Boxing outrates hockey in primetime on NBC
Keith Thurman, left, and Robert Guerrero fight during a Premier Boxing Champions bout in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 7, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit: Getty Images
NBC averaged 2.53 percent of homes in major markets for the debut of its "Premier Boxing Champions" series Saturday night, roughly 2 1/2 times what the Rangers-Flyers game averaged the previous Saturday night.
It was the first prime time boxing card on NBC in 30 years.
New York ranked 17th among the 55 markets Nielsen measured, at 2.86 percent of homes.
Norfolk had the highest rating of any market at 5.5.
In the main event, Keith Thurman won a unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero, with Adrien Broner beating John Molina Jr. by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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