Jacobs-Arias Peaks at 765,000 Viewers, Averages 706,000 on HBO

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Ratings for HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” tripleheader Saturday night reflected direct boxing competition on ESPN.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, Daniel Jacobs’ easy victory Luis Arias drew a peak audience of 765,000 viewers and averaged 706,000. Milwaukee’s Arias (18-1, 9 KOs) wasn’t willing to engage during much of his 12-round defeat to Brooklyn’s Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs), the best opponent of his five-year pro career.

Much of the tripleheader that featured Jacobs went head-to-head with an ESPN broadcast from Fresno, California, in which junior welterweight contender Jose Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs) knocked out Mike Reed (23-1, 12 KOs) in the second round of the main event.

HBO, a premium cable channel, has roughly 32 million subscribers in the United States. ESPN, a basic cable network, is available in nearly 90 million American homes.

HBO’s co-featured fight Saturday night, a heavyweight bout between Jarrell Miller and Mariusz Wach, peaked at 739,000 viewers and averaged 673,000. Brooklyn’s Miller (20-0-1, 18 KOs) stopped Poland’s Wach (33-3, 17 KOs) in the ninth round of a scheduled 12-rounder Miller was winning easily.

Miller made his HBO debut, as did Long Island junior welterweight Cletus Seldin, who won impressively in the opener of the tripleheader. Seldin’s victory, a third-round stoppage of Mexico’s Roberto Ortiz (35-2-2, 26 KOs), was watched by a peak audience of 556,000 and drew an average viewership of 532,000.

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It didn't do more than Rungvisai-Gonzalez II or Cotto-Kamegai.. but I think they're good numbers.. boxing viewership isn't going back to what it used to be.. and my American posters might correct me when I say HBO World Championship Boxing usually is better than Boxing After Dark..

So whilst they're not the best of numbers. The build wasn't so bad.. Jacobs + Hearn +
Matchroom USA + HBO = respectable numbers..

Maybe his next fight breaks 800k..

It takes someone special and a KO artist, like Jacobs is supposed to be but never proved to be, to achieve over 1 million viewers.

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Miller-Wach numbers I think were good..

[boxing_rocks]

Jacobs won't do better next time as an A side, as he didn't show anything exciting.

[jamamb]

ya, get danny someone he can look explosive against who is a recognized name.

[Ossyrules]

Not too bad numbers, which means it probably hurts the fight was pretty boring even more

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Not too bad numbers, which means it probably hurts the fight was pretty boring even more

I agree. It was his chance to show off.. unless he fights a good name next..

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The ratings for the ESPN boxing telecast headlined by Jose Ramirez on Saturday night were almost as impressive as Ramirez’s performance.

An average of 1,487,000 viewers watched the one-hour, 50-minute telecast from Fresno, California, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs), an area hero, knocked out previously unbeaten Mike Reed (23-1, 12 KOs) in the second round of their main event, a junior welterweight bout that was scheduled for 10 rounds.

The opener of ESPN’s doubleheader, a light heavyweight championship bout between Artur Beterbiev and Enrico Koelling, was watched by an average audience of 1.9 million viewers.

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The ratings for the ESPN boxing telecast headlined by Jose Ramirez on Saturday night were almost as impressive as Ramirez’s performance.

An average of 1,487,000 viewers watched the one-hour, 50-minute telecast from Fresno, California, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs), an area hero, knocked out previously unbeaten Mike Reed (23-1, 12 KOs) in the second round of their main event, a junior welterweight bout that was scheduled for 10 rounds.

The opener of ESPN’s doubleheader, a light heavyweight championship bout between Artur Beterbiev and Enrico Koelling, was watched by an average audience of 1.9 million viewers.

ESPN has a much greater audience in the US than HBO, so whilst Top Rank's figures are impressive, I doubt that Matchroom will ever be capable of achieving average audience figures anywhere near the 1.5m mark, simply because their customer base is much smaller.

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ESPN has a much greater audience in the US than HBO, so whilst Top Rank's figures are impressive, I doubt that Matchroom will ever be capable of achieving average audience figures anywhere near the 1.5m mark, simply because their customer base is much smaller.

Yeh, Hearn would need to broadcast his shows on Fox or ESPN to get anything like 1.5 million average.