Bad Left Hook reports on the bidding war taking place to air the November 12th Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight. Pacquiao’s legal counsel is requesting that Pacquiao have a say in choosing the network. HBO has made a proposal to Bob Arum and Top Rank which Arum says is a blockbuster. Arum will now field […]
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Golden Boy promises huge promo push for Mayweather return
Bad Left Hook reports on the promised promotional push for the September Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. This will be Mayweather’s return to the ring after over a year away. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer promises a huge push promoting the return of Mayweather. The fight will be carried on HBO PPV. Via Bad Left Hook […]
Friday Night Fights to air on ESPN 3D
The Sports Business Daily reports that ESPN 3D is adding boxing as live content for its 3D channel. “Friday Night Fights” will have 5 editions on ESPN 3D this summer. The article points out that not only will a successful run of Friday Night Fights this summer help the 3D network, it will help with the […]
Pacquiao settles lawsuit with Golden Boy
ESPN reports that Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya. The lawsuit filed in 2009 stems from alleged statements claiming Pacquiao took performance enhancing drugs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., Roger Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions remain as defendants in the lawsuit filed […]
Pascal vs. Hopkins score 1.8 million viewers on HBO
Dan Rafael via twitter reports that Saturday night’s HBO fight between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins received 1.8 million viewers making it the most watched HBO fight since 2009. Payout Perspective: Very good ratings for this fight. Of course, there was bad blood between the two and BHop, despite his fighting style, can sell fights. […]