The return of Manny Pacquiao stateside has produced a Showtime PPV event drawing approximately 400,000 PPV buys according to multiple outlets. Pacquiao was dominant in a unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Although this buy rate was provided to ESPN and Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, it […]
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Canelo-Jacobs set for DAZN on May 4th
Canelo Alvarez will be fighting Daniel Jacobs on May 4, 2019. The event will be streamed on DAZN. Mark Your Damn Calendar 🔥#CaneloJacobs 👉 https://t.co/j4BIUf4XnH pic.twitter.com/U0ykRHwe88 — DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) January 17, 2019 The fight will unify the WBA, IBF, and WBC middleweight titles. The Jacobs fight is one that boxing fans wanted despite it […]
Update on Wilder-Povetkin appeal
When we last wrote about the Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin lawsuit, Wilder had filed its appeal brief in which it sought the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the District Court decision which sided with Povetkin. The legal drama has been long and winding and despite a jury trial that determined that the Russian boxer […]
PBC on Fox drew 1.69M viewers Saturday night
Lomachenko fight draws over 2M viewers on ESPN Saturday night
The Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza fight on ESPN on Saturday night drew 1.865 million viewers on the network for its two-hour broadcast which was preceded by the Heisman Trophy telecast. The lead-in likely helped the Top Rank Boxing ratings but Lomachenko is becoming destiny television for many fans. The event drew 0.63 in the A18-49 demo […]