ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s Showtime card had its best viewership prior to the main event.
Erislandy Lara’s win over Terrell Gausha drew 399,000 viewers and peaked at 476,000 Showtime subscribers according to Nielsen. But the Jermell Charlo Erickson Lubin fight averaged 495,000 viewers and peaked with 537,000. The first fight between Jarrett Hurd and Austin Trout averaged 430,000 and peaked at 555,000 viewers.
Payout Perspective:
The Showtime event aired after PBC on Fox. The ratings are unusual as one would expect that viewership would increase as the telecast goes on but in t his case, the viewership peaked during the first two fights.
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