Floyd Mayweather will return to fighting on December 31st in Japan for the Rizin promotion. He is set to face Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. The rules and duration of the bout is yet to be determined.We last saw Mayweather in August of 2017 as he defeated Conor McGregor in the biggest selling PPV of all […]
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HBO’s BAD draws 500K viewers for Danny Jacobs feature
HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew 500,000 for the main event per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The main event saw Danny Jacobs beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko by split decision to win the IBF Title. In addition, Heather Hardy defeated Shelly Vincent to win the WBO women’s featherweight title in first fight of the telecast. The fight which […]
DAZN signs Canelo to richest contract in sports
Canelo Alvarez has signed a 5-year, 11 fight deal worth $365 million with new streaming service DAZN according to ESPN. The deal begins with Alvarez’s December fight against Rocky Fieldinng. The deal is the richest athlete contract in sports history. According to the ESPN story, HBO had the right of first negotiation and a “last-look” […]
ESPN Top Rank Boxing reports strongest telecast of 2018
ESPN Top Rank Boxing on Saturday night drew 2.245 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event was the highest-rated live boxing telecast of 2018. Ring.tv reports that the peak of the telecast drew 2.7 million viewers. The main event saw Terrence Crawford put away Jose Benavidez, Jr. in the 12th and final […]
Boxer Austin Trout case moved to arbitration, casts concern on future of Ali Act
A Federal Court in Puerto Rico has dismissed boxer Austin Trout’s lawsuit against the World Boxing Organization for claims of violating the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. The court determined that due to the signed contact, Trout must submit to arbitration. Austin Trout Case Order on … by on Scribd Trout claimed that the WBO […]