Boxing TV Ratings for Broner vs Escobedo outdo Manny Pacquiao & Amir Khan Numbers

Boxing TV Ratings for Broner vs Escobedo outdo Manny Pacquiao & Amir Khan Numbers

By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing (July 24, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing. - The HBO Boxing After Dark card that featured Adrien Broner vs. Vicente Escobedo, and Keith Thurman this past Saturday , nabbed som pretty good TV ratings.

According to Richard Schaefer, the event was was one of the highest ratings for HBO's B.A.D. series.

Quoted by Ring TV,Schaefer speaking out on the TV ratings, stated: "The fight this weekend with Adrien Broner and Keith Thurman, the Boxing After Dark, produced an outstanding rating of 2.9. That's one of the highest ratings for Boxing After Dark, and it's a rating that is consistent with the ratings that HBO has for World Championship Boxing."

Schaefer added: "The main event (Broner TKO over Escobedo) was a 3.4 rating, which is the fourth-highest rated boxing event for HBO.

Schaefer then went on to add the numbers were more impressive that Amir Khan or a delayed Manny Pacquiao fight. "It was bigger than Khan versus Garcia, it was bigger than the Pacquiao delay, and this absolutely shows you that Adrien Broner has arrived and is going to be as big as they can be. This is absolutely outstanding."

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