Earlier this week Top Rank Boxing and truTV announced a deal that would put boxing on the Turner Network starting with live fight cards on Friday, May 1st. truTV is best known for running men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament games during March. Otherwise, most sports fans would not know of the network’s existence. The series will […]
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May-Pac PPV will cost $99
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that May 2nd’s long-awaited PPV fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will have a price point of $99 HD and $89 SD. It will be the highest priced PPV ever. The previous high for a sport PPV was “The One” which featured Mayweather fighting Canelo Alvarez. The […]
Featherweight boxer Gonzalez sued by Golden Boy
ESPN reports that Golden Boy Promotions filed a lawsuit against boxer Jhonny Gonzalez on Friday prior to his fight on Saturday. The complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court claims that Gonzalez’s Mexican promoter violated Golden Boy’s exclusive rights to promote his bouts. Despite the lawsuit, it did not attempt to file an injunction from […]
Filipino networks come together to air Mayweather-Pacquiao
Bloody Elbow reports that Manny Pacquiao facilitated a deal in which many of the big Filipino networks will air May 2nd’s fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. In an unprecedented move, rival networks that usual vie for broadcast rights of Pacquiao fights have agreed to air the fight. The fight will be available on various […]
HBO Boxing’s Kovalev-Pascal draws 1.152M viewer average
ESPN reports that HBO’s Saturday night’s 3 fight boxing event featuring Sergey Kovalev and Jean Pascal drew an average audience of 956,000 HBO subscribers for the complete event. The main event fight drew an average audience of 1.152 million viewers and peaked at 1.2 million. Kovalev knocked out Pascal in the eighth round in front […]