ESPN Top Rank Boxing Saturday night scored 1.024 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The feature bout saw Vasiliy Lomachenko stop Jorge Linares. The event began earlier than most main events with it starting around 6:30pm on the west coast. The event scored 0.35 in the A18-49 demo. It drew 0.51 in the […]
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Court issues final order in Wilder-Povetkin but appeal likely
The Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin case may be heading to an appeal if you believe the parties. The Court has issued a final judgment and order in the case and indicated that money held in escrow be sent to World of Boxing. Order May 10th by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd Final Judgment by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd The […]
GGG draws 1.249M viewers on HBO
Gennady Golovkin’s return to the ring on Saturday drew 1.249 million HBO viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. GGG soundly defeated Vanes Martirosyan in the second right of their fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fight viewership peaked at 1.361 million viewers. The telecast featured the first women’s fight aired on […]
De La Hoya looking to start MMA promotion
Oscar De La Hoya may be competing with Dana White soon as he revealed plans that he may promote mixed martial arts in the future. De La Hoya met with Chuck Liddell last week to discuss the possibility of fighting in a new promotion spearheaded by the former Olympian. De La Hoya and Liddell spoke […]
GGG earns $1M for Cinco de Mayo Fight
Dan Rafael of ESPN reports the purses for Saturday’s GGG event on HBO. Gennady Golovkin made $1 million per the California State Athletic Commission. GGG’s opponent, Vanes Martirosyan, made $225,000. Martirosyan was the replacement for Canelo Alvarez after his failed VADA drug tests which led to a suspension of his license by the Nevada Athletic […]