ESPN’s Dan Rafael notes that July’s HBO PPV featuring Terrence Crawford as he took on Viktor Postol drew between 50,000-60,000 PPV buys. Bob Arum noted that a “stronger-than-expected” gate helped offset losses although he noted that Top Rank lost $100,000 on the fight. Arum noted in the ESPN piece that he wanted the fight to […]
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MMA is legal in New York, but boxing promoters are affected by new rules
Today, September 1st, will be the first day that one can apply for a New York promoter’s license to hold a combat sports event in the state. With the legalization of MMA in New York, a proviso requiring a raise in insurance rates has caused some promoters to give pause about holding events in the […]
Boxing and MMA come together this weekend
The LA Times did a feature in anticipation of this weekend’s MMA/Boxing doubleheader in Southern California this weekend. With Bellator having a show at the Honda Center in Anaheim Friday and PBC doing an event on Saturday, the story outlines the differences. Friday night’s card features former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson while Saturday features […]
PBC on NBC Sunday draws massive ratings
In case you missed it, PBC on NBC Sunday afternoon drew a huge rating for the Errol Spence, Jr.-Leonard Bundu fight. The event drew an overall average viewership of 4.8 million viewers and a peak of 6.34 million making it the highest-rated PBC fight since its inception. As noted by ESPN’s Dan Rafael, the fight […]
Arum says HBO will not distribute Pacquiao fight
Manny Pacquiao will be facing Jessie Vargas on November 5th on pay-per-view. However, according to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, HBO will not be the PPV distributor despite a contract with Pacquiao. The cause might be due to the fact that HBO PPV will be handling the anticipated fight between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev on […]