Wilder-Stiverne Rematch Peaked at 887,000 Viewers on Showtime

[Ruthless-RKO]

More boxing fans were willing to watch Deontay Wilder fight Bermane Stiverne again than many might’ve expected.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, Wilder’s vicious, first-round knockout of Stiverne drew a peak audience of 887,000 viewers Saturday night from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. An average of 824,000 viewers tuned in for their brief bout, in which Wilder knocked down Stiverne three times before it was stopped with one second left in the first round.

The first fight in January 2015 drew a peak audience of 1.34 million viewers and an average viewership of 1.24 million on Showtime.

Only one live fight since the first Wilder-Stiverne bout drew higher ratings for Showtime than the Wilder-Stiverne rematch. Viewership for Mikey Garcia’s decisive victory over Adrien Broner in their 12-round, 140-pound bout July 29 at Barclays Center peaked at 937,000 viewers and averaged 881,000.

Shawn Porter-Granados peaked at 696,000 viewers and averaged 646,000.

The opener of Showtime’s tripleheader Saturday night, Sergey Lipinets-Akihiro Kondo, was watched by a peak audience of 530,000 and drew an average of 427,000 viewers.

[Oiky]

Not bad

[asdfjkl]

Almost twice as much as Lipinets and the almighty Akihiro, I'm impressed!

[boxing_rocks]

Not bad

Not good either. These numbers is exactly the reason why he is by far the B side against Joshua and has to wait in line. Of course another reason is that he hasn't fought anybody good yet.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I've noticed that Showtime hardly ever achieve over 1 million viewers.. The only fight in two years that has done more than this was Garcia-Broner?

[Kalan]

I'm not impressed... Keith Thurman drew over 3 million each for his fights with Porter and Garcia... Peak for Thurman-Garcia was over 5MM

You would expect a Heavyweight Championship fight to do better than that... And the fans got a fight instead of the mugging of a fat boy.

[Ossyrules]

All things considered, while it’s not big numbers it’s better than I thought

[Ruthless-RKO]

I'm not impressed... Keith Thurman drew over 3 million each for his fights with Porter and Garcia... Peak for Thurman-Garcia was over 5MM

You would expect a Heavyweight Championship fight to do better than that... And the fans got a fight instead of the mugging of a fat boy.

Thurman aired on free TV though right? Not subsvription