was broadcasted on Tokyo Broadcasting System, drew a 40.8% QH peak rating according to Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan). The overall average rating was a 33.0%.
The HERO’s 5/3 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show did a 14.5% average rating, with the high QH peak rating being a 20.5%. The PRIDE 5/5 Osaka Dome show drew a 17.6% average rating on Fuji TV (from 10 PM-12 AM), with a high QH rating of 22.9%.
According to a release on PRIDE’s HP, they claim that the following matches got the following ratings: Kohsaka vs. Hunt (17.8%), Fujita vs. Thompson (20.8%), Nogueira vs. Zulu (21.8%), Josh vs. Alexander (21.0%), and Yoshida vs. Nishijima (21.0%).
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Is this good news or bad news? It seems to me that doing a 17.6% in the face of huge competition would be pretty good.
Solid would be the right word to describe it.
Man that boxer pulls huge ratings!!!
With all the hype around him, people make Kameda seem like the second coming of ‘Fighting’ Harada, when in reality he’s got a way to go to get near that level, talent wise.
[…] However, one major factor is starting to develop, which is the rise of the young (pre-20s) Kameda boxing brothers, who are starting to deliver major TV rating numbers for Tokyo Broadcasting System. Today, Daily Sports reports that there is interest in having a “Kameda Matsuri (Festival)” on New Year’s Eve. TBS has been the previous backer of the Kameda boxing shows, and would likely back this proposed event. […]