Whyte-Browne HBO Replay Drew Higher Ratings Than Live Telecast

[Ruthless-RKO]

HBO’s same-day replay of Dillian Whyte’s sixth-round knockout of Lucas Browne drew higher ratings Saturday than the network’s live telecast of that heavyweight bout.

According to ratings revealed Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, the Whyte-Browne replay, which was televised at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, drew a peak audience of 490,000 viewers Saturday night. An average viewership of 427,000 watched HBO’s second showing of the Whyte-Browne bout.

The live broadcast, which began at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT, attracted 444,000 viewers at its peak. An average audience of 387,000 watched the live Whyte-Browne broadcast, which included just one fight.

The live broadcast also aired at the same time as the first half of an NCAA men’s basketball tournament game in which Loyola (Chicago) beat Kansas State to earn a trip to the Final Four. Loyola-Kansas State, which aired on TBS, was watched by an average of 7,794,000 viewers.

[mickey1975]

Why are the audiences so crap? Joyce v Big Nasty probably trebled that.

[Oiky]

Yeah not to promising is it

[dirk2686]

Who is the American equivalent of Whyte? Breazeale?

Would we really expect any sort of decent audience for him v Lucas Browne in the UK?

[Ruthless-RKO]

These are HBO number. TBH, Whyte or Browne are not really that known in the US. Whyte fought on the untelevised undercard against Tann, so no one really saw him.. afternoon showings are always going to be poor in the states, people probably tuned in to the replay after hearing Browne got smashed up..

[SAPFO]

That 400k = the hardcore USA boxing fan in 2018

[Ruthless-RKO]

That 400k = the hardcore USA boxing fan in 2018

I remember someone saying something similar. USA has around 400k-500k hardcore boxing fans.. the rest choose to watch their favourites or the bigger fights.