Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) scored big on Saturday night when he successfully defended his title against Caleb Truax and drew a peak audience of 2.019 million viewers during the FOX PBC Fight Night live broadcast from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The main event portion of the telecast, which featured Plant scoring a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Truax, averaged 1.887 million viewers.
The entire FOX PBC Fight Night three-fight main card averaged 1.608 million viewers and ranks as FOX’s best PBC Fight Night performance since December 21, 2019 (Jermell Charlo-Tony Harrison II – WBC super welterweight title bout). Earlier in the day, PBC’s preliminary bouts peaked with 1.221 million viewers and averaged 871,000 viewers.
“This is a strong rating on FOX and further indication that boxing is alive and well on network television,’’ said Tim Smith, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Boxing. “The fight went head-to-head against an NBA game on another network between the Lakers and Celtics, which makes the number even more impressive. Plant’s ratings have steadily increased with each subsequent appearance on FS1 and FOX.’’
Plant, a 28-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee who now lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, has seen his star rise since he began appearing on FS1 and FOX in 2019. His victory over Jose Uzcategui for the IBF super middleweight championship on Jan. 2019 drew peak viewership of 986,000 with the main event averaging 917,000 on FS1. Plant’s first defense against Mike Lee drew a peak of 1.41 million with the main event averaging 923,000 viewers on July 2019 and his subsequent match against Vincent Feigenbutz drew a peak of 1.809 million with the main event averaging 1.689 million viewers in prime time on FOX.
Well numbers don’t lie people are watching Canelo next opponent.
He can box. Not good for canelo.. he refused the fight last time, on short notice. So he is smart too.. he wants to keep his 0… canelo will pass. He wants money hungry boxers so he can have advantages in the fight. Like smith .4 week of training. Almost passing out in his corner After 4 round but got a BIG CHECK…. those are canelos opponents
I guess Canelo vs. Plant (if its happen) should be double at least under same conditions. Well, who knows?
Surprised that so many watched, but they did see maybe the future world heavyweight champion also!!!
Well looks like 2 million+ people slept good that night perhaps they fell asleep after about the 3rd round.. no sleeping aids required watching this guy fight. I hope he never fights Billy Joe Saunders or Demetrius Andrade these 3 are pound for pound the most boring fighters on the planet.
Plant makes Michael Nunn look like Arturo Gatti…
i dont believe this bullshit at all
Does that count all the people that fell asleep in the 3rd round and didn’t get a chance to shut it off? They could put Ambien out of business if they keep making matches like that.
……tune into. Hard to get precise statistics how many have the nerve to watch the whole fight
Well it was a Saturday night in a cold winter with no Football to watch and it was free on local television so yes I watched.
if its true, they wont watch again
PBC got the game locked down. They have the best and most popular fighters and they have fights on national TV so they get the ratings. That simple
Imagine if they put on fights that were competitive non-setups.
The problem is usually when boxing gets a large audience like this it turns out to be a stinker fight.
Well first off plant is white,and American,white fighters that can fight a little bit,always bring in alotof fans,but he won’t beat canelo we all no that as true boxing fans,he was making a wise decision to pass on the first fight with canelo, he still needs at least 10 more fights if he wants to have a chance against canelo. But if he’s smart he will take the huge payday next,before it could be gone,I know I would.