Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Friday night drew 706,000 viewers on ESPN according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
UFC Fight Night 117 from Japan drew 502,000 viewers on FXX Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
http://mmapayout.com/2017/09/top-rank-boxing-on-espn-friday-night-draws-706000-viewers/
ESPN kept switching the channel that was televising the fight so that's surprising. It was a great card though.
As far as it beating the ufc in numbers, I certainly hope so. The only people that watch lay and pray sports are hillbillies and children.
Celebrating one night of boxing's ratings winning out like it means anything in the grand scheme of things is useless.
Yeah the delays almost killed that card for me, even though the fights were good. ESPN needs to do better in that regardthere weren't any delays. What killed it is you had to start at ESPNU to watch the Conlan fight, then ESPN2 for half the Zurdo vs Hart fight then ESPN for the 2nd half plus the Valdez fight
ESPN kept switching the channel that was televising the fight so that's surprising. It was a great card though.
As far as it beating the ufc in numbers, I certainly hope so. The only people that watch lay and pray sports are hillbillies and children.
I'm happy to see the espn boxing back to how it used to be. I didn't mind the pbc espn shows because i watch everything boxing but it was missing that fnf vibe that i have come to love. teddy and Joe's chemistry, the fight plan, etc. But I just hate the damn delays due to lame sports overlapping the time slot.
Yeah the delays almost killed that card for me, even though the fights were good. ESPN needs to do better in that regard
I'm happy to see the espn boxing back to how it used to be. I didn't mind the pbc espn shows because i watch everything boxing but it was missing that fnf vibe that i have come to love. teddy and Joe's chemistry, the fight plan, etc. But I just hate the damn delays due to lame sports overlapping the time slot.