Steve Kim of UCN Live reports the Nielsen information that HBO’s Saturday afternoon live showing of Gennady Golovkin defeating Martin Murray drew 862,000 viewers and peaked at 938,000. GGG KO’d Murray in the 12th round after dominating most of the fight. The fight was shown live on HBO and replayed later that night. The event […]
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Mayweather-Pacquiao set for May 2nd
The long-awaited fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is taking place May 2nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather posted a picture of a piece of paper which he states was the signed contract for the fight. It is being reported that the purse split is 60-40 in favor of Mayweather. One […]
Premier Boxing Champions signs deal with CBS Sports and Showtime
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that CBS Sports and Showtime have brokered a deal with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions to be aired on Saturday afternoons. The sides have agreed to an 8 show deal starting April 4th featuring light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson. In addition, shoulder programming will assist in promoting the fight […]
Spike TV announces “Friday Night Lights Out”
Spike TV has announced that its combat sports-branded Friday night now has a name. Per a press release it has named it “Friday Night Lights Out” with the first night under the new moniker starting March 13th. Below is a portion of the Spike TV press release: Spike TV has given combat sports fans a […]
Rios-Alvarado trilogy scores 1.252M viewers
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO boxing card featuring the third fight between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvardo drew 1.252 million HBO viewers. According to Nielsen the peak of the fight drew 1.315 million viewers. Per Rafael, it was the most watch fight of the three between Rios and Alvardo. Also on Saturday, […]