Bernard Hopkins' farewell fight against Joe Smith Jr. drew an average of 934,000 viewers for HBO on Saturday night, according to figures released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.
The future Hall-of-Fame fighter's eighth-round technical knockout loss peaked at 1,035,000 viewers during that eighth and final round, which ended with Smith (23-1, 19 KOs) knocking Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs, 2 NC) out of the ring and left him flat on his back, unable to get back in the ring within the allowable 20 seconds.
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The future Hall-of-Fame fighter's eighth-round technical knockout loss peaked at 1,035,000 viewers during that eighth and final round, which ended with Smith (23-1, 19 KOs) knocking Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs, 2 NC) out of the ring and left him flat on his back, unable to get back in the ring within the allowable 20 seconds.
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