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Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux Is Second Highest-Rated Boxing
Telecast On Cable In 2017
Photos: Mikey Williams - Top Rank
Last night’s fight between Vasyl 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 with its boxing events starting with its
telecast of Pacquiao vs. Horn, the #1 rated fight of the
year.
2017 Top Ten Fights on Cable Television
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DATE
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NETWORK
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FIGHT
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MTRD MKT RTG
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07/01/2017
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ESPN
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Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn
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2.4
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12/09/2017
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ESPN
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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Guillermo
Rigondeaux
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1.5
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12/09/2017
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ESPN
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Shakur Stevenson vs. Oscar
Mendoza
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1.1
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12/09/2017
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ESPN
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Michael Conlon vs. Luis Molina
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1.1
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11/25/2017
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HBO
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Sergey Kovalev vs. Vyacheslav
Shabranskyy
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1.1
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08/19/2017
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ESPN
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Terence Crawford vs Julius
Indongo
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1.0
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11/11/2017
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ESPN
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Artur Beterbiev vs. Enrico
Koelling
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1.0
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12/09/2017
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ESPN
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Chris Diaz vs. Bryant Cruz
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1.0
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11/25/2017
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HBO
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Sullivan Barrera vs. Felix
Valera
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1.0
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Multiple tied at
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0.9
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