The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Top Rank Boxing has signed on with Sony for its Playstation 4 brand to receive “prominent placement” at this week’s Bradley-Pacquiao II event and June 7th’s Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez PPVs. In addition, the PS4 logo will be seen during the May 17th Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado fight […]
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U.S. Supreme Court denies review of Mayweather copyright case
This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a copyright infringement lawsuit from a musician that claimed that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. used a version of his song without his permission at Wrestlemania 24. By denying musician Anthony Dash’s request for the Court to review his claims, it upholds a ruling that the musician […]
HBO Boxing featuring Kovalev scores over 1 million viewers
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported the ratings for Saturday night’s Sergey Kovalev-Cedric Agnew Fight on HBO. According to Iole, the event featuring Kovalev’s win averaged 1.006 million with a peak at 1.048 million among the premium channel’s subscribers. It was the first time that Kovalev headlined an HBO show. But, Kovalev’s promoter, Kathy Duva, was […]
New study suggests brain injury more prevalent in MMA than boxing
ESPN.com reports on a new study released in the American Journal of Sports Medicine which cites UFC records in concluding that MMA brain injury is more susceptible than that in boxing and other martial arts. The new information is being released in time for the legislative session in Albany, New York where the UFC will […]
Canelo and Garcia produce for Showtime-Golden Boy
Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions should be happy with the past two weeks as its promotion has produced good numbers on PPV and on Showtime. Canelo Alvarez’s first time headlining a boxing PPV has produced “well over 350,000 buys” according to Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions. Alvarez stopped Alfredo Angulo in the 10th round of […]