Variety reports that ESPN and Fox Sports are coming together to bid for the television rights for the UFC. The companies will split the UFC TV package and we will see 15 fight events moving to new subscription streaming service ESPN+. ESPN, according to sources, ESPN is willing to pay $120-$180 million per year. Fox […]
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Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN draws 407,000 viewers
Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 407,000 viewers Saturday night. The event headlined by Jose Martinez and Alejandro Santiago garnered 104,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast aired about the same time as the Elite Eight game between Florida State and Michigan. The NCAA game on […]
ESPN scores highest cable boxing ratings in 2018 thus far
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew over 1 million viewers for its Saturday night telecast featuring Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg scored 1,082,000 on Saturday night. The 123-minute telecast drew a 0.37 rating in the A18-49 demo. According to Nielsen, the Andy Vences-Erick De Leon fight was the highest-rated boxing event on cable for 2018 […]
ESPN Top Rank Boxing Saturday night scores highest overnights this year
Saturday night’s ESPN Top Rank event drew the highest overnight ratings (in terms of market rating) for 2018 according to the network. It was the prelim fight between Andy Vences and Arick De Leon that scored a 0.8 metered market rating. Last week’s Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz drew a 0.7 rating on Showtime and 1.055M viewers. […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN draws 741,000 viewers Saturday night
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 741,000 viewers according to Nielsen (via ShowBuzz Daily). The event drew 0.21 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The event featured Zurdo Ramirez as he defeated Habib Ahmed in the 6th round to successfully defend his World Boxing Organization super middleweight title. In addition, Jerwin Ancajas, dubbed as […]