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Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN’s Santa Cruz vs. Mares Delivers Largest Boxing Audience
Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN’s Santa Cruz vs. Mares Delivers Largest Boxing Audience on ESPN Since February 1998
Highest-Rated and Most-Watched Boxing Telecast Ever on ESPN Deportes
ESPN2 to Air Instant Classic Tonight
The third edition of ESPN’s Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN presented by Corona Extra (PBC on ESPN) series—headlined by Leo Santa Cruz’s majority decision win over Abner Mares—on Saturday, Aug. 29, delivered the largest boxing audience on ESPN since February 1998 (02/22/98 Mark Johnson vs. Arthur Johnson). The telecast was seen by an average of 1,217,000 viewers (P2+)—up 30 percent from the average of the previous two PBC telecasts on ESPN. The telecast peaked from 12:00-12:15am with 1,641,000 viewers (P2+) according to Nielsen.
ESPN’s Spanish-language telecast of the event on ESPN Deportes averaged a 1.3 Hispanic HH US Rtg and 355,000 Hispanic viewers—making it the highest-rated and most-watched boxing telecast to ever air on ESPN Deportes. The telecast peaked from 11:15-11:30 p.m. with 453,000 viewers. ESPN2 will reair the fight tonight at 9 p.m. ET as an Instant Classic. In addition, ESPN Deportes will re-air the entire card on Saturday, September 5, at 7 p.m.
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Jake Paul Outpoints Julio Cesar Chavez Jr plus Other Results from Anaheim
Avila Perspective, Chap. 334: Back-to-Back Boxing Cards in the Big Apple
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Avila Perspective, Chap. 333: Jake Paul, JC Chavez Jr, Zurdo and More
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The Hauser Report: From HEALING to Hate — Muhammad Ali, Fred Levin, and Florida
From the Boondocks to the Big Time, The Wild Saga of Manny Pacquiao’s Sidekick Sean Gibbons
Results and Recaps from NYC where Hamzah Sheeraz was Spectacular
Results and Recaps from New York Where Taylor Edged Serrano Once Again
Philadelphia Welterweight Gil Turner, a Phenom, Now Rests in an Unmarked Grave
Avila Perspective, Chap. 334: Back-to-Back Boxing Cards in the Big Apple
From a Sympathetic Figure to a Pariah: The Travails of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Catterall vs Eubank Ends Prematurely; Catterall Wins a Technical Decision
Avila Perspective, Chap. 333: Jake Paul, JC Chavez Jr, Zurdo and More
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