The replay of Toronto’s Mayweather-McGregor press conference on Wednesday drew 283,000 viewers on FS1. The live show on FS2 drew 107,000 viewers according to Nielsen. The re-air on FS1 occurred at 11:03 pm ET. It posted more than Tuesday’s replay on FS1 which drew 133,000. The live presser from Toronto drew 124,000 on FS2. Payout […]
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Fox Sports to air press conferences for Mayweather-McGregor
Fox Sports will air the hype for the August 26th Mayweather-McGregor fight according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports. The additional hype for the event should help the event as well as the network. Fox Sports 2 will do specials of “UFC Tonight” this week as the big press tour begins Tuesday at the Staples […]
Ward-Kovalev II disappoints with gate, PPV
The rematch for the Andre Ward/Sergey Kovalev fight last month proved to be a financial bust according to the reported gate and PPV buys. Ward received $6.5M for the fight while Kovalev’s pay was tied to the percentage of tickets and PPV revenue. I’m not sure who decided this for Kovalev, but based on the […]
Povetkin-WOB bring up new information in Wilder Meldonium case
The attorneys in the Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin/World of Boxing case are at it again with letters to the court sent late last month. The parties await a pending Motion for New Trial and/or Motion for JNOV but the attorneys for Povetking and WOB are lobbying the Court to consider newfound information. As you may recall, […]
Pacquiao-Horn scores huge ratings for ESPN Saturday night
According to Nielsen, the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight drew a 1.8 metered market rating which makes it the highest-rated boxing event on ESPN this decade. Horn scored a controversial win over Pacquiao to win the WBO Welterweight belt. The main event delivered a 2.4 overnight rating. It will be interesting to see how it did […]