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 […]
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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 […]
PBC on NBC draws 1.86 overnight rating, 2.38M viewers
Sports TV ratings reports that last night’s PBC on NBC event Saturday night drew an overnight rating of 1.86. Per Television By Numbers, it drew 2.38M viewers and a 3 share. It is a 4% decrease from April’s prime time event on NBC and 26% down from the debut in March. The show increased every half […]
PBC on Spike TV draws 446,000 viewers
Premier Boxing Champions airing at 9:00pmET-11:05pm ET on Spike TV Friday night drew an average viewership of 446,000 per Sports TV Ratings. UPDATED: Per a Nielsen source, the peak for the event was 613,000 viewers making it the lowest peak for PBC on Spike events. PBC on Spike TV March 2015 – 869,000 overall average; […]
Mayweather, Pacquiao top annual list of highest paid athletes
Forbes announced its annual list of highest paid athletes. As expected, boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. topped the list earning $300 million including endorsement deals. His opponent, May 2nd, Manny Pacquiao landed second on the list. Mayweather tallied $285 million in pay from June 2014 to June 2015. He earned $100 million on fight night against […]