ESPN Top Rank Boxing fought some stiff competition in cable TV ratings on St. Patrick Day as it drew 488,000 viewers Saturday night opposite the NCAA Tournament according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
The event featured Michael Conlan as he faced David Berna in a super bantamweight matchup in New York. Conlan dispensed of Berna in just the second round. The Irish fighter moves to 6-0.
Also on the telecast, Oleksandr Gvozdyk defeated Mehdi Amar to win the vacant interim light heavyweight titled.
The main event featured Jose Ramirez as he defeated Amir Imam to win the WBC vacant junior welterweight title.
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The telecast on ESPN Saturday night went up against a slate of NCAA second round tournament games on Saturday including Houston-Michigan which topped the night on cable Saturday on TBS with over 3.8 million viewers, Florida-Texas Tech on TNT which drew over 2.8 million and Loyola-Chicago and Tennessee on TNT which drew 2.85 million.
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