The California State Athletic Commission disclosed the purses from Saturday night’s Matchroom/DAZN card. Despite his loss, Mikey Garcia netted $1.5 million. The purses are as follows: Mikey Garcia $1.5M Sandor Martin $150,000 Marc Castro $14,000 Angel Luna $8,000 Elwin Soto $75,000 Jonathan Gonzalez $15,000 Jesse Rodriguez $20,000 Jose Burgos $16,000 Brock Jarvis $20,000 Alejandro Frias […]
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Report: Wilder-Fury III draws almost 600K PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury fight on October 12th drew “just under” 600K PPV buys in the US and another 300K in international PPV. The report would seem to conclude that the trilogy did not live up to expectations on PPV. The third fight between Wilder and Fury saw […]
Wilder-Fury III undercard draws 327K on ESPN2, 191K on FS1
The Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury Prelims on ESPN 2 drew 327,000 viewers on Saturday night. Also, the PBC Prelims on FS1 drew 191,000 viewers for the same fights. The undercard fights aired on cable prior to the PPV telecast featuring the main card and the 3rd fight between Wilder and Fury. The most notable fighter on […]
How will Wilder-Fury III do on PPV?
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury face off for the third time Saturday night in Las Vegas in a much-anticipated fight that will end the rivalry. With the trilogy, there is hope for a big PPV turnout despite a sudden flooded boxing PPV market and multiple delays. The trilogy was delayed due to the pandemic. Fury […]
Triller found in default of putting on Lopez-Kambosos
The International Boxing Federation has found Triller in default of its contractual obligations to hold the Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos fight and the rights have gone to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The ruling likely will set off lawsuits from the participants involved against the upstart boxing promotion. Triller attempted to move the date from Monday, October […]