The long, winding and bitter lawsuit between Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin and his promoter World of Boxing has come to an end with the parties stipulating an end to their lawsuit via a filing last week. The two boxers were scheduled to fight in May 2016 in Russia but due to a failed drug […]
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Fury receives $1M, Wallin $250K per NAC
Brent Bookhouse of CBS Sports reported the payouts from Saturday night’s Tyson Fury-Otto Wallin fight. Fury defeated Wallin via Unanimous Decision in Las Vegas. Via Nevada Athletic Commission: Tyson Fury $1 million Otto Wallin $250,000 Emmanuel Navarrete $220,000 Juan Miguel Elorde $40,000 Jose Zepeda $90,000 Jose Gonzalez $120,000 Felix Alvarez $40,000 Vyacheslav […]
Diaz-Masvidal announced for UFC 244 in New York
ESPN reports that Nate Diaz will face Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 on November 2nd in New York’s Madison Square Garden. The fight was the one Diaz called for after his defeat of Anthony Pettis last month. White indicated that it was the fight “fans wanted to see.” Masvidal is coming off of his highlight-reel […]
PBC on Fox peaks with 1.492M viewers during Lara-Alvarez
PBC on Fox drew 1.171 million viewers per Nielsen as the telecast Saturday night peaked with 1.492 million fans watching the main event between Erisandy Lara and Ramon Alvarez. The undercard rating averages were as follos: Sanchez v. Bisbal: 951,000 viewers Fundora v. Clark: 1.075M viewers Lara v. Alvarez: 1.492M viewers The telecast peaked in […]
Report: Prograis settles lawsuit with WBSS, set for October final
Mike Coppinger of The Athletic reports that Regis Prograis has settled his lawsuit with the World Boxing Super Series and a fight with Josh Taylor is being set for London. Comosa, the group behind the WBSS, reached an agreement to settle its dispute for the 140-pound Louisiana native. Upset with Comosa failing to make escrow […]