Comments Thread For: Top Rank on ESPN Draws Big Rating For Fresno Doubleheader

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ESPN's live telecast of the Saturday, November 11 Top Rank on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET to 12:15 a.m. ET) scored two major victories. The overall event delivered 0.9 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable television in 2017. The featured co-main event, a battle between Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs) and Enrico Kelling (23-2, 6 KOs) for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight world title, delivered a 1.0 metered market rating, making it the year's second highest-rated boxing main event on cable television.
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[Butch.McRae]

Bama v. Miss St. Was the lead in. They won't get any of these viewers again lol

[SceneBoxer]

Bobby is a genius.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Good ratings. How much license fee did ESPN pay Top Rank for these fights?

[hectari]

The main event stoppage delivered, hopefully jose rameriez made casual fans like,him after that

[OctoberRed]

Overall this was a bad weekend for fights. From morning to night, the best fight may have been Taylor vs. Vazquez and that tells you everything you need to know.

[Mammoth]

That Beterbiev fight was garbage.

[hectari]

Good ratings. How much license fee did ESPN pay Top Rank for these fights?

I think espn signed a long term deal with top rank, top ranks home is now espn, similar to ufc deal with fox.

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[Califire209]

It was a solid card. The IBF title match was boring AF. I was expecting more from Beterbeiv, he definitely had ring rust, the crowd in the building was booing off the hook. Ramirez looked like a beast with those 4 straight left hooks to the body. The referee saved Reed from an absolute demolishing, Great fight and venue.

[ELHITMAN606]

I think espn signed a long term deal with top rank, top ranks home is now espn, similar to ufc deal with fox.

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It's a Time buy Bob Arum got a hedgefund to pay