Premier Boxing Champions drew an average viewership of 315,000 on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The main event featured Andrzej Fonfara as he defeated Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision. Fonfara is best known for his last fight when he stopped Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Despite the drop of over 45% from Septembers’ […]
Sage Northcutt added to UFC Fight Night 80
MMA Junkie reports that Sage Northcutt will face Cody Pfister at UFC Fight Night 80 on Thursday, December 10th. Northcutt, the fresh-face 19 year old will be featured in the co-main event on UFC Fight Pass. The event will be headlined by 21 year old Paige Van Zant taking on Joanne Calderwood. Welcome back to […]
ESPN and WWE enter into partnership
Last week ESPN announced it entered into a partnership with the WWE to feature weekly segments of wrestling highlights. The move is thought to help both companies. ESPN’s subscriber numbers and ratings have been down and ad revenue were off based on the last report this past June as reported in the Wall Street Journal. […]
Al Haymon wins round against Top Rank in antitrust lawsuit
Al Haymon won a round in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday as he was successful in dismissing an antitrust lawsuit filed by Top Rank Boxing. The court gave Top Rank the ability to amend their complaint by October 30, 2015. The motion to dismiss Top Rank’s First Amended Complaint by Al Haymon, et […]
GGG and Chocolatito impress on PPV
Gennady Golovkin made a splash in his debut on top of the card of a PPV. He stopped David Lemieux in the 8th round. In addition, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez stopped Brian Viloria in the co-main event. According to multiple reports, 20,548 paid to see GGG-Lemieux at Madison Square Garden. According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, GGG […]