More fallout from Alantez Fox's bout against Demetrius Andrade. Apparently, a lot of people were tuned into HBO's Boxing After Dark telecast on Saturday, October 20th primarily, it seemed, to watch that bout.
A joint press release from Banner Promotions, who co-promoted the contest and Star Boxing, who is Andrade's promoter, the bout, in which Andrade defeated Fox by 12-round unanimous decision, drew a peak number of 685,000 viewers -- more than the main event on the card (the WBA Super Featherweight championship between new champion Alberto Machado and former champion Jezreel Corrales. The bout also outdrew the opening bout on the telecast.
The number of viewers is also significant when you look at the other sports that were on TV at the time the bout started. This included game 7 of the American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees as well as two high-profile college football games -- Penn State vs. Michigan and Notre Dame vs. USC.
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