By Scott Gilfoid: The April 9 title fight between IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) and Great Britain’s Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) failed to bring in a lot of viewers on Showtime for their fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
The Martin-Joshua fight was televised in the States and it brought in a low average of just 275,000 viewers with a peak of 317,000 viewers for the fight, according to the Nielsen Media Research. There are couple of reasons for he incredibly low viewing numbers.