So much for the notion that boxing fans are too busy during the holidays to enjoy a good fight.
The entertaining rematch between Tony Harrison and Jermell Charlo on Fox Saturday had an average audience of 2.223 million, according to a report on BoxingScene.com. The website’s source was Nielsen Media Research.
The Premier Boxing Champions card peaked at 2.233 million during the main event, in which Charlo scored an 11th-round knockout to avenge an earlier loss to Harrison.
Those figures make Harrison-Charlo the second most-viewed boxing match of the year, according to BoxingScene. Only the Keith Thurman-Josesito Lopez (which peaked at 2.765 million viewers) had better numbers.
The telecast was Fox’s last of the year. The network’s 10 boxing shows averaged 1.403 million viewers, which is 12% higher than last year’s average.
Also, PBC on Fox averaged 103% more viewers than Top Rank Boxing on ESPN, which averaged 692,000.