Comments Thread For: Showtime Scores Rare Ratings Win Over HBO in Head-to-Head Battle

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NEW YORK Showtime Sports produced a rare ratings victory over rival HBO Sports for competing boxing broadcasts Saturday night. Viewership for Showtime's doubleheader, which featured a WBA featherweight championship rematch in which Leo Santa Cruz avenged his defeat to Carl Frampton, peaked at 643,000, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The Santa Cruz-Frampton rematch drew an average audience of 587,000 viewers from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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[Mammoth]

Good night of fights all the way around.

[al-Xander]

That's justified. I didn't even watch the Vargas vs Berchelt fight.

[OctoberRed]

I had a feeling HBO would win this time.

[Rudiamonds]

Was this card promoted by Richard Schaffer? If it was that a good look for him I hope Haymon uses him for all the cards

[bronx7]

Any real fan dvr's both watches frampton Santa Cruz Mikey Garcia fights no brainer

[boxingitis]

Mikey and LSC are more popular than Vargas.

[Ray Corso]

Meaningless comparison, you hit delay and watch both that night.
Just happened that Santa Cruz vs Frampton was a better fight and that they had Mickey for support.

Ray

[The Big Dunn]

Boxing fans chose the better card. That's good to see. It's a shame the cards weren't on separate nights because both were outstanding.

[BrometheusBob.]

I didn't even know about the HBO card, rare miss for me because it was a good card.