Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Friday night drew 662,000 viewers and a 0.22 rating in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen. The event took place the night before the big GGG-Canelo Alvarez fight. The main event of the ESPN telecast saw Jose Ramirez defeat Antonio Orozco via unanimous decision in a matchup of super lightweights. The […]
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HBO’s BAD draws 777,000 for main event
HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew 777,000 viewers for the main event Saturday night featuring Jaime Munguia and Liam Smith. The fight peaked with 827,000 network subscribers. On the other card of the evening, Alberto Machado defeated Rafael Mensah via unanimous decision. The event peaked at 762,000 viewers and had an overall viewership of 665,000 for […]
Pacquiao-Matthysse available on ESPN+ in U.S.
One week before Manny Pacquiao’s return to the ring against Lucas Matthysse and the fight finally has a U.S. broadcast partner in ESPN + announced it will stream the fight live from Malaysia. By the time Pacquiao fights Matthysse, it will have been over a year since his last fight on ESPN against Jeff Horn […]
Three live boxing events Saturday night split viewership
Boxing was big on television Saturday night with 3 live telecasts for fans to choose. Each telecast outdrew Bellator on Paramount ratings. HBO’s telecast featuring Daniel Jacobs was the highest-rated fight on cable television. Jacobs’ unanimous decision win over Maciej Sulecki drew 811,000 viewers and 341,000 in the A18-49 demo. It drew a household rating […]
Top Rank Boxing to be featured on new ESPN+ service
ESPN announced its new over the top platform which will debut next week. The service will feature Top Rank Boxing as well as many other professional and college sports. The standalone subscription streaming service, ESPN+ will launch on April 12th for $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year. ESPN+ will be integrated into the main […]