2 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁old - f ashion ed ▁fight ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁candidate , ▁Por ter ▁was ▁un success ful ▁in ▁winning ▁the ▁title ▁as ▁Th ur man ▁won ▁by ▁un anim ous ▁decision , ▁before ▁a ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 2 , 7 1 8 , ▁when ▁all ▁three ▁jud ges ▁scored ▁an ▁identical ▁ 1 1 5 – 1 1 3 ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁Th ur man . ▁Por ter ▁earned ▁a ▁$ 1 m ▁pur se . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁main ▁event ▁tele vised ▁by ▁CBS ▁in ▁prime ▁time ▁since ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁when ▁Muhammad ▁Ali ▁lost ▁a ▁ 1 5 - round ▁split ▁decision ▁and ▁the ▁heavy weight ▁title ▁to ▁Leon ▁Sp inks ▁in ▁a ▁massive ▁ups et . ▁Th ur man ▁land ed ▁ 2 3 5 ▁of ▁ 5 3 9 ▁p unch es ▁( 4 4 ▁percent ) ▁and ▁Por ter ▁land ed ▁ 2 3 6 ▁of ▁ 6 6 2 ▁( 3 6 ▁percent ). ▁After ▁the ▁fight , ▁there ▁was ▁immediate ▁tal ks ▁of ▁a ▁rem atch . ▁The ▁fight ▁aver aged ▁ 3 . 1 ▁million ▁view ers , ▁according ▁to ▁ESP N . ▁The ▁card ▁itself ▁aver aged ▁ 2 . 4 ▁million ▁view ers . ▁The ▁live ▁gate ▁was ▁over ▁$ 1 . 1 ▁million ▁in ▁ticket ▁sales , ▁the ▁highest ▁gate ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Bar cl ays ▁Center ▁to ▁date , ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁second