Where is "New Recruit" being shown? I do not see any online buzz regarding it.

Would they do that to the SWDBS spin-off, you think? I can only imagine that there would be a slim chance that the two shows would support one another…

I read DWY is doing quite well on Netflix. Surprisingly, more than A Time Called You. I know that has no bearing on Korean ratings, but must have some positive impact for drama overall.

Chincha??? OMG, October is going to kill me. How come they have not dropped even a poster on it? PHS didn't mention anything about it in his Fan meet, which I found surprising (though I could be wrong).
I wonder how big of a cameo in the spin-off, though it is. The OG have the power to sideline the new couple, so it's a gamble they have taken. As it is, it neither looks nor sounds exciting. I guess they hope to draw the original crowd and pray for the rest.

For me this is the best drama currently airing. It has the most coherent and logical plot of any drama I've seen this year. Probably because it is based on an award-winning book.

KBS’s MY LOVELY BOXER (Viki US) ratings perspective.
I recall that after MBC’s I AM NOT A ROBOT (2017/18) (Viki US) aired Yoo Seung-ho gave a very interesting interview to discuss the drama and its poor ratings (for the time). INAR’s average nationwide Nielsen rating was 3.2%. He was shocked at first at the poor ratings. To lighten things up on the set he said:

“We joked amongst ourselves, ‘A three percent viewership rating really means viewers with the top three percent taste.'”

Here is my source. It shows what a classy guy YSH is:
https://www.soompi.com/article/1118415wpp/yoo-seung-ho-shares-honest-thoughts-low-viewership-ratings-not-robot
INAR continues to be a beanie favorite. i’m
I personally thought INAR’s poor ratings were related to how negatively the main characters were introduced in the first few episodes but that is a personal opinion.

Where am I going with this for MY LOVELY BOXER. Just take YSH’s quote above and replace ‘three percent’ with ‘one percent’.
I have been traveling for the last three weeks and will begin MLB full catch up mode today beginning at episode 3.
Just what I saw of Lee Sang-yeob’s performance as Tae-young in the first 2 episodes leads me to believe this is the best performance I have seen him give.

For those watching My Lovely Boxer: would you recommend that someone like myself who watched the first episode and did not like it revisit the show? Or is the first episode a good gauge of how I might enjoy it and I shouldn’t bother?

I’ve seen people watching it really enjoying it and I’m wondering if I should give it another go. Also, the OST is amazing.

I hesitate to analyze why My Lovely Boxer isn’t doing well because I know how much it hurts when someone criticizes a show that you really love – and some people really love this show.
With that said – stop reading if you love My Lovely Boxer.
I’m still watching this show and I do enjoy it, but it does have it’s faults.
My lovely Boxer started with ratings around 2%. The first two episodes focused too much on the baseball backstory. This is called My Lovely Boxer, not “My Lovely Brother from Another Mother Over the Hill Baseball Player.” From the start, the ML is a manipulative bully and despite some moments of empathy towards him, it does not negate the fact that he doesn’t take “No” as an answer from the FL. He forces her out of her desire to remain hidden, publicly exposes her whereabouts to the press, and forces her to quit a job (kindergarten teacher) that she loves. Between those two events that happened early in the show – I can see why a lot of people dropped the show – and it looks like they lost ½ the original audience after the premier. I kept watching hoping for a character arch of redemption and to watch the Boxing spectacle that is a cornerstone of sports dramas. The remaining episodes do get better.
This brings us to the Boxing Spectacle. This was touted as a sports show. One comparison I have ingrained in my memory is Twenty Five Twenty One which is about fencing – another sports focused drama on a sport that I care little about. That show did an amazing job with the fencing SPECTACLE. I remember the scene of Na Hee-Do’s first big tournament. She walks into a dark room. “Boom” all the lights turn on. The camera is focused on her alone walking on the fencing runway. I get chills remembering that scene and it’s been 1.5 years since I watched that scene. Compare that with the first Boxing match in My Lovely Boxer. I don’t remember any spectacle about it despite watching this 1.5 weeks ago. In Twenty Five Twenty One, that first match felt real. The anxiety, the stress, the strategy, and the heroics. In My Lovely Boxer, the first half of the match looks like the FL doesn’t even know how to box and the tonal shift of how she won the match was jarring. The only advice the agent/trainer could say was “Don’t get hit”. Duh – eyeroll. So much for a boxing prodigy. The entire boxing thing is just not believable. Didn’t the director at least watch Rocky to see why that dumb but full of heart movie succeeded.
Then there is the component of working hard. In Twenty Five Twenty One, we are shown that behind the glory was years of hard work and determination. It had the best depiction of the characters sweating. In My Lovely Boxer, it’s mostly morning runs with her not an athlete agent. They run at such a leisurely pace that they can talk normally and the highlight is getting candy from the old couple or getting donuts.
The only thing that My Lovely Boxer has going for it is the human element in the FL,...

Plus, no other strong competitor

I dunno, the romance is definitely bringing me to BYT

As I'm watching it, I'm often thinking "this is so dumb" but then I can't stop watching it haha
There's this level of absurdity that makes things work and then the moments of "reality" or a realistic/probable result happens, it highlights it.
And as you said, the mystery is intriguing.

Hmm, I will differ from you and probably many others on this, but I am not one of them.

I like both shows, and think they should be pulling in higher numbers than they are. But whereas DWY is arguably doing as well as most other romcoms have this year, MLB, a more layered and complex drama that could appeal to those who like all sorts of different genres, is failing to even manage a 2% share. I understand as @indyfan and others have pointed out that the romantic premise may be a turnoff for both potential and actual viewers, but in execution, like everything else about the show, I think it's well done. Would love to know what you think @seon-ha if/when you binge it.

I think the comparison should be between My Lovely Liar and My Lovely Boxer (the titles and on the same days), the second one is way better and it should win the ratings battle.