HBO Boxing’s Saturday night telecast, Superfly 2, drew 639,000 for the main event featuring Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada peaked at 753,000 viewers according to Nielsen.
Runvisai successfully defended his WBC super flyweight title against Estrada with a majority decision. The co-feature saw McWilliams Arroyo defeat Carlos Cuardras and draw 548,000 viewers and peaked at 598,000 viewers. The opening fight on Saturday night saw Donnie Nietes stop Juan Carlos Reveco after he was stunned at the end of the 6th round and the ref decided to stop the fight in the 7th. The fight drew 432,000 viewers and peaked at 533,000.
Payout Perspective:
In comparison with “Superfly” held this past September which saw the rematch between Rungvisai and Roman Gonzalez draw 796,000 viewers and peaking at 835,000. The ratings for this past Saturday’s event were on par with HBO’s first event in January when Lucas Matthysse stopped Tewa Kiram. The fight peaked with 769,000 viewers. The opening bout on that night drew 659,000 viewers and peaking with 731,000. The ratings may be attributed to the lack of Gonzalez on the card. Rungvisai may start to pick up some momentum with his second title defense and the appealing fight style. The “Superfly” cards are great ways to package the lighter weight divisions and hopefully we see more of these in the future.
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