It’s fight week for boxing fans as Canelo Alvarez fights Jermell Charlo. I discuss with boxing insider Luke Ketelle. We also discuss a number of other boxing-related topics including whether fans are mad that Dana White will be taking over Mexican Independence Day weekend.
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Top Rank Boxing draws 544K viewer average on ESPN Friday night
Top Rank Boxing averaged 544,000 viewers on ESPN Friday night for the telecast featuring Luis Albert Lopez and Joet Gonzalez in a matchup for Lopez’s IBF Featherweight world title. Lopez defeated Gonzales in a competitive fight that went the way of the champion. Also on the televised portion of the card from Corpus Christi, Texas, […]
Garcia and Golden Boy head to mediation
ESPN reports that Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Boxing will head to mediation on October 18th to hammer out its contractual issues. A lawsuit was filed this summer by Golden Boy after Garcia and his representative sent the promotion a demand letter. Instead of responding to the demands, Golden Boy filed a lawsuit to enforce […]
Avoiding further litigation, WBA reinstates Charr as champ
The WBA reinstated Mahmoud Charr as its regular champion on Thursday night as part of a court settlement with the champion. Charr had filed a lawsuit against Don King Promotions in which he claimed that King had blocked him from receiving a title shot. Charr’s attorneys received documents in July per a subpoena from the […]