This Saturday Manny Pacquiao returns to fight Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas in a rematch of their June 2012 bout which ended in controversy. Yahoo! Sports reports on Pacquiao solidifying himself among the top boxing PPV draws of all-time. According to an article by Steve Kim on Sports on Earth, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum […]
UFC makes $15K/$15K offer to Holm per fighter’s coach
MMA Junkie reports that women’s MMA fighter Holly Holm turned down the UFC offer to fight for the company revealing she may have a more lucrative offer if she accepted a boxing match this September. Holm’s coach Mike Winkeljohn stated that the UFC offered Holm $15,000 to show and $15,000 to win (via MMA Fighting) […]
Bellator 115 salaries: Kongo tops payroll
The MMA Report reports the salaries from Friday night’s Bellator event taking place at the Reno Events Center in Nevada. Former UFC Heavyweight Cheick Kongo topped the payroll despite losing a unanimous decision. The salaries disclosed were provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Vitaly Minakov: $35,000 (includes $17,500 win bonus) Cheick Kongo: $50,000 Herman […]
UPDATED with peak number: Bellator 115: 830,000 viewers
Television By Numbers reports that the overnight rating for Bellator 115 this past Friday received 830,000 viewers. It also received a 0.4 rating in the Adult 18-49 demo. UPDATED 04/08/14: Nielsen sources tell us that it scored a 0.44 in the adult 18-49 demo and 0.60 in the male 18-49 demo which are both season […]
Sony’s PS4 brand to sponsor Top Rank fights this spring
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Top Rank Boxing has signed on with Sony for its Playstation 4 brand to receive “prominent placement” at this week’s Bradley-Pacquiao II event and June 7th’s Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez PPVs. In addition, the PS4 logo will be seen during the May 17th Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado fight […]