Boxer Devin Haney has sued Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions for battery, fraud and unjust enrichment as a result of Haney’s fight with Garcia this past April. Garcia’s drug test came up positive for a banned substance which the fighter denies any wrongdoing. The lawsuit filed in Federal Court in New York on Friday […]
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Despite UFC Sphere show, Canelo brings in $17M gate, 650 PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal reports that the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga fight which took place on the same night as UFC 306 drew 650K PPV buys and a gate of $17 million. While the $17 million gate at the T-Mobile Arena, did not eclipse the $22 million at The Sphere, it showed that Canelo is still […]
Box Office Report: Crawford-Madrimov
Better later than never as MMA Payout has received the Box Office Report from the California State Athletic Commission. According to the filing with the state agency, the total gate was $8,423,021. with an attendance figure of 21,799. Per the report, 17,799 were sold which would infer that 4,000 tickets were comped. Of note, 180 […]
Boxing payouts for Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov fight
Dan Rafael disclosed the payouts obtained from the California State Athletic Commission on Saturday night’s event taking place in Southern California. Of the disclosed payouts, Terence Crawford headline the payouts with a reported $2.5 million. Crawford’s opponent, Israil Madrimov made $750,000. The roster of payouts are as follows: Isaac Cruz $1.5M/Jose Valenzuela $500,000 David Morrell […]
The Legal Submission 92
The Legal Submission 92 takes a look at the trial court in the Orange County Superior Court overturning a jury verdict in favor of Paradigm Sports Management in its lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s attorneys argued that due to the fact that Paradigm did not hold a valid boxing manager’s license in the state of […]