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 […]
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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 […]
Golden Boy CEO talks boxing rights and the sport’s recent big weekend
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) had a piece with boxing’s Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer about the successful events that occurred in Las Vegas during Mexican Independence Day weekend. Schaefer talked about the promotion of his card and the state of boxing rights fees. As you may recall Canelo Alvarez, Showtime’s newest star, […]
Martinez-Chavez, Jr: 475,000 PPV buys
Yahoo! Sports via Kevin Iole reports that last week’s Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. HBO on PPV scored a very good 475,000 buys. Mark Taffet at HBO PPV confirmed the numbers to Iole. According to Bad Left Hook, PPV estimates ranged from 250K to 400K. In addition to the PPV success, the Thomas and Mack […]