Oscar De La Hoya announced last week that he is launching his own network. De La Hoya TV will debut this spring as announced at the National Association of Television Program Executives annual conference in Miami. The network will offer combat sports including boxing, MMA as well as features on sports and lifestyle that will […]
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Haymon buys time on Spike TV
MMA Fighting reports that Spike TV has added Al Haymon’s boxing organization to its Friday night lineup as the network will rebrand Friday nights as a combat sports night. The new deal which was announced at a press conference on Thursday is reported to be another time buy by Haymon’s group. Spike TV has Bellator […]
Wilder-Stiverne on Showtime scores 1.24M
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s boxing event on Showtime between Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne drew an average of 1.24 million viewers per Nielsen. The peak for the fight was 1.34 million viewers. The estimated average is based solely on the actual fight and not the overall event televised on the premium cable […]
Haymon time buy brings boxing to NBC prime time
Golden Boy-Schaefer settle lawsuit, avoid arbitration
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Richard Schaefer and Golden Boy have settled its lawsuit arising out of Schaefer’s departure from the boxing promotion last year. The settlement leaves Al Haymon with several key boxers for a shwow . Golden Boy sought private arbitration to settle the departure of Schaefer from this past spring. […]