Andre Ward’s return to the ring Saturday night drew 1.064 million HBO subscribers according to Sports TV Ratings. Ward defeated Sullivan Barrera by unanimous decision in what many believe is a tune up for bigger fights (i.e. Sergey Kovalev). HBO Boxing drew 1.064 million from 10:55pm-11:42pm ET on Saturday night. This included 506,000 in the […]
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HBO’s 03.05.16 Boxing After Dark tops out at 740,000 for main event
HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew an average viewership of 740,000 viewers for its main fight of the evening which featured Luis Ortiz versus Tony Thompson. Ortiz knocked out Thompson in the sixth-round on Saturday night. The fight, which aired from 11:10pm-11:33pm ET drew 740,000 viewers and 313,000 viewers in the Adults 18-49 demo per Sports […]
Crawford draws 982K on HBO
HBO’s Boxing event Saturday night featuring Terrence Crawford drew an average of 982,000 subscribers of the premium network per Sports TV Ratings. Crawford defeated Hank Lundy to retain his junior welterweight title. It was Crawford’s first time fighting in New York as he sold-out the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The Crawford-Lundy event drew 982,000 […]
Kovalev-Pascual II draws 1.179M on HBO
The Sergei Kovalev-Jean Pascual rematch on HBO drew 1.179 million HBO viewers Saturday night according to Sports TV Ratings. Kovalev won a lopsided fight with a stoppage in the 7th round. The main event on HBO peaked at 1.269M viewers. The other fight that aired on HBO saw Dmitry Mikhaylenko defeat Karim Mayfield via unanimous […]
Canelo-Cotto draws 900K PPV buys per HBO
HBO reports (via ESPN) that the Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto fight on November 21st in Vegas drew 900,000 PPV buys and about $58 million in domestic PPVs. The 900,000 PPV buys is promising for HBO as no fight not featuring Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao or Oscar De La Hoya have scored 900,000 buys since 2002 when […]