Mikey Garcia and Juan Manuel
Lopez did the year's best number for HBO Boxing After Dark, bringing in 1.3
million viewers this past Saturday night.
Mikey Garcia's fourth round
TKO win over Juan Manuel Lopez this past Saturday night from Dallas did the
year's best Nielsen rating for HBO Boxing After Dark, bringing in 1.3 million
viewers for a card that started late at 10:45 pm EDT, and featured a Terence
Crawford-Alejandro Sanabria co-feature.
While one might argue that
this proves that Garcia is a star, or that Mexico vs Puerto Rico always draws,
or that maybe Crawford is a breakout phenom, or that this is total, absolute
proof that HBO is a far, far better platform to build a star than rival
Showtime, or that Top Rank is flying high and the haters can all just suck
right on it, I mean just suck it so hard, right where it should be sucked,
let's not forget to mention one extremely important thing.
The lead-in for this fight was
the TV premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. That mattered. If a Beyonce
documentary has been given credit for boosting HBO boxing viewership, then I
think The Dark Knight Rises should be considered a factor, too.
HBO Boxing After The Dark
Knight Rises. Ha! Hilarious. Just some humor, you guys. (Source)
