Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN this past Wednesday drew an average viewership of 482,000 viewers. The rating reflects a modest uptick from October’s event on ESPN. The viewership was measured from 8:30pm-9:40pm ET. The event began at 8pm but there was a rain delay as the event took place outside. Luckily, ESPN has Sportscenter which […]
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Top Rank files Second Amended Complaint against Haymon
Top Rank Boxing filed its Second Amended Complaint against Al Haymon and his assorted businesses on Friday in federal court in Los Angeles. The third try at suing Haymon provides more detail about its allegations in hopes of surviving another attempt to dismiss its action. The court granted Al Haymon’s Motion to Dismiss last month. […]
Hershman steps down as HBO president
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that HBO Sports President Ken Hershman is stepping down from his post. Despite the fact that ratings were up and there seem to be suitable replacements for Manny Pacquiao, Hershman resigned abruptly on Friday. Hershman replaced Ross Greenburg in 2012. There was no announcement of Hershman’s replacement although SI’s […]
PBC on Spike TV draws just 315K viewers
Premier Boxing Champions drew an average viewership of 315,000 on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The main event featured Andrzej Fonfara as he defeated Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision. Fonfara is best known for his last fight when he stopped Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Despite the drop of over 45% from Septembers’ […]
Al Haymon wins round against Top Rank in antitrust lawsuit
Al Haymon won a round in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday as he was successful in dismissing an antitrust lawsuit filed by Top Rank Boxing. The court gave Top Rank the ability to amend their complaint by October 30, 2015. The motion to dismiss Top Rank’s First Amended Complaint by Al Haymon, et […]