Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 1.487 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
The main event saw Jose Ramirez defeat Mike Reed in a junior welterweight matchup. The victory keeps Ramirez in line for a shot at the title vacated by Terrence Crawford. In addition, Artur Beterbiev beat down Enrico Koelling to win the vacant IBF World Light Heavyweight title and remains undefeated.
Surprisingly, the ratings rank 2nd behind the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight for Top Rank Boxing on ESPN. The event’s lead-in was the Alabama-Mississippi State game which drew over 7 million viewers.
Headliners for Top Rank on ESPN since July 2016 and the telecast overall rating:
7/1/17: Pacquiao-Horn – 2.812 million
8/19/17: Crawford-Indongo – 965,000
8/05/17: Lomachenko-Marriaga – 728,000
9/23/17: Valdez-Servania – 706,000
Payout Perspective:
The ratings are a success for Top Rank as the fighters on the card are not really known to the casual boxing fan. Still, the placement on ESPN after a big college football game likely aided the ratings in this case. It is hard to think that this telecast did far much better than one with Terrence Crawford or Vasyl Lomachenko on it.
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