According to Nielsen, the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight drew a 1.8 metered market rating which makes it the highest-rated boxing event on ESPN this decade.
Horn scored a controversial win over Pacquiao to win the WBO Welterweight belt. The main event delivered a 2.4 overnight rating.
It will be interesting to see how it did up against the networks on Saturday as NBC showed a NASCAR event and Fox aired an MLB game.
It was the first event in a newly forged deal between Top Rank and ESPN.
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