Attorneys for Al Haymon are seeking to stay the lawsuit filed by Golden Boy Boxing arguing that arbitration in the matter between Haymon and Golden Boy is pending. Thus, the issues brought up by Golden Boy in its lawsuit may be resolved by the end of July. The motion seeks to put on hold the […]
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Top Rank files suit against Al Haymon
Top Rank Boxing has sued Al Haymon and Waddell & Reed Financial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Similar to the lawsuit filed by Golden Boy in May of this year, it claims that Haymon and his business holdings violate antitrust law, the Muhammad Ali Act and […]
Bradley-Vargas draws 1.121M on HBO
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Timothy Bradley Jr. and Jessie Vargas drew an average of 1.121 million viewers for the live event from Carson, California. The fight peaked at 1.228 million viewers on a night where Bradley pulled off a unanimous decision. The undercard featuring Oscar Valdez and Ruben […]
Bellator 139: 764K viewers and Friday night boxing numbers
Bellator 139 drew an average viewership of 764,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The event is down from its tent pole event of a week prior but it still was the second-best rating on the network since February. In the main event of Friday night, former UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo […]
PBC adds FS1 to its stable of networks
With two network shows this past weekend, Premier Boxing Champions seems to be on every channel. You may now include Fox Sports as another network that has added PBC to its programming. Last week PBC replaced Golden Boy Promotions on FS1 as the network allowed its contract with Golden Boy end and signed a deal […]