Top Rank Boxing indicated that Saturday night’s fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is a sellout. The live gate is estimated at over $10.5 million and the 16,000 plus arena at the MGM is sold out. If the numbers are confirmed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the gate would slide in at […]
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Pacquiao payout this Saturday could be $30 million
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Manny Pacquiao could earn up to $30 million for his fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez will receive $3 million for this Saturday’s fight. According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Pacquiao will earn an $8.595 million fight purse with Marquez receiving $3 million. However, Pacquiao will […]
Broner-DeMarco gets over 1M viewers
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that HBO Boxing’s Adrien Broner v. Antonio DeMarco did a 2.6 rating with 1,050,791 viewers. The lead in for the latest 24/7 for Pacquiao-Marquez IV did a 2.1 rating. The 23 year old brash and bold Broner is reminiscent of a young Floyd Mayweather in attitude and style. Broner’s […]
SBJ features HBO’s Hershman and talks HBO-ESPN content sharing
In this week’s edition of the Sports Business Journal (subscription required), it published a feature on HBO Sports’ President Ken Hershman. The piece offers a background for the president as well as a glimpse into the direction Hershman sees its boxing programming. The article details Hershman’s beginnings from working at a law firm to working […]
ESPN Poll shows MMA big in key demos
The Sports Business Journal and Figure Four Online examined the annual ESPN Poll which took a look at the popularity of Boxing, MMA and professional wrestling. The poll suggests that MMA is primed to take over the fight landscape. The conclusion is that the UFC is primed to take over boxing and it is buoyed […]