Beterbiev-Koelling & Ramirez-Reed brings in huge ratings on ESPN

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ESPN’s live telecast of the Saturday, November 11 Top Rank on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET to 12:15 a.m. ET) scored two major victories. The overall event delivered 0.9 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable television in 2017. The featured co-main event, a battle between Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs) and Enrico Köelling (23-2, 6 KOs) for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight world title, delivered a 1.0 metered market rating, making it the year’s second highest-rated boxing main event on cable television.

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Artur Beterbiev defeats Enrico Koelling

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By Jeff Aranow: Undefeated #2 IBF Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs) was less than stellar in knocking out #3 IBF Enrico Koelling (23-2, 6 KOs) in the 12th round to win the vacant IBF light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Enrico Koelling – Weights

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By Allan Fox: Artur Beterbiev (11-0, 11 KOs) weighed in successfully on Friday in coming in at 174.6 pounds for his fight this Saturday night against Enrico Koelling (23-1, 16 KOs) in a match for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Enrico Koelling this Sat.

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By Allan Fox: Artur Beterbiev and Enrico Koelling will fight it out this Saturday night for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title on November 11th at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California. The fight will be televised on ESPN at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.

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Top Rank wins purse bid for Beterbiev vs. Koelling

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By Allan Fox: Top Rank stunned a lot of boxing fans earlier on Tuesday in making the winning bid for the purse bid for the IBF light heavyweight eliminator fight between unbeaten 2-time Russian Olympian Artur Beterbiev (11-0, 11 KOs) and Germany’s Enrico Koelling. Top Rank will now be the promoters for the fight, according to Dan Rafael.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Enrico Koelling fight cancelled

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By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev will not be battling it out on July 29th with Enrico Koelling in an IBF light heavyweight title eliminaotr. The two fighters were supposed to face each other to see which of the two would be IBF champion Andre Ward’s mandatory challenger for that belt.

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