Top Rank Boxing airing on ESPN Saturday night drew 880,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event, which included preliminary bouts to the main event of Sergey Kovalev and Eleider Alvarez, peaked at 1.022 million viewers. On the network telecast Oscar Valdez defeated Carmine Tommasone via 7th round stoppage. The opening bout featured […]
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Pacquiao-Broner replay draws minimal audience Saturday on Showtime
The Manny Pacquiao Adrien Broner replay on Showtime Saturday night drew 367,000 viewers according to Nelsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The replay which saw Pacquiao defeat Broner via unanimous decision went up against PBC on Fox and Bellator 214 on Saturday. In addition, the NHL All-Star Game and NBA on ABC featuring the Golden State Warriors […]
Pacquiao’s return to U.S. draws 400K PPV buys according to reports
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 […]
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 […]