(Photo Credit: Alex Menendez – HoganPhotos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: WBA interim heavyweight champion Luis Ortiz’s title defense against Bryant Jennings (19-2, 10 KOs) last Saturday night averaged 616,000 viewers on HBO with peak of 735,000 viewers in their fight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
It’s not surprising that the Ortiz-Jennings fight failed to bring in terrific ratings because Ortiz isn’t a well-known heavyweight with the casual boxing fans, and Jennings is pretty much in the same boat. The Ortzi-Jennings fight was televised on HBO Boxing After Dark. It was a good back and forth fight that ended in the 7th round with the 36-year-old Ortiz knocking the weaker-punching Jennings down.