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 […]
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Ward fight draws 742,000 on HBO
Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Andre Ward drew 742,000 subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The one-fight telecast served as a warmup for Ward’s showdown with Sergey Kovalev this November. The event drew 356,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 category per Sports TV Ratings. Ward handily defeated his opponent via unanimous decision. Per Sports TV […]
Legal letter-wrangling goes on in Wilder-Povetkin lawsuit
The letter-writing battle between parties in the Wilder-Povetkin lawsuit is heating up as the parties have exchanged terse letters with the court about Wilder’s Motion to Dismiss the Povetkin lawsuit. For background on the lawsuit, you can look here. Long story short, a bout between Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin set in Russia for this […]
Deontay Wilder files motion to dismiss against Povetkin, World of Boxing
Deontay Wilder and Lou DiBella have filed a Motion to Dismiss the claims of Alexander Povetkin and his promoter. The motion reflects what might be a long, hard fight in court. As you may recall, in June Wilder and his promoter, Lou DiBella and DiBella Entertainment filed a lawsuit against World of Boxing, LLC (“WOB”) […]
Crawford-Postol replay draws 378,000 on HBO
The PPV replay of the Terrence Crawford-Viktor Postol fight drew 378,000 HBO subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The event, which aired from 10:15-11:17pm ET also drew 178,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. Showtime Boxing drew 480,000 viewers and 201,000 in the adult 18-49 demo. Not a good showing considering Crawford drew 982,000a live event […]