Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Manny Pacquiao’s latest fight this past Saturday against Chris Algieri at the Venetian Macao off of mainland China. Pacquiao posts 6 knockdowns in rout of Algieri Maybe 2 of the knockdowns were due to slipping in Pacquiao’s corner. Yet, the […]
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With Pacquiao fight Saturday, ongoing question of whether PPVs are sustainable
With Manny Pacquiao returning to PPV Saturday night, the standard question of whether PPVs are worth it surfaced. In a Newsday column published this week, there are quotes from both boxing and UFC executives which address the question of PPV as a viable platform. The conclusion appears to be that it takes a big event […]
Kovalev-Hopkins draws 1.328 million
According to Nielsen, Saturday night’s fight on HBO featuring Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins drew an average of 1.328 million of the network’s subscribers. The rating makes it the second-highest rated boxing event this year next to Chavez-Vera II. A couple weeks ago, ESPN’s Dan Rafael compiled the highest-rated fights of 2014. Rafael reports that […]
Boxer Garcia agrees to dismiss 3 of his claims against Top Rank
Boxer Mikey Garcia has agreed to dismiss three of his causes of action against promoter Top Rank. The stipulation to dismiss his claims avoids a summary judgment motion brought by his promoter in a dispute over his fight contract. Garcia’s attorneys and Top Rank attorneys stipulated to dismissal of 3 claims that were at issue […]
New poll asks sports execs about relevancy of sports
A new sports poll posted in the Sports Business Journal (subscription required) last week lists boxing and mixed martial arts as sports that some senior-level sports industry executives in pro and college sports thought may slip into irrelevance. The poll, which was a part of bigger feature on horse racing in last week’s issue named the […]