The Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin case may not be over despite an 2nd Circuit Appellate Court ruling which affirmed the trial court’s decision that Wilder’s claims for breach of contract should be dismissed. However, the deposit World of Boxing put in escrow for the fight remains up in the air. A letter filed with the Court […]
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PBC on Fox Saturday night draws 1.051M in fast nationals
Television By Numbers reports that PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 1.051 million viewers in fast nationals Saturday night. The event featured a heavyweight matchup between Chris Arreola and Adam Kownacki. The event drew a 0.2 in the A18-49 demo and an overall 2 share. This effort did beat out a Million Dollar Mile on […]
More boxing coming to UFC Fight Pass in revamp of digital platform?
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 […]
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 […]