ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the replay of the Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez fight on HBO drew 970,000 viewers and peaked at 1.126 million. It was the opening of the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast which drew 954,000 viewers overall and was the most-watched BAD card of the year. The live main event which featured Ruslan […]
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Alvarez-Lara PPV also in theaters July 12
The July 12th PPV between Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara will be shown in movie theaters as well as on Showtime PPV. In conjunction with Fathom Events, the Showtime/Golden Boy card will be in over 200 theaters across the country. Fathom Events is the company that has worked with putting UFC PPV events in theaters […]
Mayweather tops Forbes annual highest paid list
Forbes.com reports that boxer Floyd Mayweather tops the list of the World’s highest paid athletes. Mayweather earned $105 million in the past 12 months for two fights. Mayweather’s victories over Canelo Alvarez and Marcos Maidana have netted him the top spot on Forbes’ annual list. “The One,” this past September set records for PPV, gate […]
Schaefer, Mayweather leave Golden Boy
ESPN reports on the news of a jolt within the boxing world as Richard Schaefer tendered his resignation from Golden Boy Promotions on Monday. As a result, Floyd Mayweather left Golden Boy to join up with Schaefer and Al Haymon. A Michigan newspaper reports that Mayweather will promote his September 13th fight on his own. […]
Mayweather-Maidana does 900K PPV buys
Sports Illustrated reports that the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight on May 3rd received 900,000 PPV buys. According to the Chris Mannix article, the PPV buy rate is from multiple industry sources. ESPN Dan Rafael had previously reported that the fight sold between 800-900K PPV buys. Thus, the estimate was right on track. The SI article […]