According to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger the Showtime PPV between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz drew between 200K and 225K buys. The event took place on Halloween this past Saturday. Davis used an uppercut to knock out Santa Cruz in the 6th round. The KO verified Davis as a solid fighter in the Super […]
Ring City, USA sued by promoter for alleged breach of agreement
A lawsuit was filed in New Jersey Superior Court against an upstart boxing company, Ring City USA by Greg Cohen. The lawsuit claims that the company left him out of the partnership while taking his idea. The lawsuit claims that Cohen, a boxing promoter, would be a part of an upstart boxing promotion that would […]
Povetkin in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, fight with Whyte off
A major heavyweight showdown has been postponed due to a boxer testing positive for COVID-19. Alexander Povetkin has been hospitalized as a result of the coronavirus and his fight with Dillan Whyte has been pushed back until January 30th. Povetkin and Whyte were set to fight on November 21st but promoter Eddie Hearn made the […]
Judge in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit orders another status conference
A minute order issued on Saturday indicates that there will be another hearing in the UFC Antitrust lawsuit. November 19th Judge Richard Boulware will conduct a status conference which will be via video conference as a result of the worldwide pandemic. A previous status conference was held in September which had no real takeaways except […]
NXT scores rare win over AEW for Halloween Havoc
NXT pulled off a rare ratings victory over AEW this past Wednesday night. NXT drew 876,000 overall viewers for its “Halloween Havoc” special while AEW drew 781,000 viewers. AEW did draw more in the key A18-49 and M18-49 demos: 0.32 and 0.38 respectively. NXT drew 0.25 and 0.33 which is a little better than usual. […]