Undefeated lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has inked a co-promotional deal with Top Rank which will allow him to appear on the ESPN network. The question becomes what will happen to a much-anticipated rematch with Premier Boxing Champions and World Boxing Council champion Deontay Wilder. The Fury-Wilder rematch was reportedly close to fruition, but with […]
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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN (2/10) draws 655,000 viewers
The ESPN airing of Top Rank Boxing on Sunday night drew 655,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event drew 233,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and drew a 0.44 share. The event featured Jose Ramirez taking on Jose Zepeda with Ramirez winning and retaining his junior welterweight title via majority decision. The […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN (2/2) draws 880,000 viewers
Top Rank Boxing airing on ESPN Saturday night drew 880,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event, which included preliminary bouts to the main event of Sergey Kovalev and Eleider Alvarez, peaked at 1.022 million viewers. On the network telecast Oscar Valdez defeated Carmine Tommasone via 7th round stoppage. The opening bout featured […]
Lomachenko fight draws over 2M viewers on ESPN Saturday night
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 […]
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 […]