Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 1.550 million viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings were good for third overall in cable for the evening. The event aired at 8pm after the LSU-Florida game on ESPN which gave the telecast an excellent lead-in considering the SEC clash was close and was the […]
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Report: Spence-Garcia draws in “excess of 250,000 buys”
The Athletic reports that the Errol Spence, Jr.-Danny Garcia fight drew in “excess of 250,000 buys at $75, pulling in at least $18,750,000. The event took place last week at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. According to Coppinger, Spence’s last two fights drew over 300,000 PPV buys. This event was produced by PBC on Fox. The […]
WBO-Trout fight over arbitration language in WBO documents
Parties in the Austin Trout case have filed opposition briefing before the federal district court in Puerto Rico. Each side addressed the merits of the other’s briefing on whether or not the Court should issue a ruling to allow the case to go to arbitration. As you may recall, the First Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Mayweather announces exhibition against Logan Paul
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. announced via his Instagram account that he will be boxing Logan Paul in an exhibition on February 20, 2021. The PPV structure offers a unique buy-in which allows those wishing to purchase early a cheaper buy-in. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather) The event, which will […]
Report: Tyson-Jones, Jr. PPV draws over 1M buys
Michael Woods of NYFights.com is reporting that the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones, Jr. PPV drew over 1 million buys on Saturday night. The number could go higher according to the report. Tyson-Jones, Jr. squared off in an exhibition which was determined to be a draw. In addition, Jake Paul knocked out Nate Robinson in the second […]