Matthysse-Kiram HBO Doubleheader Peaks at 769,000 Viewers

[Ruthless-RKO]

Nielsen Media Research ratings released Tuesday indicate HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” doubleheader Saturday night peaked at 769,000 viewers during the main event, Lucas Matthysse’s eighth-round knockout of Tewa Kiram. An average of 719,000 viewers watched the Matthysse-Kiram match.

The main event of HBO’s final boxing broadcast last year, WBO middleweight champ Billy Joe Saunders’ dominant win against David Lemieux on December 16, drew a peak viewership of 775,000 and averaged 716,000 viewers.

The opener HBO aired Saturday night, WBA lightweight champ Jorge Linares’ win against Mercito Gesta, attracted a peak audience of 731,000 viewers and averaged 659,000.

[SenorPipino]

How many of those 700,000 + viewers were able to stay awake until the conclusion of the Matthysse fight?

Until its conclusion, Saunders-Lemieux had more drama.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yeh, the Saunders-Lemieux fight peaked higher.

I know HBO is in more homes, but it did better views than Spence-Peterson.

The Mattysse-Kiram card was not really that great to be honest.

[gilgamesh]

Yeh, the Saunders-Lemieux fight peaked higher.

I know HBO is in more homes, but it did better views than Spence-Peterson.

The Mattysse-Kiram card was not really that great to be honest.

That's putting it nicely. It was pretty mediocre.