There are reasons why Al Haymon never speaks, one of those may be to prevent the threat of litigation. A recent article about Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions may bring on an antitrust lawsuit involving rival Golden Boy Promotions as chief plaintiff. A recent Sports Business Journal article featured Haymon’s PBC and went over how funding was […]
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Tecate offers up to $50 rebate for May-Pac
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Tecate is offering a $50 rebate off of this Saturday’s Mayweather-Pacquiao PPV. The rebate will cut in half the suggested PPV price for purchasing the fight in high definition. Tecate paid an astronomical $5.6 million for the rights to sponsor the fight. Corona, which had been a Mayweather sponsor, bid […]
Klitschko draws 1.63M viewers on HBO
HBO’s Saturday night boxing featuring World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko drew the highest rating among its subscribers drawing an average of 1.637 million viewers for the fight with Bryant Jennings. The overall telecast drew an average of 1.3 million viewers. It was Klitschko’s first appearance in the U.S. in years and many fight fans tuned […]
PBC on Spike TV ratings drops 35% from March debut
Friday night’s PBC on Spike boxing event on Friday night drew 569,000 viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings are a sharp decrease from the 869,000 viewers it drew on March 13th. Friday night’s 3 plus hour event drew a 0.2 rating for the adult 18-49 demo. According to Television By Numbers, the NBA […]
Ratings from Saturday night’s events on HBO-Showtime
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the ratings from Saturday’s boxing events on HBO and Showtime. The shows went head to head with two intriguing main events. HBO had the much anticipated fight between Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov drew 1.243 million subscribers and peaked at 1.38 million. Rafael also reports that the fight between Julio Cesar […]