Jake Paul is set to take on former UFC champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva at the Gila River Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, October 29 on Showtime PPV. Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions will be promoting the event, Holden Boxing will be the licensed promoter of the event and Showtime Boxing will produce and distribute […]
Boxing vs. MMA
Top Rank Boxing draws 1.019M for Loma return
Top Rank Boxing drew 1.019 million viewers on Saturday night as ESPN featured the return of Vasiliy Lomachenko as he faced Richard Comney. The telecast beat the UFC 269 Prelims which aired on ESPN2 earlier in the evening. Top Rank Boxing was 3rd overall in the cable ratings Saturday night for its 3-hour show and […]
2017: The year in boxing
2017 was a great year for boxing which saw some great fights and the spectacle that was Mayweather-McGregor. The year started off with the talk about Mayweather-McGregor as the UFC’s lightweight champion stirred the pot by going on a rant on Instagram where he wrote “F*** the UFC.” Dana White warned that if Conor went […]
MPO Year in Review: No. 1 The Money Fight
MMA Payout’s business story of the year is likely everyone else’s big news of the year: The Money Fight which saw Conor McGregor make his debut in the ring against Floyd Mayweather. What many thought would never happened at the beginning of 2017 actually came together rather quickly as the two squared off the last […]
Showtime announces Mayweather-McGregor draws 4.3 million domestic PPV buys
On Thursday, Showtime announced that the official domestic PPV buys for August’s Mayweather-McGregor fight drew 4.3 million PPV buys which fell short of the record set by Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. Showtime also announced that it drew over $600 million in total revenue. The Mayweather-McGregor fight was second biggest gate ever with […]