Earlier this week Golden Boy Promotions and Facebook announced a deal in which fights will be streamed on the social media platform in another move toward sports content online. According to ESPN, the deal will have a minimum of five fight cards and will be free on the Facebook Watch page in the U.S. and […]
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Claressa Shields latest fight draws 376,000 viewers on Showtime
Showtime Boxing Friday night drew a telecast high of 376,000 viewers for the main event featuring Claressa Shields and Hanna Gabriels. The “special edition” featured Shields as she defeated Gabriels in T-Rex’s first real challenge in her young pro career. In addition, the first bout of the telecast featured Umar Salamov taking on Brian Howard. […]
Spence-Ocampo fight on Showtime drew 683,000 viewers
The Errol Spence-Carlos Ocampo fight on Showtime this past Saturday topped out at 683,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. Spence downed his overmatched opponent in the first round with a body shot. The main card drew 301,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.43 household rating. The first round stoppage peaked at […]
Roster payouts from Horn-Crawford event
MMA Payout has obtained the official payout sheet from last Saturday’s Jeff Horn-Terrence Crawford fight taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Terrence Crawford earned $1.75 million for his TKO victory over Jeff Horn. Crawford won the WBO World Welterweight Title. Horn earned $500,000 according to the disclosure from the Nevada […]
Canelo-GGG set for rematch September 15th
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are set for their rematch September 15th in Las Vegas according to the LA Times. The deal was made shortly after a self-imposed deadline made by Alvarez’s camp. GGG did not obtain a 50-50 split as he originally requested. But, he likely did better than the 42.5% of the fight […]