Cotto-Kamegai Peaked at 805K Viewers, Averaged 730K on HBO

[Ruthless-RKO]

Even in direct competition with a pay-per-view extravaganza, boxing fans tuned in to watch Miguel Cotto’s return to the ring.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, HBO’s broadcast of Cotto’s victory over Yoshihiro Kamegai drew a peak audience of 805,000 viewers on Saturday night. An average audience of 730,000 watched Cotto’s 12-round, unanimous-decision win.

The Cotto-Kamegai match ended before Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s technical knockout of Conor McGregor began because pay-per-view ordering glitches caused the start of Mayweather-McGregor to be delayed by about a half hour.

Mayweather-McGregor was expected to negatively impact Cotto-Kamegai ratings because at least portions of the fights were expected to air simultaneously.

The Cotto-Kamegai bout ended at approximately 11:45 p.m. ET/8:45 p.m. PT at StubHub Center in Carson, California, about 20 minutes before the delayed start of Mayweather-McGregor at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

[Ricky_]

I still haven't watched the Davis fight because i watched this tremendous spectacle of a man with a face made of impenetrable concrete.

[crusader]

I still haven't watched the Davis fight because i watched this tremendous spectacle of a man with a face made of impenetrable concrete.

The Japanese Provo

[gilgamesh]

I still haven't watched the Davis fight because i watched this tremendous spectacle of a man with a face made of impenetrable concrete.

The Japanese Provo

Minus the punching power.