Emanuel Navarete vs Uriel Lopez 6/20 ESPN
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Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
We'll have to see bro, he is huge for his weight class though, hell he's huge for featherweight too.
Creflo ½ Dollar
Superstar
Like @Conscious Pilot he just a bigger dude like Jamie Munguia. He seem to be good but damn I would like to see him against some more comp.
Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
I would too, he a decent fighter though bro, he has some skills, I just wanna make sure he aint just a weight bully at this point, which is why I'd like for him to move up to at least 130 quickly. He only 25 he'll probably end up there.
King P
Legends Never Die
Exactly. I need to see how his style fairs against the top guys at the division.
He's not gonna be able to sell out and leave himself wide open like he did in this fight. Better comp will put him on his ass.
I like his pressure, angles, and punch placement though. Let's see how it works when he steps up
Navarrete-Lopez ESPN Telecast Averaged 327,000 Viewers
By Jake Donovan
Published On Tue Jun 23, 2020, 05:28 PM EST
Home viewers stuck around for the start of the latest ESPN-televised boxing show to help produce the highest peak audience since the sport returned to its airwaves earlier this month.
Unfortunately, only a handful remained on board in time for the headlining act.
The June 20 edition of Top Rank Boxing on ESPN—airing live from TV Azteca’s studio lot in Mexico City—reached a peak audience of 808,000 viewers, all coming in the first 15-minute block of the telecast which aired live at 11:00 p.m. ET. The four-fight card, which was topped by Emanuel Navarrete’s 6th round knockout of Uriel Perez in a featherweight non-title fight averaged 327,000 viewers over the course of the broadcast.
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Both figures are provided by Nielsen Media Research.
The opening bout of the evening saw unbeaten prospect Ivan Garcia (6-0, 3KOs) outpoint Roberto Palomares over six rounds. Viewers had begun to check out shortly after the opening bell for their contest, immediately trailing a Saturday evening edition of UFC Fight Night which averaged 921,000 viewers on the night.
Garcia’s win marked the only fight on the televised portion of the show to go the distance. Navarrete’s stoppage win was the longest of the three bouts to have ended inside the distance. The most memorable of the lot came in the second preliminary bout, when Sergio Sanchez (15-1, 8KOs) delivered a Knockout of the Year entry after rendering Gustavo Pina unconscious early into the third round of their featherweight contest.
Saturday’s card marked the first ESPN card to air live from Mexico, following four stateside shows all taking place on weeknights live from MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. The intimate setting at TV Azteca studios will serve as the location for future Mexico shows to air live on ESPN, including this Saturday’s event topped by junior lightweight titlist Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 33KOs) in a non-title fight at lightweight versus countryman Eleazar Valenzuela (21-13-4, 16KOs).
Navarrete (32-1, 28KOs) used the opportunity to test the featherweight waters for the sake of maintaining his pace as the sport’s most active reigning titlist.
The 25-year old from San Juan Zitlaltepec fought for the seventh time in 18 months dating back to his 12-round win over then-unbeaten 122-pound titlist Isaac Dogboe in their December 2018 clash at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. Navarrete has since crammed in five title defenses in just nine months before electing to move up in weight to see if 126 pounds will be a better fit moving forward.
Saturday’s card was the third in a span of five days, with Top Rank running crowdless events every Tuesday and Thursday from Las Vegas since June 9. The first installment—topped by featherweight titlist Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8KOs) stopping Felix Caraballo in the 6th round of his debut at 130 pounds—produced the highest average viewership of the series, averaging 397,000 viewers and peaking at 609,000 viewers.
The first five shows of the series through June 20 have averaged 338,000 viewers. The figure is not ideal, but currently serves as among the most-watched weeknight shows on ESPN during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which has shut down all other major sports. Boxing and UFC are among the few to actively exist during the current global health crisis, filling a much-needed a void on an all-sports platform such as ESPN.