Is a Fight Pass revamp coming? If so, it will happen this fall. According to Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand his sources tell him that the digital streaming service is set to relaunch by October. Without saying, Ourand notes that there will be “addition of boxing programming” on FightPass. From John Ourand’s eblast this afternoon […]
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Showtime Boxing draws 553,00 viewers for Davis-Nunez fight
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 […]
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 […]