ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported earlier this week that the rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana will be shown in 570 movie theaters nationwide. Fathom Events and Mayweather Promotions announced the joint effort this week. Ticket prices vary but in my area they range from $20-$25 per ticket. The event starts one hour earlier from […]
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Kovalev draws 990K viewers on HBO
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted the ratings from this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event which featured Sergey Kovalev-Blake Caparello and Brandon Rios- Diego Chaves. Notably, the Kovalev fight drew the highest viewership on Saturday. Kovalev-Caparello drew 990,000 viewers and was the 8th most viewed US fight this year and peaked at 1.052 million. The actual main […]
Main Events dismisses lawsuit against Golden Boy, et al.
The parties in the lawsuit involving promoter Main Events and Adonis Stevenson, Al Haymon, Golden Boy, Showtime and Stevenson’s manager have been dismissed per a letter sent to the Court on Saturday morning. As we reported, the lawsuit filed this past May was based on alleged agreement for Main Events and their fighter Sergey Kovalev […]
Pacquiao buys ownership stake in OneFC
Yahoo! Sports reports that Manny Pacquiao has purchased a stake in Asian MMA organization OneFC. CEO Victor Cui confirmed the transaction to Yahoo! Sports. Cui told Yahoo! Sports that Pacquiao would be promoting OneFC and the sport in the region. Pacquiao’s celebrity status should help garner more attention for the brand. The MMA organization is […]
GGG on HBO: 758,000 viewers
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin received 984,000 viewers peaking at 1.048 million. However, the overall night only drew 758,000 live viewers per Nielsen Media Research (via BoxingScene.com) The co-feature fight featuring Bryant Jennings against Mike Perez drew only 602,000 viewers with a peak of 780,000 viewers. As […]