According to Nielsen, the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight drew a 1.8 metered market rating which makes it the highest-rated boxing event on ESPN this decade. Horn scored a controversial win over Pacquiao to win the WBO Welterweight belt. The main event delivered a 2.4 overnight rating. It will be interesting to see how it did […]
Top Rank
Report states Top Rank strikes deal with ESPN, Pacquiao to fight on network July 1st
CBS Sports reports that Manny Pacquiao’s July 1st fight against Jeff Horn will be on ESPN to kick off a new Top Rank series with the network. No word what the new alignment means with Top Rank’s longstanding relationship with HBO. A Ring.tv report indicates that the new partnership with ESPN will also telecast Vasyl Lomachenko […]
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Joshua-Klitschko to air on Showtime and HBO Saturday
Promoters for heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko have come to terms to air the IBF heavyweight title fight on both Showtime and HBO. Showtime will air the live broadcast at 1:15pm PT and HBO will rebroadcast it in prime time at 7:45pm PT. The event takes place at Wembley Stadium in London. Per […]
HBO Boxing draws 806,000 for Crawford-Molina
HBO Boxing’s main event of Terrence Crawford versus John Molina drew 806,000 subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. It drew 416,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. According to Nielsen, the viewership peaked at 871,000 viewers. Crawford made a defense of his junior welterweight title in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. The ratings are below average […]