Saturday night was the last event Top Rank Boxing aired on ESPN. The network declined to renew its distribution deal with Top Rank after working together for the past 8 years. The last event featured a fight between Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia for the WBO junior middleweight championship. It was Zayas that became the […]
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Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act introduced as a federal bill
On Wednesday, a bipartisan bill was introduced before Congress which would overhaul the landscape of boxing. The bill is championed by the TKO, the parent company of the UFC and WWE. Notably, TKO CEO Ari Emanuel intimated earlier this year that TKO would be entering boxing and noted that the current version of the Ali […]
Paul-JCC attendance and gate
MPO has obtained the official Box Office report from the California State Athletic Commission for the June 28th event featuring Jake Paul taking on Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Per the official report, the event drew 15,547 fans for an official gate of $1,575,758.54. The event promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Jake Paul’s MVP took […]
Third fight between Taylor-Serrano draws 6M viewers on Netflix
Media outlets are reporting that the third fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano drew approximately 6 million viewers. The report was from data from Netflix and VideoAmp. The data is based on average minute audience and is based on those that watched the event on Friday night and one day of playback. The report […]
Big combat sports watching this weekend
The middle of the summer usually does not give viewers a whole lot of sports viewing options but this weekend Boxing, UFC, WWE and AEW have outdone itself with a plethora of viewing options this weekend. Starting on Friday, boxing fans will get the trilogy that they have been waiting for as Katie Taylor takes […]