PBC on NBC Sports Network Saturday night drew an average of 247,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The event featured a cruiserweight bout between B.J. Flores and Bebut Shumenov. Notably, the event which aired from 9-12:18pm ET went up against HBO Boxing and a Sergey Kovalev title defense. Although the complete ratings are not in, […]
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Haymon-Golden Boy file Arbitration Briefs which may decide lawsuit
Arbitration briefs have been filed in the Al Haymon-Golden Boy case in which Haymon’s attorneys are seeking to stay the court case claiming that an arbitrator should decide the promotion’s grievances against Haymon and his business entities. Arbitrator Daniel Weinstein is set to hear the parties’ arguments on July 29th. Golden Boy argues in its […]
Chavez, Jr.-Reyes on Showtime Saturday draws 663,000 viewers
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday’s Showtime event featuring Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and and Marcos Reyes drew 663,000 subscribers with a peak of 707,000. Chavez, Jr. earned a unanimous decision. The fight was slightly better than his last outing, an April loss to Andrzej Fonfara. That fight ran opposite to Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan […]
PBC on CBS Saturday posts 0.8 rating
Sports Business Daily (subscription required) reports that Saturday afternoon’s Premier Boxing Champions on CBS drew an overnight rating of 0.8 in the 4:00-6:00pm ET time slot. According to Sports Media Watch, 3 of the 4 PBC events on CBS have failed to earn at least a 1.0 overnight average. Saturday night’s fight on CBS featured […]
PBC on ESPN debut draws 800,000 viewers
The debut of PBC on ESPN Saturday night drew an average viewership of 800,000 viewers from 9pm-11pm ET. It surpassed 2015’s Friday Night Fight telecasts which averaged just 381,000 viewers. The main event featuring Keith Thurman and Luis Collazo drew an average of 999,000 viewers with a peak at close to 1.2 million according to […]