Showtime's Charlo-Adams Main Event Peaked At 434,000 Viewers

[Ruthless-RKO]

Jermall Charlo’s fight Saturday night drew lower viewership than the WBC middleweight champion’s previous appearance on Showtime.

A Nielsen Media Research report released Tuesday revealed that a peak audience of 434,000 tuned in to watch Charlo beat Brandon Adams in the main event of a “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader from NRG Arena in Houston, Charlo’s hometown. Their 12-round, 160-pound championship match was watched by an average audience of 379,000.

The last time Charlo boxed on Showtime, his brief bout with Hugo Centeno Jr. drew an average audience of 545,000. Charlo knocked out Centeno in the second round of that scheduled 12-rounder in April 2018 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn to win the WBC’s interim middleweight title.

The Charlo-Centeno contest was the second fight of a three-bout broadcast, though. The main event that night – a 12-round majority draw between welterweights Adrien Broner and Jessie Vargas – drew a peak audience of 891,000 and an average audience of 782,000.

The show headlined by Charlo and Adams also went head-to-head with DAZN’s stream of a card that featured WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade’s 12-round points defeat of Maciej Sulecki in the main event from Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Nielsen doesn’t track viewership for streaming services. DAZN doesn’t release viewership figures, either.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wow! Charlo went from 2 million on FOX in December to less than half a million on Showtime.

[Onetimeonly]

I don't even have Showtime anymore.

[Boxing Prospect]

Only pussy cats

[SenorPipino]

Wow! Charlo went from 2 million on FOX in December to less than half a million on Showtime.

Must be the exact same viewers who watched Commey-Beltran the previous night.

But it's worse for ESPN. That's basic cable. Just about everyone has it..

But Showtime is a premium service that has far fewer viewers.

[Best Coast]

Must be the exact same viewers who watched Commey-Beltran the previous night.

But it's worse for ESPN. That's basic cable. Just about everyone has it..

But Showtime is a premium service that has far fewer viewers.

Great point & very observant!! That's also the first thing I noticed > Same weekend for both low-rated fight cards (ESPN Friday/Showtime Saturday). Might be because it's early summer when lots of folks travel or could be other factors.

[Onetimeonly]

Great point & very observant!! That's also the first thing I noticed > Same weekend for both low-rated fight cards (ESPN Friday/Showtime Saturday). Might be because it's early summer when lots of folks travel or could be other factors.

I don't know the numbers but I imagine the ppv worthy heavyweight UFC main event on ESPN didn't help Showtime any.