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 […]
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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 […]
Canelo Alvarez signs deal with HBO
Boxer Canelo Alvarez has signed a muli-fight deal with HBO which will begin on December 6th or December 13th on the network. The deal is a major move in the world of boxing as Alvarez, considered the future of boxing, and a Golden Boy promoted fighter has joined the network dominated by fighters promoted by […]
Mayweather-Maidana II: 925,000 PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana did 925,000 PPV buys. Mayweather PPV buys under Showtime contract: Mayweather-Guerrero, May 4, 2013: 1 million PPV buys (although disputed by ESPN’s Dan Rafael (who indicated that the buys were under 1M) and Showtime which stated that the buys were over 1 […]