Law360 reports that Showtime Networks is asking that lawsuits stemming from poor streaming feeds for the Mayweather-McGregor fight be heard in New York. Currently, there are 8 lawsuits across the nation in which plaintiffs claim that they paid to watch the Mayweather-McGregor fight but could not or received poor video streams. The first was filed […]
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Golden Boy says GGG-Canelo drew more than 1.3M buys
Golden Boy Promotions has issued a statement in response to the report that the GGG-Canelo PPV drew 1.3 million pay-per-view buys. It refutes the report stating that it is “north” of the reported number. Via Dan Rafael of ESPN: “While everyone at Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions appreciate the media’s recognition that the fight […]
GGG-Canelo draw 1.2M PPV buys
The LA Times’ Larry Pugmire reports that the GGG-Canelo fight taking place on Saturday, September 16th drew 1.2 million PPV buys. Chris Mannix of SI has also confirmed the number with industry sources. The fight ended up in a draw which only means that the two fighters should do it again sooner than later. For […]
Court denies World of Boxing’s post-trial motion for new trial in Wilder case
GGG-Canelo replay on HBO draws 726,000 viewers
HBO’s Boxing telecast which included a replay of the GGG-Canelo fight drew 726,000 viewers via Nielsen. The live fight of the telecast drew 687,000 viewers. Saturday night’s event which replayed GGG-Canelo peaked at 840,000 viewers and drew 0.24 in the A18-49 demo. The fight between Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell peaked at 726,000 viewers and […]