Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions should be happy with the past two weeks as its promotion has produced good numbers on PPV and on Showtime. Canelo Alvarez’s first time headlining a boxing PPV has produced “well over 350,000 buys” according to Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions. Alvarez stopped Alfredo Angulo in the 10th round of […]
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Mayweather chooses Maidana over Khan for May 3rd
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will fight Marcos Maidana on May 3rd in Las Vegas per a tweet sent out by Mayweather on his birthday. It will be Mayweather’s third fight for Showtime Boxing. I will be fighting Marcos Maidana May 3rd on Pay-per-view Showtime/CBS http://t.co/mtj7H8WVxu pic.twitter.com/Rc2N87zcjP — Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 25, 2014 Mayweather engaged with […]
Canelo Alvarez PPV also in movie theaters
Showtime and Golden Boy’s first PPV event on March 8th with Canelo Alvarez as its featured fighter can also be seen in select movie theaters. It was announced that Golden Boy would be teaming up with Fathom Events to show Alvarez as he has his first fight since his loss to Floyd Mayweather as he […]
Boxing and MMA organizations support head trauma study
Competing combat sports organizations officially announced Tuesday its collaboration to contribute to an ongoing medical study to address and identify early stage signs of brain injury for those exposed to head trauma. The UFC, Bellator, Glory, Golden Boy and Top Rank all expressed its support for the study at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center […]
HBO wins head to head versus Showtime
HBO Boxing almost doubled the television ratings of Showtime Boxing in a head to head face off on Saturday night. Both boxing events ran up against each other and a portion of UFC on Fox 10. HBO’s Boxing After Dark series featured Mikey Garcia taking on Juan Carlos Burgos taken by Garcia. The broadcast scored […]