ESPN Show Does Great Numbers
Saturdaynights Top Rank on ESPN Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux card was the second most watched boxing event on cable this year.
Loma/Rigowas watched by an average of 1.73 million viewers, according to ratings releasedTuesdayby Nielsen Media Research.The overallnumberswillactuallybe higher because the figures reported by Nielsenon Tuesdaydon’t include viewers that watched it on ESPN Deportesor the ESPN App.
Only one boxing telecast on basic or premium cable over the past five years, Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn, drew higher ratings than the Lomachenko-Rigondeaux card. That card, which featured Horn’s upset of Pacquiao onJuly 2in Brisbane, Australia, attracted an average viewership of 2,818,000.
By: Chris Henderson
