The Sports Business Journal reports on the Scarborough annual survey which tracks the habits of avid fans of the UFC and pro boxing. The Scarborough survey of over 200,000 U.S. residents age 18 and older indicates that 12.1% of the U.S. general population says they are very or somewhat interested in pro boxing, while 10.8% state the […]
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Mayweather (of course) tops payouts for “The Moment”
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports the fight purses for Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather will make $32 million without factoring other streams of revenue. Mayweather’s opponent, Marcos Maidana will make $1.5 million. Maidan will also receive a portion of the television rights from Argentina and […]
The top televised boxing cards from April 2013-2014
The Sports Business Journal recently put out its “Fight Issue” which gave a rundown on the most-watched boxing matches from April 2013 to April 2014. The top 6 according to the list compiled by SBJ: October 5, 2013 – Miguel Cotto vs. Delvin Rodriguez – HBO – 1.55M September 28, 2013 – Julio Cesar Chavez, […]
Boxer Mikey Garcia sues Top Rank
Boxer Mikey Garcia has sued Top Rank Boxing for violations of the terms of its promotional agreement under the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act and laws in the state of California. Garcia’s lawyers characterize the promotional agreement as making the boxer an “indentured servant.” The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Riverside County Superior […]
Initial reports for Pacquiao-Bradley II: 800K-825K PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the initial reports for Pacquiao-Bradley II received between 800,000 to 825,000 PPV buys. Although the PPV numbers have not been finalized, the estimates are below the Pacquiao boon period between his coming out fight against Oscar de la Hoya in December 2008 and his third fight against Juan […]