The New York Times reports that boxing impresario Al Haymon has brokered a multiyear deal with NBC Sports Group to air boxing on NBC and NBC Sports Network with its debut on March 7th. NBC is expected to carry five cards in prime time and six on Saturday afternoons per a source in the article. […]
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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. […]
2014: a look at some of the business issues in boxing
MMA Payout takes a quick review of 2014 in the sport of boxing. 2014 was an interesting year for the sport as boxing began to expand with more PPVs than the standard Pacquiao and Mayweather bi-yearly events. Canelo Alvarez faced Alfredo Angulo in March (the event drew an impressive 350,000 PPV buys), Sergio Martinez faced […]
Crawford, Pacquiao replay come up with disappointing ratings Saturday
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing After Dark featuring Terence Crawford scored an average of only 836,000 viewers of its subscribers with a peak at 936,000. The event also include the replay of Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri from the week before which scored an average of 904,000 with a peak of 1.120 million […]
SBJ survey looks at UFC growth, Fight Pass
The Sports Business Journal revealed its annual reader survey on various topics related to sports business. This year included questions about the UFC, WWE and boxing. In a survey related to over the top networks, readers indicated that the UFC is the “Fight sport” that will see the biggest growth over the next five years. […]