Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 407,000 viewers Saturday night. The event headlined by Jose Martinez and Alejandro Santiago garnered 104,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast aired about the same time as the Elite Eight game between Florida State and Michigan. The NCAA game on […]
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April 10th NAC hearing to determine Canelo-GGG II after Alvarez temporarily suspended
ESPN reports Canelo Alvarez has been temporarily suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. A hearing on April 10th will determine the fate of the rematch between Canelo and Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez tested positive for clenbuterol in random urine tests conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association in Mexico […]
GGG-Canelo set for May 5th
Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez have agreed to a rematch on May 5th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event hopes to replicate September’s entertaining matchup which ended in a majority draw. HBO made the announcement on Monday. The first event drew 1 million buys and its anticipated that this rematch would do […]
2017: The year in boxing
2017 was a great year for boxing which saw some great fights and the spectacle that was Mayweather-McGregor. The year started off with the talk about Mayweather-McGregor as the UFC’s lightweight champion stirred the pot by going on a rant on Instagram where he wrote “F*** the UFC.” Dana White warned that if Conor went […]
Golden Boy says GGG-Canelo drew more than 1.3M buys
Golden Boy Promotions has issued a statement in response to the report that the GGG-Canelo PPV drew 1.3 million pay-per-view buys. It refutes the report stating that it is “north” of the reported number. Via Dan Rafael of ESPN: “While everyone at Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions appreciate the media’s recognition that the fight […]