HBO draws 500K viewers for Danny Jacobs feature

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HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew 500,000 for the main event per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.

The main event saw Danny Jacobs beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko by split decision to win the IBF Title. In addition, Heather Hardy defeated Shelly Vincent to win the WBO women’s featherweight title in first fight of the telecast.

The fight which featured the part-time Bellator fighter boxing drew 442,000 viewers. In the semi-main event Alberto Machado made quick work of Yuandale Evans as he took out the Cleveland native in the first round.

The short fight drew 543,000 viewers.


The second fight last just two minutes so it’s hard to compare with the main event which drew 500,000 viewers. The Jacobs fight went to decision with the New York native getting the win and a possible chance at Canelo Alvarez in the future. The viewership for BAD was down as the company exits the boxing business.

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Jacobs never was a draw at all. He has like negative fans. His big fight against Quillin also did pitiful numbers.

Other than the Arias and Truax fights, Jacobs is a relatively exciting fighter. Not to say that his fights are action-packed, but he's not boring.

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The fight drew a peak audience of 553,000 viewers..

Against Sulecki he averaged over 800k viewers.