Forbes Magazine released its annual top 100 highest-paid athletes. Notably, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao top the list at 1 and 2. No MMA athletes made the list. Mayweather made $85 million according to Forbes from June 2011 to June 2012. During this time, Mayweather fought twice (Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto). Pacquiao made […]
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Boxing’s reemergence on television
The SBJ’s Fight Issue includes an article on boxing’s regular return to television. The article cites the emergence of better packaging of the sport as well as the need for more live content programming as reasons for its return. The article reports on how networks are utilizing boxing for television purposes. As an example, Showtime […]
Pacquiao-Bradley gate and attendance
The attendance and gate figures are in from the Pacquiao-Bradley fight from Saturday night. ESPN reports the event sold 13,229 tickets for a total gate of $8,963,180 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. There were 925 comps and 2,075 unsold tickets. NSAC also states that Pac-Bradley earned $249,000 from closed circuit ticket sales according […]
Payout Perspective: Pacquiao-Bradley
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective where we look at the world of boxing. This time we look at the controversial fight which took place Saturday night at the MGM Grand where Timothy Bradley shocked the world by taking a split decision over Manny Pacquiao to the stunned fans in attendance and the […]
Pacquiao fight will start after Game 7 complete
With the Heat beating the Celtics Thursday night, Saturday night will be an ultra busy night of sports including the big fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley. To ensure that no one has to choose between a game 7 and the Pacquiao-Bradley fight, promoter Bob Arum has stated that the main event won’t start […]