Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew 553,000 viewers for the Gervonta Davis-Ricardo Nunez feature on the network. The event drew 188,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.33 share per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. Davis KO’d Nunez in the second round in front of a hometown crowd in Baltimore, Maryland. Davis retained the WBA […]
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Pac-Thurman attendance, gate, comps and payouts (Pac pays a lot for tickets)
The Nevada Athletic Commission disclosed the payouts, attendance and gate for the Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman fight. The event this past Saturday sold 11,436 tickets with another 1,675 comped. The gate drew $6,260,275. The commission also disclosed the payouts from the event. Manny Pacquiao received $10M (although likely more) for his fight with Keith Thurman who […]
Zuffa Boxing makes a hire
Zuffa Boxing may be taking another step to becoming a reality and likely a major player in the industry. Mike Coppinger of The Athletic reports that Zuffa has hired an individual to run Zuffa Boxing. Sources tell @TheAthleticBOX Dana White has hired a person to run his boxing division (unofficially referred to as Zuffa Boxing) […]
PBC Fight Night on Fox yields 923,000 viewers
PBC on Fox drew 923,000 viewers on Saturday night. The event drew 269,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.62 overall rating. The event featured Caleb Plant and Mike Lee with Plant stopping Lee in round 3. PBC on Fox led to the Pacquiao-Thurman later that night. In fast overnights, the event drew 880,000 […]
PBC on Fox Saturday draws 880,000 viewers
PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 880,000 viewers in fast overnight ratings per Television By Numbers. The 2-hour event which supplemented the Fox PPV featuring Pacquiao-Thurman drew a 0.2 share in the A18-49 demo and a 2 share. The telecast on Fox was last in overall viewership when compared to the other 3 networks of […]