ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin (aka GGG) taking on Marco Antonio Rubio drew an average of 1.304 million viewers. The fight was the fifth most viewed TV fight in the U.S. this year per Rafael (via Nielsen). GGG’s decimation of Rubio lasted only two rounds but […]
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Top Rank seeks to dismiss claims in Garcia’s lawsuit
This past Friday, attorneys for Top Rank Boxing filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in U.S. District Court in Nevada seeking to dismiss a bulk of boxer Mikey Garcia’s lawsuit. Garcia’s lawsuit was originally filed in Riverside County (CA) Superior Court. Top Rank lawyer’s removed the case to Federal Court in Nevada via […]
Mayweather sued over All Access episode
Yahoo! Sports reports that Floyd Mayweather has been sued in Clark County, Nevada by Hasim Rahman, Jr. and Sharif Rahman. The Rahman brothers are suing Mayweather for battery, tortious assault, false imprisonment, negligent hiring, training supervision and retention and unjust enrichment based on an episode of Showtime’s “All Access” series. The Rahman brothers are sons […]
Top Rank hopes for growth in China
The Sports Business Journal’featured an interesting article on Top Rank’s attempts to make inroads in China. The article (subscription recommended) focuses on the boxing promotion’s efforts to gain momentum into China which is described as the world’s fastest-growing economy. While Manny Pacquiao will make his second appearance in Macau later this year, it takes a glimpse […]
Don King found liable for breach of fight agreement
Earlier this week, a Federal District Court in New York ruled that boxing promoter Don King liable was in breach of contract when his fighter failed a drug test for a boxing event to be held in Russia earlier this year. The parties will now argue about how much in monetary damages that the boxing […]