Manny Pacquiao will be facing Jessie Vargas on November 5th on pay-per-view. However, according to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, HBO will not be the PPV distributor despite a contract with Pacquiao. The cause might be due to the fact that HBO PPV will be handling the anticipated fight between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev on […]
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Ward fight draws 742,000 on HBO
Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Andre Ward drew 742,000 subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The one-fight telecast served as a warmup for Ward’s showdown with Sergey Kovalev this November. The event drew 356,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 category per Sports TV Ratings. Ward handily defeated his opponent via unanimous decision. Per Sports TV […]
Crawford-Postol replay draws 378,000 on HBO
The PPV replay of the Terrence Crawford-Viktor Postol fight drew 378,000 HBO subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The event, which aired from 10:15-11:17pm ET also drew 178,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. Showtime Boxing drew 480,000 viewers and 201,000 in the adult 18-49 demo. Not a good showing considering Crawford drew 982,000a live event […]
HBO-Showtime post similar ratings on Saturday night
HBO Boxing edged out Showtime Boxing in ratings as the two went up against one another for most of Saturday night. According to Sports TV Ratings, the fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Roman “Rocky” Martinez drew 585,000 HBO network subscribers. It drew 269,000 in the adult 18-49 category. Lomachenko scored a stunning KO of Martinez […]
HBO Boxing’s Vargas-Salido draws 833,000
HBO Boxing Saturday night drew 833,000 network subscribers on Saturday for the Francisco Vargas-Orlando Salido fight. The live fight, which aired from 11:44pm-12:32 am, per Sports TV Ratings was the third-most watched cable sports program on Saturday night. It bested the UFC Prelims which drew 798,000 viewers. The HBO fight received 393,000 viewers in the […]