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Top Rank on ESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux is Second Highest-Rated Boxing Telecast on Cable in 2017 PhilBoxing.com Mon, 11 Dec 2017  Event is also Second Highest-Rated Boxing Telecast on ESPN Since Start of 2016 ESPN Now Has Top Four and Top Seven of the Top Ten Boxing Fights on Cable in 2017 Last night?s fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko (10-1-0, 7 KO) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1-0, 11 KO) delivered big on ratings, making it the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable in 2017, according to Nielsen overnight ratings. It was an electric, full house at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City that watched two of the top ten pound-for-pound fighters in the world, both two-time Olympic gold medal winners, battle it out for the WBO Junior Lightweight World Title. Lomachenko wowed with a sixth-round TKO. Three additional fights rounded out Saturday?s cable television card with marquee appearances by rising stars Shakur Stevenson, Chris Diaz and Mick Conlan, all three placing in the top ten fights of the year. With the Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux results in, ESPN now has secured seven of the top ten rated fights of the year and the highest-rated fights on cable television since July 1. In just six months, since the Top Rank on ESPN debut, ESPN has generated impressive ratings results starting with its telecast of Pacquiao vs Horn, the #1 rated fight of the year.  Top Things to Know • Last night?s Top Rank on ESPN telecast featuring Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux averaged a 1.3 metered market rating • Based on overnight ratings, last night?s event alone also secured four of the year?s top ten rated boxing fights on cable • Also based on overnight ratings, this is the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable in 2017 and the second highest-rated boxing telecast on ESPN since the start of 2016 • Las Vegas was the top local market, where the telecast averaged a 3.0 metered market rating, including a 5 rating during the main event  Next up on Top Rank on ESPN is the title fight between boxing?s Cinderella Man, Jeff ?the Hornet? Horn and Gary ?Hellraiser? Corcoran. The WBO Welterweight championship fight will air live from Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, December 13, at 6:30 a.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and stream live on the ESPN App. Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) will be risking his newly-minted World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown against Top-10 contender Gary ?Hellraiser? Corcoran (17-1, 7 KOs), of London. It will be the Brit?s first fight outside the United Kingdom. Horn vs. Corcoran will re-air the same day at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.  |
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