Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew an event high of 203,000 viewers on a night featuring Australian Tim Tszyu as he remains undefeated after his victory over Terrell Gausha. Tszyu defeated the American at the Minneapolis Armory to retain the WBO Global light-middleweight title. The main event drew 203,000 viewers and a 0.05 household rating. […]
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Showtime Boxing (02.27) draws high of 270K
Showtime Boxing drew a high of 270,000 viewers last weekend per Nielsen per ShowBuzz Daily. The 3-fight telecast featured Chris Colbert as he was upset by Hector Garcia. The lineal viewership reflects that Garcia’s victory drew 253,000 viewers and 0.05 in the A18-49 demo. The middle bout drew the highest ratings with 270,000 viewers as […]
Top 10 of 2021: No. 6 Bellator moves to Showtime
Bellator moved to CBS-owned Showtime in 2021 after a brief stint on CBS Sports Network in 2020. The promotion began it run this past April with most events airing on Friday nights. It also used a subscription special in order to entice fans to sign up for Showtime. Ratings on Showtime were sparse considering it […]
Charlo-Castano fight peaks at 536K on Showtime
The Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano fight this past Saturday night was the most-watched live boxing event on Showtime since December 19th as many fans tuned in to see the unification of the 154-pound belts. Fans saw an exciting fight, but a draw in the end leaving questions about the possibility of a rematch. According to Nielsen, […]
Jake Paul signs with Showtime Boxing
ESPN reports that YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will sign a deal with Showtime Sports. With only three professional fights under his belt, Paul is leaving Triller Fight Club to Showtime. Paul’s last fight was this past April against Ben Askren. Notably, former UFC exec Nakisa Bidarian represents both Paul and Askren. Bidarian indicated to ESPN that […]