Garcia-Broner Peaked at 937K Viewers, Averaged 881K on Showtime
Posted: 01 Aug 2017, 15:31
Adrien Broner didn’t deliver the victory he predicted, but he helped generate good ratings again for Showtime on Saturday night.
Broner’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Mikey Garcia drew Showtime’s biggest audience for a live boxing match in 2½ years. According to ratings released by Nielsen Media Research on Tuesday, the Garcia-Broner bout peaked at 937,000 viewers and attracted an average audience of 881,000 viewers.
Those ratings made Garcia-Broner the most-watched fight on Showtime since Deontay Wilder defeated Bermane Stiverne to win the WBC heavyweight championship in January 2015.
Wilder’s 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Stiverne in Las Vegas drew a peak audience of 1.34 million viewers and an average of 1.24 million.
The opener of this “Showtime Championship Boxing” doubleheader, Jermall Charlo’s technical knockout victory over Sebastian Heiland, peaked at 542,000 viewers and averaged 500,000.
Broner’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Mikey Garcia drew Showtime’s biggest audience for a live boxing match in 2½ years. According to ratings released by Nielsen Media Research on Tuesday, the Garcia-Broner bout peaked at 937,000 viewers and attracted an average audience of 881,000 viewers.
Those ratings made Garcia-Broner the most-watched fight on Showtime since Deontay Wilder defeated Bermane Stiverne to win the WBC heavyweight championship in January 2015.
Wilder’s 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Stiverne in Las Vegas drew a peak audience of 1.34 million viewers and an average of 1.24 million.
The opener of this “Showtime Championship Boxing” doubleheader, Jermall Charlo’s technical knockout victory over Sebastian Heiland, peaked at 542,000 viewers and averaged 500,000.