The Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza fight on ESPN on Saturday night drew 1.865 million viewers on the network for its two-hour broadcast which was preceded by the Heisman Trophy telecast. The lead-in likely helped the Top Rank Boxing ratings but Lomachenko is becoming destiny television for many fans. The event drew 0.63 in the A18-49 demo […]
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Top Rank Boxing on Friday night draws 950,000 on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on Friday night drew 950,000 viewers per Nieslen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast saw Maurice Hooker TKO Alex Saucedo in the seventh round of their title fight. It was an exciting fight as Hooker went down in the second round of the fight versus the previously unbeaten Saucedo. Hooker retained his junior […]
ESPN Top Rank Boxing reports strongest telecast of 2018
ESPN Top Rank Boxing on Saturday night drew 2.245 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the highest-rated live boxing telecast of 2018. Ring.tv reports that the peak of the telecast drew 2.7 million viewers. The main event saw Terrence Crawford put away Jose Benavidez, Jr. in the 12th and final […]
Crawford-Benavidez fight draws big ratings on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew a 1.6 metered market rating according to Nielsen which made it the highest-rated boxing telecast in 2018. The main event which featured Terence Crawford scoring a 12th round KO of Jose Benavidez averaged a 1.8 metered market rating. The main event was the highest-rated Top Rank bout […]
HBO leaving boxing busines
The NY Times reports that HBO is leaving the boxing business after 45 years in the business. HBO’s vice president of sports, Peter Nelson, made the announcement to HBO Boxing production staff Thursday morning. According to the NY Times, Jim Lampley will remain on with HBO while Max Kellerman, Harold Lederman, Andre Ward and Roy […]