The undercard for the Top Rank Boxing event this past Saturday night on ESPN2 drew 493,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast preceded the main card for the Fury-Schwarz fight.
The event drew 143,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.32 share overall.
The undercard featured several fights including Junior lightweight Mikaela Mayer’s win over Lizbeth Crespo and Albert Belll’s win over Andy Vences.
On the main card, Jesse Hart scored a victory over Sullivan Barrera in a mild upset in a light heavyweight contender matchup. The main card was featured on ESPN+.
Payout Perspective:
The prelims began at 4pm west coast time so the 493,000 viewers is a pretty decent turnout for boxing on ESPN2. According to Jake Donovan, it outperformed every 2019 PBC Show on FS1 except for one and every Showtime card except for last month’s Wilder-Breazeale fight. The ratings could go to the draw of the heavyweight matchups and/or the character that is Tyson Fury because the fight itself was anticlimactic and not competitive.
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