USADA responded to the article published by Thomas Hauser which criticized the organization regarding its overall administration of its anti-doping efforts and specifically related to Floyd Mayweather. The organization that also administers the UFC’s anti-doping program provides a thorough, line-by-line dissection of Hauser’s long-form piece which seeks to clarify and discredit the validity of the […]
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PBC on NBC for 09.12.15 draws 0.69 rating; PBC on FS1 down as well
PBC on NBC last Saturday afternoon drew a 0.69 rating per Nielsen. It is down from June’s NBC afternoon event. Also, PBC on FS1 this week was down in just its second live event on the network. The main event last Saturday was Peter Quillin taking on Michael Zerafa with Quillin taking the fight by […]
Haymon-Golden Boy lawsuit to proceed in federal court
Golden Boy Promotions won a round against Al Haymon in court earlier this week as Judge John Walter denied Haymon’s motion to stay the court action to arbitrate the issues before the court. As a result, the case will proceed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Court chided Haymon’s […]
Report: Mayweather-Berto draw 400-550K PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto PPV drew between 500-600K PPV buys according to industry sources contacted by Rafael. It is the lowest PPV output by Mayweather under his contract with Showtime. UPDATED: Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that his source says it did “roughly” 400K PPV buys. 145,000 buys […]
PBC on Spike TV draws 581,000 viewers
Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV drew 581,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The event, which featured Adonis Stevenson taking on Robert Karpency in the main event was a decrease in PBC viewership on Spike TV of 15% from August. The average viewership for PBC on Spike TV after Friday’s event stands at 653,000. The […]