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: […]
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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 […]
Aside from DAZN, Canelo-Jacobs to be offered in theatres
The May 4th Showdown between Daniel Jacobs and Canelo Alvarez airing on DAZN is offering another option for boxing fans. Watching the fight in theatres. In partnership with Fathom Events, the fight will be available at theatres across America. The get in price will be around $20. Via Fathom Events: The live broadcast of “Canelo […]
PBC on FS1 for Quillin-Truax drew 181,000 viewers
LeBron James-led media company producing “24/7”-inspired docu-series starting this weekend for Canelo-Jacobs
The May 4th showdown between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs will receive a “24/7” style docuseries from the digital media company of LeBron James and Maverick Carter. “40 Days,” the entitled series which describes the eight weeks of training boxers use to prepare for a fight will give viewers the behind the scenes look at […]