Dan Rafael obtained the purse information from the California State Athletic Commission for Saturday night’s boxing match featuring Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal taking place in Anaheim, California. Nate Diaz: $500K/Jorge Masvidal $300K Daniel Jacobs: $100K/Shane Mosley, Jr.: $160K Chris Avila: $210K/Antony Pettis: $350K Curmel Moton: $40K/Nikolai Buzolin: $8K Amado Vargas: $100K/Sean Garcia: $50K Devin […]
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Court overturns Paradigm win against Pacquiao
An Orange County (CA) Superior Court has ruled in favor of Manny Pacquiao in overturning a jury verdict based on the legal theory of illegality. Pacquiao’s argument was that the agreement he entered into with Paradigm were void because the company did not have a valid manager’s license in California. Paradigm sill has a right […]
Ryan Garcia expelled from WBC
The World Boxing Council formally expelled Ryan Garcia on Thursday after he made racist statements on social media. Mauricio Sulaiman sent out a statement on social media expelling him from the sanctioning body. This means he can no longer participate in any fights with the WBC. Exercising my authority as president of the WBC , […]
Report: Davis-Martin draw 325K-350K buys
Dan Rafael reports that the Tank Davis-Frank Martin fight on June 15 sold between 325K and 350K PPV buys per his sources. According to Rafael, the PPV buys are across all platforms for PBC (i.e., linear and online). The PPV sold for $74.95 in the U.S. The telecast would have grossed $24.3M on the conservative […]
UFC Sphere event official, rebranded to Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Dana White’s opus, a UFC event at the Las Vegas Sphere is taking place on September 14th. Instead of the UFC event with a number, it has been rebranded, “Riyadh Season Noche UFC.” Coming off what appears to be a successful Fight Night in Saudi Arabia last week, the UFC has named Riyadh Season as […]