I had a great time catching up with Rafe Bartholmew of The Athletic. I first interviewed Rafe back in 2010 about his first published book about the love affair that the Philippines has with basketball. We talk a little about Filipino basketball, the upcoming Pacquiao fight, Canelo, his latest piece about PBC fans/trolls and his […]
Golden Boy
Canelo not fighting in September during Mexican Independence Day weekend leaving open date for boxing
Golden Boy Boxing sent out a press release on Wednesday informing boxing media and fans that Canelo Alvarez will not fight Mexican Independence weekend this September. According to the press release, the “decision was made in an effort to secure the right opponent and to do justice to the level of promotion required for a […]
Plaintiffs in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit file brief opposing Top Rank, Bellator and Golden Boy’s objections to use of documents
Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit filed an Opposition this past Friday to the objections of Bellator, Golden Boy and Top Rank from producing the use of “potential” confidential information at August’s evidentiary hearing. The Plaintiffs hope to utilize deposition testimony from Scott Coker related to Coker’s prior employment at Strikeforce, a copy of a […]
NAC discloses attendance and gate for Canelo-Jacobs
The Nevada Athletic Commission has released the attendance and gate for the May 4th fight between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event was the sixth largest boxing event at the T-Mobile Arena with the top 5 involving Canelo. The other event, Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor had the largest […]
Payouts from Canelo-Jacobs; Canelo nets $23.6M after fees, license and taxes
MMA Payout has obtained the payout sheet from the Nevada Athletic Commission from this past Saturday’s Canelo-Jacbos fight. Canelo Alvarez earned the most for the night as he grossed $35 million. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: $35M Daniel Jacobs: $2.5M Vergil Ortiz, II Jr.: $75,000 Mauricio Herrera: $75,00 Joseph P. Diaz, Jr.: $100,000 Freddy L. Fonseca: $10,000 […]