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Boxing’s Return after Almost 20 Years Overwhelming Success
لوس انجليس – رئيس الوزراء الملاكمة أبطال أوروبا (PBC) brought championship boxing back to FOX in prime timeالسبت night after an almost 20-year absence and delivered a resounding ratings knockout. The PBC on FOX, headlined by an intense 12-round battle for the vacant welterweight title between victor Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero, delivered PBC’s best audience since April 2015.
Fueled by three exciting bouts, the PBC on FOX averaged a 1.5/3 household rating/share with 2.5 million viewers from 8:00 – 10:37 ET PM, وفقا لنيلسن, +36% in rating and +39% in audience compared to PBC’s last primetime telecast (1.1/2, 1.8 million viewers on NBC, 12/12/15).
Ratings and viewership built throughout the evening’s broadcast. FOX’s first bout featuring a hard-hitting heavyweight bout between Dominic Breazeale and Amir Mansour delivered a 1.3/2 مع 2.2 مليون مشاهد, while ratings increased slightly for Sammy Vasquez’s TKO win over Aron Martinez with a 1.4/2, مع 2.2 مليون مشاهد. Ratings then jumped for Danny Garcia’s spirited win vs. Robert Guerrero by unanimous decision that averaged a 1.8/3 مع 3.0 مليون مشاهد.
Additional Highlights
· The PBC on FOX ranks as the most-watched PBC event on any network since
أبريل 11, 2015 على NBC (2.9 مليون).
· Ties as PBC’s highest-rated event among Adults 18-49 since its broadcast premiere on March 7, 2015.
· The fight card peaked at the end of the main-event between Garcia and Guerrero with 3.5 million viewers from 10:15-10:30رئيس الوزراء, to tie as the second-best peak audience for a PBC event since its broadcast premiere.
· An estimated 6.2 million viewers watched all or part of السبت night’s fight card.
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