The Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs fight took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez defeated Jacobs via unanimous decision. Jacobs had to pay a $250,000 per pound fine for being over 170 pounds at the morning weight check. Both fighters made the contractual weight of 160 pounds. Jacobs came in […]
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Barthelemy-Easter top Showtime Boxing event payouts
MMA Payout has obtained the payouts from the Nevada Athletic Commission regarding Saturday’s Showtime Event at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Main eventers Robert Easter, Jr and Rances Barthelemy earned the most on the card earning $250,000 each. Robert Easter, Jr: $250,000 Rances Barthelemy: $250,000 Viktor Postol: $20,000 Mohammed Mimoune; $20,000 Efe Ajagba: $15,000 Michael Wallisch: $20,000 […]
Showtime Boxing peaks at just 343K for main event
Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew 312,000 viewers for its main event featuring Robert Easter, Jr and Rances Barthelemy. The fighters fought to a split decision draw as part of the PBC event. The event drew 92,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The triple fight on Showtime did not produce strong viewership as it was […]
Vargas tops payouts for Matchroom Boxing-DAZN event Friday night
The California Athletic Commission disclosed purses for Friday night’s Matchroom Boxing/DAZN event at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The new champion, Juan Francisco Estrada reportedly received $200,000 while Srisaket Sor Rungvisai received $500,000. Estrada dominated the rematch between the two flyweights. Other purses, per ESPN’s Dan Rafael: Daniel Roman: $200,000 TJ Doheny: $230,000 Jessie Vargas: […]
Eddie Hearn critical of American PPVs
In the first four months of 2019, boxing has held three PPVs. All have been a disappointment in entertainment and brings up the question of whether the future will be the over the top platform. During a conference call promoting the May 4th Canelo Alvarez-Danny Jacobs fight, Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn spoke about the lack […]