The replay of The Money Fight on Showtime this past Saturday drew 549,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. In addition, an epilogue of All Access which followed immediately after drew 291,000 viewers.
The Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight drew 549,000 Showtime subscribers and 0.15 in the A18-49 demo for the 42 minutes it aired on the network starting at 9:23pm ET. It was a stand-alone presentation as it was not coupled with any live fights.
Previous PPV replays of note:
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 1.18M on HBO (coupled with Canelo-Kirkland)
Canelo-Chavez, Jr.: 769,000 on HBO
Canelo-Smith: 459,000 on HBO
Canelo-Khan: 767,000 on HBO
Canelo-Cotto: 901,000 on HBO
Mayweather-Berto: 587,000 on Showtime
Payout Perspective:
Maybe everyone saw the fight the previous Saturday or the opening weekend of college football detracted from the viewership. The Labor Day Weekend likely took away some of the network subscribers from the ratings. In comparison, the Mayweather-Pacquiao replay drew almost double the viewership although it was coupled with the live event of Canelo-Kirkland. You might recall that event drew the best boxing ratings on HBO since 2006.
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