Showtime and Golden Boy’s first PPV event on March 8th with Canelo Alvarez as its featured fighter can also be seen in select movie theaters. It was announced that Golden Boy would be teaming up with Fathom Events to show Alvarez as he has his first fight since his loss to Floyd Mayweather as he […]
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Boxing and MMA organizations support head trauma study
Competing combat sports organizations officially announced Tuesday its collaboration to contribute to an ongoing medical study to address and identify early stage signs of brain injury for those exposed to head trauma. The UFC, Bellator, Glory, Golden Boy and Top Rank all expressed its support for the study at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center […]
HBO wins head to head versus Showtime
HBO Boxing almost doubled the television ratings of Showtime Boxing in a head to head face off on Saturday night. Both boxing events ran up against each other and a portion of UFC on Fox 10. HBO’s Boxing After Dark series featured Mikey Garcia taking on Juan Carlos Burgos taken by Garcia. The broadcast scored […]
Pacquiao-Bradley II set for April
ESPN reports that Manny Pacquiao will face Timothy Bradley in a rematch of their first bout in June 2012. Notably, Pacquiao will receive a pay cut and Bradley a modest pay raise for the second fight scheduled for April 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Top Rank’s Bob Arum stated that Pacquiao will […]
Dana White’s “The Fighters” Discovery Debut – 347,000 viewers
MMAPayout has learned through Nielsen sources that Dana White’s “The Fighters” debut last night on the Discovery Channel drew an average of 347,000 viewers. The 347,000 viewer average was not good enough to place it in the top 100 cable shows for the day. In fact, there were 9 telecasts on Discovery alone that had a […]