The Sports Business Journal recently put out its “Fight Issue” which gave a rundown on the most-watched boxing matches from April 2013 to April 2014. The top 6 according to the list compiled by SBJ: October 5, 2013 – Miguel Cotto vs. Delvin Rodriguez – HBO – 1.55M September 28, 2013 – Julio Cesar Chavez, […]
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U.S. Supreme Court denies review of Mayweather copyright case
This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a copyright infringement lawsuit from a musician that claimed that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. used a version of his song without his permission at Wrestlemania 24. By denying musician Anthony Dash’s request for the Court to review his claims, it upholds a ruling that the musician […]
Canelo and Garcia produce for Showtime-Golden Boy
Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions should be happy with the past two weeks as its promotion has produced good numbers on PPV and on Showtime. Canelo Alvarez’s first time headlining a boxing PPV has produced “well over 350,000 buys” according to Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions. Alvarez stopped Alfredo Angulo in the 10th round of […]
Mayweather chooses Maidana over Khan for May 3rd
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will fight Marcos Maidana on May 3rd in Las Vegas per a tweet sent out by Mayweather on his birthday. It will be Mayweather’s third fight for Showtime Boxing. I will be fighting Marcos Maidana May 3rd on Pay-per-view Showtime/CBS http://t.co/mtj7H8WVxu pic.twitter.com/Rc2N87zcjP — Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 25, 2014 Mayweather engaged with […]