Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 704,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The UFC Prelims, which drew 1.7M viewers was the lead-in for the boxing telecast on ESPN.
In addition, to the 704,000 viewers, it drew 332,000 in the A18-49 demo. The telecast featured Eleider Alvarez as he returned from almost a year away from the ring to stop Michael Seals.
Recent Top Rank on ESPN Ratings
1/11/20 Top Rank Boxing 388,000
11/2 Top Rank Boxing 635,000
10/19 Top Rank Boxing 635,000
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:
The UFC serving as the lead-in may have helped although those wanting to see a Conor McGregor PPV probably clicked over so this telecast might have some DVR viewers. Still, ESPN having a night of live combat sports seems to be helping with viewership.
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