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Timothy Bradley Jr. was an unstoppable force in the ring on Saturday, tearing through Brandon Rios en route to a 9th round knockout at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
As it turned out, his only competition that evening would come from the beast that is SEC (Southeastern Conference) college football. The HBO-televised main event fell prey to the highest-rated college football season, with #4 Alabama's 30-16 win over second-ranked LSU drawing well over 10.6 million viewers on CBS.
Less than 1% of that amount tuned into the HBO World Championship Boxing doubleheader. The welterweight bout raked in an average of 910,000 viewers. [Click Here To Read More]
As it turned out, his only competition that evening would come from the beast that is SEC (Southeastern Conference) college football. The HBO-televised main event fell prey to the highest-rated college football season, with #4 Alabama's 30-16 win over second-ranked LSU drawing well over 10.6 million viewers on CBS.
Less than 1% of that amount tuned into the HBO World Championship Boxing doubleheader. The welterweight bout raked in an average of 910,000 viewers. [Click Here To Read More]