ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports (via HBO Boxing) that last Saturday’s fight between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler drew a total of 1,070,000 viewers in two showings. As the fight was aired live from England, it was shown at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT and then again at 10pm PDT/EDT . It received 493K for the live event […]
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Golden Boy-HBO part ways
Yahoo! Sports reports that HBO has ended its relationship with Golden Boy Promotions. The decision to leave the highest-rated boxing network will ignite a competition with rival Showtime. Golden Boy fighters such as Bernard Hopkins, Adrien Broner and Andre Berto will likely move to Showtime. Former HBO fighters Danny Garcia, Amir Khan and Canelo Alvarez […]
White listed in SI’s 50 Most Powerful in Sport
Dana White ranks 45th behind Barack Obama in Sports Illustrated’s poll of the 50 Most Powerful People in Sports. As the title infers, the list includes the biggest power brokers in sports. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ranks number 1 and retiring NBA commissioner David Stern is second. Other notables on the list include Eric Shanks […]
SBJ features HBO’s Hershman and talks HBO-ESPN content sharing
In this week’s edition of the Sports Business Journal (subscription required), it published a feature on HBO Sports’ President Ken Hershman. The piece offers a background for the president as well as a glimpse into the direction Hershman sees its boxing programming. The article details Hershman’s beginnings from working at a law firm to working […]
Mayweather unhappy with HBO’s 24/7
Bad Left Hook reports that Floyd Mayweather is upset with the current HBO offering of its 24/7 series with Miguel Cotto. Mayweather believes that the producers have edited out footage he believes would be more entertaining. After this past Saturday’s episode, Mayweather tweeted his displeasure for the show and stated that the Mayweather camp had […]