The exciting draw between light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson and former titlist Badou Jack on Showtime on Saturday night from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto averaged 535,000 viewers with a peak audience of 611,000, according to Nielsen Media Research. The card was a split-site doubleheader with the opening bout, featherweight world titleholder Gary Russell Jr.’s unanimous decision against mandatory challenger Joseph Diaz Jr. in a hometown defense at the MGM National Harbor in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Oxon Hill, Maryland, averaging 487,000 viewers and peaking at 567,000. Stevenson was fighting for the first time in 11 months and Russell for the first time in one year.
Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer15h ago
Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer15h ago
