Ratings knockout.It's official. Cable network ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network has scored a unanimous decision A Unanimous Decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all 3 judges agree on which fighter won the match. victory by picking up the boxing reality series "The Contender" after it was dropped after one season on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . The Sugar Ray Leonard-hosted show posted its highest rating of the season with last week's live, two-hour finale from the Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. . The telecast of the title bout earned a 1.9 rating representing more than 1.7 million homes and 2.3 million viewers--a 56 percent increase over the its performance on NBC in 2005. The season finale was the highest-rated boxing telecast on ESPN, a division of the Walt Disney Co., in nine years and also the Staples Center's biggest boxing event of the year in terms of tickets sales. Staples Center, ESPN and Mark Burnett Productions, which co-produced with DreamWorks Television, shared the gate. Grady Brewer captured a 10-round split decision victory over Steve Forbes in the title bout, after Cornelius Bundrage scored a seventh-round technical knockout over Norberto Bravo in the third-place matchup. Champion Brewer was awarded $500,000 and a new Toyota Tundra truck. The program scored via Internet video-on-demand, too. More than 12,500 users downloaded the bouts--and two other undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. fights--from the Web site ESPN On Demand. Staff reporter Anne Riley-Katz can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 225, or ariley@labusinessjournal.com. |
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