1 million PPV buys? Richard Schaefer claims that it’s possible for this Saturday’s Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia fight at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. In a piece by Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, he indicated that the fight has sold over 35,000 tickets as of Thursday. Spence-Garcia will be the first PPV for both fighters. It has received […]
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Porter tops payroll from Saturday’s PBC on Fox card
The California State Athletic Commission has disclosed the payouts from Saturday’s event at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Main card fighters Shawn Porter and Yordenis Ugas topped the payouts. Via CSAC: Viktor Slavinskyi $4,000 def Luis May $5,500 Justin Cardona $2,000 def Phillip Bounds $1,800 Jesus Cuellar $40,000 def Carlos Padilla $1,000 […]
Disgruntled May-Pac fans get oral argument in appeals court
On March 7th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in the appeal of the lawsuit brought by plaintiffs that purchased the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. The case was dismissed but appealed by the plaintiffs. The underlying facts of the lawsuit brought by multiple individuals and consolidated into […]
PBC on Fox (3/9) draw 1.34M viewers in fast overnights
PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 1.34 million viewers in fast overnights per Television By Numbers. The event drew 0.3 in the A18-49 demo and a 2 share overall. The event which featured Shawn Porter beating Yordenis Ugas in a controversial decision was the latest event for PBC on the network. It went up against […]
GGG signs with DAZN
Gennady Golovkin has signed a three-year, six fight contract with sports streaming service DAZN early Thursday morning according to Mike Coppinger. According to Coppinger’s sources, GGG will be paid 8 figures per fight and twice a year. The deal will be announced on Monday with GGG intending to fight in June. ESPN reports that ESPN, […]