Plant-Uzcategui PBC on FS1 Card Peaks at 986,000 Viewers

[Ruthless-RKO]

The best night of Caleb Plant’s boxing career just so happened to be the best ever to date for hosting network FS1 as well.

Sunday’s edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FS1 drew a hefty average of 761,000 viewers over the course of the 2 ½ hour telecast, with its growing audience peaking at 986,000 viewers at the 10:00pm (ET) hour. The pull is the highest ever network average for any boxing telecast on FS1, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The show’s headliner saw the unbeaten Plant (18-0, 10KOs) win his first major title as a pro, unseating Jose Uzcategui (28-3, 23KOs) in their thrilling 12-round battle. Knockdowns in rounds two and four highlighted a strong early start for the Tennessee native, who fended off a late surge from the exiting champion to prevail by a well-earned unanimous decision.

Their bout played to a robust 917,000 viewers, marking the best performance for any single boxing match to appear on Fox Sports’ regional cable network. The telecast’s overall average for the night more than doubled any previous edition of PBC on FS1.

“We’re very excited and happy about the rating for the Uzcategui-Plant show on FS1 on Sunday night,’’ said Tim Smith, VP of Communications for Haymon Boxing. “That show was strong and had all the ingredients of what makes boxing entertaining for sports fans – action, drama, edge of the seat intrigue, and a star turn for Caleb Plant.”

[Ruthless-RKO]

Good numbers for FS1 for a Sunday night of boxing. Probably would have hit 1 million had it been the Saturday.

[Boxing Prospect]

More boxing on Sundays please!

[oogiebe]

More boxing on Sundays please!

Yeah especially as good as that was!

[Onetimeonly]

Good numbers for FS1 for a Sunday night of boxing. Probably would have hit 1 million had it been the Saturday.

Nah, much less going against an NFL playoff game. Ads during Sundays game probably got the numbers this high.

[caldo2025]

I was very surprised to see all of the boxing ads during the football game. It definitely lead to the great draw of viewers. Maybe PBC finally realizes that they need to market these events more so people actually know when and where to tune in given they utilize so many different networks since it’s beginning.

[Onetimeonly]

In their defense it's not like fs1 often has intriguing fights like that to draw 1% or so of an NFL viewership fired up after a great game. They always ran ads during UFC telecasts.