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 […]
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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 […]
Mayweather to make at least $32M, Berto $4M for Saturday night
ESPN reports that Floyd Mayweather will earn at least $32 million for his fight Saturday night against Andre Berto. The challenger to Mayweather’s welterweight title will receive $4 million, the most of his career. The earnings were revealed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The payout is a far cry from the $250 million he […]