Lomachenko-Linares Had Peak Viewership of 1,749,000 on ESPN

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Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jorge Linares was the most-watched boxing match on cable television in 2018.

According to Nielsen Media Research statistics released Wednesday, Lomachenko’s 10th-round technical knockout of Linares drew a peak audience of 1,749,000 on Saturday night for ESPN. The average audience during that main event from Madison Square Garden was 1,439,000.

When the broadcast began at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, 529,000 viewers were watching. Thus the audience more than tripled from the time it began until it reached its peak during the 10th round of Lomachenko-Linares.

Golovkin-Martirosyan was broadcast by HBO, a premium cable channel that has a U.S. subscriber base of roughly 32,000,000. ESPN, a basic cable network, is available in approximately 86 million homes in the United States.

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Much better

[jamamb]

werent there lower numbers floatng around the otther day. were those bogus then

[Mexi-Box]

The numbers from the previous post were more conservative since, I'm assuming, it didn't weigh-in peak viewership

[Ruthless-RKO]

werent there lower numbers floatng around the otther day. were those bogus then

That was the average of the whole card. It was only a 2-fight card. Hardly anyone tuned in befoe the Lom-Lin fight.

[boxing_rocks]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Good to know.