Last weekend’s undercard through Fox Sports, with the main fight of Erislandy Lara and Greg Vendetti, It surprised with the numbers that it threw, according to a specialized company.
The Cuban guy Lara defending his super welterweight belt from World Boxing Association (WBA) against the challenger, the American I sold. This card that included other fights, but that closed the evening with that fight at the Microsoft Theater in the city of Los Angeles.
According to a report carried out by Nielsen Media Research, and that rescues BoxingScene.com Released Tuesday, the billboard’s main event averaged 1.04 million viewers and a peak of 1.06 at the apex.
Lara prevailed with relative ease over Vendetti in a fight that was decided on points last weekend.
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On the other hand, it is worth comparing with the fight on August 22, in which Shawn Porter won by points against Sebastian Formella in 12 rounds. This billboard was viewed on average by an audience of 1.07 million and peaked at 1.22 million.
While the billboard last Saturday, in its entirety, registered an average audience of 832 thousand viewers. The Porter-Formella billboard had an average of 810 thousand viewers.
The Cuban guy Erislandy Lara (27-3-3, 15 KOs) was a wide favorite at the bookmakers in the fight, 50-1, to defeat I sold (22-4-1, 12 KOs), a forecast that made valid.
The experienced Antillean was victorious by a wide margin on the three judges’ scorecards of the bout. Two judges awarded him identical cards for 117-111, while the other gave him a score of 116-112.
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