With the recent news that there will be a proposed amendment to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to include MMA fighters, I take a look at boxers that have tried to sue under the Ali Act over at The White Bronco. The Ali Act which serves to protect boxers from unsavory business practices from […]
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PBC on Fox draws 1.51 million viewers
Premier Boxing Champions on Fox drew 1.51 million viewers Saturday night according to TV By the Numbers. It was fourth in its time slot in terms of overall viewers. The event featured the rematch between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz. Berto stopped Ortiz in the fourth round despite going down to Ortiz earlier in the […]
GGG draws 1.325M on HBO
HBO Boxing featuring Gennady Golovkin facing Dominic Wade drew an average subscriber rating of 1.325M viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The GGG fight is comparable to his last HBO fight this past May. The fight drew 758,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The fight preceding GGG-Wade was Roman “Chocolito” Gonzalez soundly defeating McWilliams Arroyo. […]
Disappointing PPV buy rate for Pacquiao-Bradley III
The Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley trilogy did poorly on PPV according to Bob Arum in a report from ESPN’s Dan Rafael. The Top Rank promoter admits that the PPV did between 400K-500K buys and that the event lost money. Arum admitted that the April 9th event will be closer to 400K PPV buys than 500K and that […]
Replay of Pacquiao-Bradley trilogy draws 750K on HBO
The HBO replay of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight from April 8th drew 750,000 network subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The event drew 347,000 viewers in the Adult 18-49 demo. The event was marred by Pacquiao’s controversial comments about same sex relationships which cost him his Nike sponsorship. Notably, Pacquiao still wore Nikes in his […]