Deontay Wilder produced big ratings for Showtime on Saturday night as his win over Luis Ortiz drew 1.055 million viewers on the premium network. Wilder’s fight with Ortiz drew a peak audience of 1.2 million viewers and averaged almost 1.1 million viewers. It’s the largest viewership since Wilder faced Bermane Stiverne in January 2015. Wilder […]
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Superfly 2 on HBO Saturday night peaks with 753,000 for Rungvisai win
HBO Boxing’s Saturday night telecast, Superfly 2, drew 639,000 for the main event featuring Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada peaked at 753,000 viewers according to Nielsen. Runvisai successfully defended his WBC super flyweight title against Estrada with a majority decision. The co-feature saw McWilliams Arroyo defeat Carlos Cuardras and draw 548,000 viewers and peaked […]
Danny Garcia tops salaries for HBO event at Mandalay Bay
MMA Payout has obtained from the Nevada Athletic Commission the payouts, attendance and gates from last week’s boxing event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center featuring Danny Garcia and Brandon Rios. The event sold 4,139 tickets for a gate of $925,180. There were 1,439 total comps. The payouts were as follows: Danny Garcia $1,250,000 def. […]
Garcia-Rios on Showtime Saturday peaks with 558,000 viewers
The return of Danny Garcia to the ring saw him draw 516,000 viewers on Showtime Saturday night according to Nielsen. His fight against Brandon Rios peaked at 558,000 viewers. Garcia KO’d Rios in the 9th round. It drew 0.18 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen. It was the main event of a 3-fight telecast on […]