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 […]
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Golden Boy says GGG-Canelo drew more than 1.3M buys
Golden Boy Promotions has issued a statement in response to the report that the GGG-Canelo PPV drew 1.3 million pay-per-view buys. It refutes the report stating that it is “north” of the reported number. Via Dan Rafael of ESPN: “While everyone at Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions appreciate the media’s recognition that the fight […]
GGG-Alvarez will be in theaters nationwide
ESPN reports that the September 16th fight between GGG and Canelo Alvarez will be shown in approximately 400 movie theatres in conjunction with Fathom Events. The event is being priced at $21 per ticket which is about half the amount that The Money Fight retailed for in theatres last month. The event will show the […]
UFC Fight Night 114 draws 859,000 viewers, Prelims score 633,000
UFC Fight Night 114 on FS1 Saturday night drew 859,000 viewers per Nielsen . The prelims, which preceded the main card on FS1 drew 633,000. Despite the fact the main and prelim card had mainly up and coming fighters, the ratings were strong up against live boxing on ESPN. The FS1 main card featured Sergio […]