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PACQUIAO-HORN IS HIGHEST RATED TELECAST ON CABLE TV; RE-AIRS TONIGHT ON ESPN2 AT 8 P.M. ET. PhilBoxing.com Mon, 03 Jul 2017  ESPN?s Telecast of the ?Battle of Brisbane? and The WBO World Welterweight Championship Fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn is Highest-Rated Boxing Telecast on Cable TV Since at least 2010 ?Battle of Brisbane? Aired Live and Exclusively on ESPN and ESPN Deportes Re-airs Tonight on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET. and is Available to Stream at Anytime on the ESPN App ESPN?s live telecast of the Saturday, July 1, ?Battle of Brisbane? (10 p.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET) delivered a 1.8 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the highest-rated fight on record for a cable network this decade.* The WBO World Welterweight Championship main event between Manny ?Pac Man? Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs), the Filipino legend and boxing?s only eight-division world champion, against undefeated No. 1 contender and Brisbane?s favorite son Jeff ?The Hornet? Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) (12 a.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET) delivered a 2.4 overnight rating. Horn defeated Pacquiao by a controversial unanimous decision. Based on overnight Nielsen results, the ?Battle of Brisbane? is likely to be the highest-rated fight on ESPN?s networks since the mid 1990?s. Las Vegas was the top local market for the fight with a 4.0 metered market rating, including a 5.1 rating during the main event. Metered Market Ratings for the Top Five Cities: Rank City Rating 1 Las Vegas 4.0 2 Los Angeles 3.7 3 Raleigh-Durham 3.6 4 New Orleans 3.1 5 San Diego 3.0 Streaming results also broke ESPN records for boxing, making the fight the most-streamed boxing event on record for both the ESPN and ESPN Deportes networks. ESPN had a streaming average minute audience of 78K, 392K unique viewers, and 14.4 million total minutes. Based on all three measures, the fight was the most-streamed boxing event on record on ESPN?s networks. On ESPN Deportes, the fight had a streaming average minute audience of 1.4K, 7.8K unique viewers, and 253K total minutes streamed. Based on all three measures, the fight was the most-streamed boxing event on record on ESPN Deportes. ?The Battle of Brisbane? is available to stream now on the ESPN app. It will also re-air on ESPN2 tonight at 8 p.m. ET. *Records date to 2010.  |
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