Showtime’s Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza reported that last week’s Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana on the network did 1.3 million viewers. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported the ratings via twitter. The fight which featured the undefeated, brash Broner versus the brawler Maidana was a slugfest. Maidana put Broner down on the canvas twice although Broner […]
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Boxer in limbo after lawsuit
With the announcement of Vitaly Klitschko vacating the World Boxing Council’s heavyweight championship belt to focus on his homeland, it leaves open the issue of another boxer’s future Bermane Stiverne. Stiverne, a heavyweight contender, has sued Don King and his promotional company under the Muhammad Ali Act contending violations of the Act by Don King […]
2013 big for boxing on HBO-Showtime
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports penned an informative article about the HBO-Showtime boxing viewership this year which turns out to be a great time for the boxing fans. It also shows the HBO-Top Rank v. Showtime-Golden Boy is heating up. Iole reports that 25 events on HBO and Showtime scored over 1 million viewers in […]
Pacquiao-Rios does around 475K PPV buys
HBO’s president of pay-per-view, Mark Taffet, said that the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in Macau on November 23rd did “in the neighborhood of 475,000 buys” as reported by USA Today. Taffet also said that it generated “roughly $30 million of PPV revenue.” Taffet indicated that overseas PPVs do between 30% and 40% of the buys […]
Pacquiao’s bank accounts frozen due to unpaid Filipino tax debt
The AP reports that the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Philippines has frozen the bank accounts of Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino tax authorities claim the fighter owes 2.2 billion pesos ($50 million) in unpaid taxes. The news of the frozen accounts comes just after Pacquiao’s return to the ring where he defeated Brandon Rios. […]