Sportico is reporting that Sunday night’s PPV event between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Logan Paul drew 1 million buys. The numbers were revealed by Showtime which produced the PPV. According to Sportico, the 1 million buys would put the media revenue from the bout at more than $50 million. The event went for $49.99 on […]
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Tech issues spoil Mayweather-Paul PPV
On Sunday night, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. took on Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition put together by Showtime PPV. Unfortunately for those wishing to pay the $50 for the event, there were hiccups with the stream. As with other PPVs with tech issues, people took their troubles to twitter. Wow @Showtime @SHOsports is down everywhere! […]
Report: Jake Paul will fight Tyron Woodley next
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger reported on Monday that former UFC champ Tyron Woodley will be facing Jake Paul in the former You-Tuber’s next fight. No date has been set for the fight. The 39-year-old Woodley is on a 4 fight UFC losing streak having lost his last fight to Vincente Luque via submission in the […]
The Legal Submission Episode 27
The Legal Submission takes a look at a promoter v. boxer lawsuit. This time Canadian heavyweight Mladen Miljas has filed a lawsuit against his promoter Greg Cohen. Miljas seeks to break his contract with Cohen claiming that the promoter did not provide him with a suitable amount of fights and those fights were not against […]
Taylor-Ramirez telecast draws 995K
Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole reports that ESPN’s showing of Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor peaked with 1.673M viewers. The overall telecast on ESPN drew 995,000 viewers and 687,000 in the A18-49 demo. The ratings do not reflect the number of people watching on ESPN+. Taylor defeated Ramirez to win the undisputed Junior Welterweight title. The […]