The Sports Business Journal reports that Top Rank will not seek a distributor for Manny Pacquiao’s fight against Jessie Vargas on Saturday, November 5th. There will not be shoulder programming (i.e. HBO 24/7s) to help promote the fight. Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, could lose out on rights fees from the rebroadcast of the fight. According […]
September’s PBC on Spike draws 547,000 viewers
PBC on Spike TV Friday night drew 547,000 per Sports TV Ratings. In the main event Daniel Jacobs stopped Sergio Mora to retain his middleweight world title. Per Sports TV Ratings, it drew 187,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The event was up a slight increase from PBC last event on Spike TV in […]
GGG draws 843K HBO viewers for Saturday afternoon fight
HBO Boxing on Saturday afternoon featuring Gennady Golovkin taking on Kell Brook drew 843,000 subscribers. The event aired in the afternoon from 3:10pm-3:28pm PT per Sports TV Ratings. It drew 393,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The event was replayed later that night in addition to two other live fights. 7:13pm-7:45pm PT – Kamegai […]
UFC 203 Prelims draws 870,000 viewers
The UFC 203 Prelims on FS1 this past Saturday drew 870,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The event is up 31% from last Septembers prelim card on FS1. That card was headlined by Demetrious Johnson-John Dodson 2. The UFC 203 Prelims featured Jessica Eye and Bethe Corriea in the last fight before the PPV. Corriea won […]
Yao Ming investment group acquires stake in parent company of Glory Kickboxing
Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming’s investment company has acquired “a significant stake” in Glory Sports International, the parent company of Glory Kickboxing. Per a Glory press release on Monday, it has completed a Series B financing led by Yao Capital. Via Glory press release: Focusing on growth stage sports & entertainment investment opportunities, Yao […]