The Legal Submission takes a look at a promoter v. boxer lawsuit. This time Canadian heavyweight Mladen Miljas has filed a lawsuit against his promoter Greg Cohen. Miljas seeks to break his contract with Cohen claiming that the promoter did not provide him with a suitable amount of fights and those fights were not against […]
Jon Jones signs Richard Schaefer as an advisor
Jon Jones announced that he has retained Richard Schaefer as an adviser which he believes will give him the proper leverage to negotiate with the UFC. pic.twitter.com/am5KslWxmz — BONY (@JonnyBones) May 26, 2021 In a social media post, Jones touted the boxing executive as putting “together some of the biggest global Pay Per View events” […]
UFC 262 draws 300K PPV buys
UFC 262 took place on May 15th and netted 300,000 PPV buys per Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand. UFC 262 took place in Houston, Texas and saw the crowning of a new lightweight champion as Charles Oliviera earned the title after he stopped Michael Chandler in the 2nd round of the fight. In the semi-main […]
Taylor-Ramirez telecast draws 995K
Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole reports that ESPN’s showing of Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor peaked with 1.673M viewers. The overall telecast on ESPN drew 995,000 viewers and 687,000 in the A18-49 demo. The ratings do not reflect the number of people watching on ESPN+. Taylor defeated Ramirez to win the undisputed Junior Welterweight title. The […]
McGregor tops another list of highest paid athletes for 2021
Sportico reports that Conor McGregor is the highest paid athlete in the world with earnings of $208 million a year in salary, winnings and endorsements. The article notes that a large part of the earnings comes from the Proper No. Twelve sale to Proximo Spirits which gave the former double champion $170 million and pushed […]