Keith Thurman: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - The Keith Thurman-Danny Garcia ratings were so impressive network television executives must take notice. That much appears clear. A boxing match televised in prime time on free TV hasn’t drawn a peak audience of 5.1 million viewers or an average audience of 3.74 million viewers since 19...
Last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Keith Thurman unified the WBC, WBA welterweight titles with a twelve round split decision over Danny Garcia. Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) started fast, by taking the fight to Garcia in the first six rounds. In the second half of the contest, the pace slowed down as Thurman used his legs and reach to outbox Garcia down the stretch.
The peak audience for Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING ON CBS broadcast of Thurman vs. Garcia reached 5.1 million viewers, the largest audience for a primetime boxing broadcast since 1998 and up 30 percent over last June’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING ON CBS primetime broadcast of Thurman vs. Porter. Last Saturday’s peak audience came during the final round of the 12-round main event bout.
Saturday’s highly anticipated showdown between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Danny “Swift” Garcia ranked as the highest-grossing non-Nets sporting event in Barclays Center history. The event also set a record for boxing attendance at Barclays Center with 16,533.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) is not looking to leave the 147 ranks any time soon. Brook already has a mandatory defense on schedule against Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs), which is being targeted for Sheffield United's Bramall Lane on May 27.
NEW YORK – Keith Thurman against the Kell Brook-Errol Spence Jr. winner is one of the fights fans will want to see most later this year. Thurman indicated after his split-decision defeat of Danny Garcia on Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center that he wants that fight, too. The WBA/WBC world welterweight champion just doesn’t know when would be a realistic time to expect that unification fight to take place.
By Tris Dixon - Ghosts linger in the welterweight division. Maybe it is because Sugar Ray Leonard loitered, incredibly youthfully, through fight week in New York. Maybe nostalgia loomed in part because CBS/Showtime compared the welterweight unification fight between WBA champion Keith Thurman and WBC ruler Danny Garcia to the first clash between Leonard and Tommy Hea...
Danny Garcia wants rematch - Keith Thurman built a big lead over Danny Garcia and held on to add the WBC welterweight title to his WBA championship Saturday night. Thurman won his 28th straight fight and handed Garcia his first loss in 34 bouts. After five furious rounds to open things at Barclays Center, the pace slowed — even bringing boos from the large crowd at times.
He wasn’t hurt. That was Danny Garcia’s contention in the aftermath of his split-decision defeat to Keith Thurman in their welterweight title unification fight Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Thurman caught Garcia with a counter left hook with just under a minute left in the first round, and followed up with a pair of right hands that left Garcia holding briefly near a corner.
CBS was the No. 1 network in prime time on Saturday night, according to Nielsen overnight ratings, with the live broadcast of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions.