This weekend’s boxing event took a step back from the last couple of weeks as events for Top Rank on ESPN and PBC on FS1 were flat likely overshadowed by the NCAA Tournament.
On Saturday night, Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 469,000 viewers and 150,000 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz. The event featured Kubrat Pulev as he defeated Bogdan Dinu via KO in the 7th round. There were two fights on the telecast which aired Saturday night.
Sunday afternoon, PBC on FS1 took place with a fight between Lamont Petersen and Sergey Lipinets. The Kazakhstani Russian stopped Petersen who then announced his retirement from boxing. The event drew 374,000 viewers and only 74,000 in the A18-49 demo.
On another note, College Wrestling on ESPN drew 312,000/128,000 A18-49 Thursday (7:00pm), 407,000/147,000 A18-49 Friday night (8:00pm start), 625,000/245,000 A18-49 Saturday night (7:00pm EST start) for the NCAA Mat Madness showdown.
Payout Perspective:
This weekend sports programs were likely overshadowed by the NCAA Tournament which started for both the men’s and women’s brackets. The opening rounds usually garner a lot of viewership which likely meant that most other sports took backseats to them. The PBC on FS1 event is somewhat low for a name like Petersen, but with a late afternoon/early evening start it competed with NCAA games.
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