Golden Boy Promotions and ESPN have entered into an agreement to air the promotion’s fights on the sports network according to ESPN. The first of 42 fights will begin airing in March. The events will take place on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights which will mark a return to boxing on ESPN. Tecate will sponsor […]
Former WME-IMG exec takes position with Trump Administration
Chris Liddell, the global CFO at WME-IMG has taken a post with the newly installed Trump Administration as reported by Deadline.com and the Hollywood Reporter. As we know, WME-IMG purchased the UFC this past summer. Ari Emmanuel, the former Hollywood agent for President Donald Trump, met with Emmanuel shortly after he was elected president. The […]
Boxers set for trial date set for February 6th
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a request by attorneys for World of Boxing, L.L.C. to continue the February 6, 2017 trial date. For background on the case, see our post here. Essentially, the parties are suing each other over a failed fight in Russia due to an […]
Nate Diaz applying for Nevada boxing license
Nate Diaz is in the process of applying for a boxing license in the state of Nevada according to an ESPN report. Diaz has paid his NSAC fine of $50,000 which stems from the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference bottle-throwing fiasco. As a result of clearing the fine, he should be able to obtain the […]
Showtime event featuring Jack-Degale draws 454,000 viewers
Showtime Boxing’s event featuring Badou Jack and James DeGale drew 454,000 viewers on Saturday night. The overall event scored 391,000 per Nielsen. According to Sports TV Ratings, the event drew 175,000 viewers in the A18-49 rating. The entertaining fight which sought to unify the super middleweight belts ended in a draw. Each fighter was down […]