Andre Ward has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California against his promoter, Goossen Tutor Promotions and Dan Goosen. The lawsuit is premised upon the Muhammad Ali Act. The lawsuit, filed on August 4th cites violations made by Dan Goossen which violate the federal law which was put in […]
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Mayweather fight in theaters for Sept. 13th rematch
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 […]
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 […]