Early estimates of the Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux PPV this past Saturday drew approximately 150,000 buys. Sports Illustrated boxing writer Chris Mannix stated that the 150,000 estimated was “in the ballpark” of the estimated buys. Fight Hype (@fighthype) reports #GolovkinLemieux generated 150K buys. I'm told final numbers aren't in, but that's in the ballpark. — Chris […]
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PBC on Spike TV draws just 315K viewers
Premier Boxing Champions drew an average viewership of 315,000 on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The main event featured Andrzej Fonfara as he defeated Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision. Fonfara is best known for his last fight when he stopped Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Despite the drop of over 45% from Septembers’ […]
Al Haymon wins round against Top Rank in antitrust lawsuit
Al Haymon won a round in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday as he was successful in dismissing an antitrust lawsuit filed by Top Rank Boxing. The court gave Top Rank the ability to amend their complaint by October 30, 2015. The motion to dismiss Top Rank’s First Amended Complaint by Al Haymon, et […]
GGG and Chocolatito impress on PPV
Gennady Golovkin made a splash in his debut on top of the card of a PPV. He stopped David Lemieux in the 8th round. In addition, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez stopped Brian Viloria in the co-main event. According to multiple reports, 20,548 paid to see GGG-Lemieux at Madison Square Garden. According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, GGG […]
PBC on ESPN Wednesday draws 428K viewers
Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN Wednesday night draw a rating of 428,000 viewers in the 9-11pm ET time slot per Sports TV Ratings. Notably, the event went up against MLB Playoffs on FS1 which drew the highest sports TV cable rating of the evening. The game 5 deciding game in the series between the Houston […]