While the 6.5 million PPV buys boasted by Dana White may be premature, the PPV buys for this past Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor fight may draw closer to the North American record of 4.6 million PPV buys earned by Mayweather-Pacquiao. According to Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza, the event was a “massive financial success.” If it doesn’t break […]
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Boxer Austin Trout files lawsuit against WBO citing Ali Act violations
Boxer Austin Trout has filed a lawsuit against the World Boxing Organization citing violations of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. It is the first lawsuit citing the Ali Act in several years. The case originally was filed in the federal district court of New Mexico as that is where Trout resides. The original complaint, […]