The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling dismissing a class action lawsuit filed discontent fans of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight in 2015. Fans claimed that due to the alleged concealment of a shoulder injury by Pacquiao, the fight was a bust. However, relying on past cases which indicate that fans […]
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Mayweather tops highest paid athletes of decade
Floyd Mayweather has emerged as the highest-paid athlete of the decade according to Forbes.com. Mayweather has a reported $915 million in earnings per the Forbes article. The annual rankings of top-earning athletes looks at salaries, prize money, bonuses, endorsements, appearance fees and licensing income. Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were the only boxers on the list. […]
PBC on Fox draws 1.65M viewers Saturday night
PBC Fight Night on Fox drew a 1.65M viewers average according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings include the overrun which featured the main event of Jermell Charlo and Tony Harrison. The telecast drew 1.42M viewers in fast nationals. The increase reflects the addition of the overrun to its calculation. The event drew 859,000 […]
PBC on Fox draws 1.42M viewers for Charlo-Harrison
PBC on Fox drew 1.42 million viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numbers. The event was highlighted by the main event of Jermell Charlo and Tony Harrison with Charlo scoring an 11th round TKO. The event took place in Ontario, California and was a rematch of last year’s fight in Brooklyn which […]
UFC 245 Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the last PPV of this decade with UFC 245 taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the T-Mobile Arena. Usman stops Colby in 5th round Kamaru Usman broke Colby Covington’s jaw and the challenger wilted in the 5th round under the […]