HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew an average viewership of 740,000 viewers for its main fight of the evening which featured Luis Ortiz versus Tony Thompson. Ortiz knocked out Thompson in the sixth-round on Saturday night. The fight, which aired from 11:10pm-11:33pm ET drew 740,000 viewers and 313,000 viewers in the Adults 18-49 demo per Sports […]
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HBO distances itself in statement regarding Pacquiao
With a little over a month before Manny Pacquiao’s last fight against Timothy Bradley, HBO has issued a statement which distances itself from Pacquiao’s toxic comments about homosexuals. Here is the text of the HBO statement regarding Manny Pacquiao: Next month Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. are scheduled to meet in a Pay-Per-View bout. […]
Showtime boxing draws just 267,000 for Santa Cruz-Martinez
Showtime boxing’s Saturday night fight between Leo Santa Cruz defeated Kiko Martinez drew just 267,000 per Nielsen via Dan Rafael. The event is one of the lowest ratings in recent memory for boxing on Showtime. The last event on Showtime featuring heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder drew 500,000 subscribers. Prior to that, a December event featuring […]
Crawford draws 982K on HBO
HBO’s Boxing event Saturday night featuring Terrence Crawford drew an average of 982,000 subscribers of the premium network per Sports TV Ratings. Crawford defeated Hank Lundy to retain his junior welterweight title. It was Crawford’s first time fighting in New York as he sold-out the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The Crawford-Lundy event drew 982,000 […]
Pacquiao dropped by Nike
Nike has severed ties with Manny Pacquiao after the Filipino fighter made derogatory remarks about same sex relationships. Despite an apology from Pacquiao, it was too little too late. Pacquiao had been a Nike-sponsored fighter for over 8 years. He had a clothing line specifically for the fighter including a logo made by the apparel […]