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Top Rank Boxing on Friday draws 635,000 on ESPN

October 21, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Top Rank Boxing on Friday night drew 635,000 viewers for its event on ESPN.

The event featured light heavyweights Artur Beterbiev and Alex Gvozdyk.

Beterbiev called FIGHT in Round 🔟😮

After going the distance, an overwhelming 10th round made Beterbiev THE man to beat in the Light Heavyweight division. #BeterbievNail pic.twitter.com/zk90hcmGcp

— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 19, 2019

Beterbiev stopped Gvozdyk in the 10th round and becomes a top choice for the winner of the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev winner November 2nd.

Recent Top Rank on ESPN Ratings

8/17 Top Rank Boxing  471,000

7/13 Top Rank Boxing 530,000

6/28 Top Rank Boxing (Fri) 490,000

6/8 Top Rank Boxing (Sat – Fury Prelims on ESPN2) 493,000

5/25 Top Rank Boxing 556,000

5/11 Top Rank Boxing 740,000

5/4 Top Rank Boxing 480,000

Payout Perspective:

In comparison to what the ratings have been on ESPN, Friday was a good night of viewership. Despite not a lot of promotion for the telecast, the viewership for the time and placement on the network seems like a win.

Filed Under: boxing, ESPN, Top Rank, TV

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