
By Allan Fox: Last Saturday’s fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) and #11 WBC Johann Duhaupas (32-3, 20 KOs) averaged just 2.2 million viewers with a peak of 3 million viewers on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
The numbers were obviously better than what you’d normally see on an average Showtime or HBO boxing event, but the fact that the fight was on free television on NBC during primetime means that not many fans were interested in this particular fight.