Matched head-to-head with an HBO doubleheader on premium cable, the Premier Boxing Champions doubleheader on FS1 peaked at 580,000 viewers and drew an average audience of 364,000, according to information from Nielsen Media Research. Those were the highest ratings for a PBC on FS1 show to date.
The doubleheader featured emerging super middleweight contender David Benavidez, who knocked out Rogelio Medina in the eighth round of a scheduled 12-rounder in Laredo, Texas. The show peaked at 580,000 viewers during the opening bout, in which undefeated featherweight contender Jorge Lara (29-0-2, 21 KOs) stopped fellow Mexican Mario Briones (28-6-2, 21 KOs) in the third round at Laredo Energy Arena.
The 20-year-old Benavidez, of Phoenix, dropped Mexico’s Medina (37-8, 31 KOs) once apiece in the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds before their fight was stopped. Benavidez improved to 18-0 and recorded his 17th knockout. The PBC on FS1 doubleheader aired almost entirely at the same time HBO televised a live doubleheader from Madison Square Garden in New York. PBC’s telecast on FS1 began at 10 p.m. ET, 15 minutes prior to the start of HBO’s doubleheader. - See more at: http://www.boxingscene.com/head-hea...ked-580k-viewers--116902#sthash.CyfA4q3X.dpuf
The doubleheader featured emerging super middleweight contender David Benavidez, who knocked out Rogelio Medina in the eighth round of a scheduled 12-rounder in Laredo, Texas. The show peaked at 580,000 viewers during the opening bout, in which undefeated featherweight contender Jorge Lara (29-0-2, 21 KOs) stopped fellow Mexican Mario Briones (28-6-2, 21 KOs) in the third round at Laredo Energy Arena.
The 20-year-old Benavidez, of Phoenix, dropped Mexico’s Medina (37-8, 31 KOs) once apiece in the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds before their fight was stopped. Benavidez improved to 18-0 and recorded his 17th knockout. The PBC on FS1 doubleheader aired almost entirely at the same time HBO televised a live doubleheader from Madison Square Garden in New York. PBC’s telecast on FS1 began at 10 p.m. ET, 15 minutes prior to the start of HBO’s doubleheader. - See more at: http://www.boxingscene.com/head-hea...ked-580k-viewers--116902#sthash.CyfA4q3X.dpuf
