Tuesday’s Mayweather-McGregor Press Conference on FS2 drew 124,000 live viewers according to Nielsen. A re-air of the World Tour on FS1 drew 133,000 viewers. The launch of the World Tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles aired live on FS2 at 2:30pm. It peaked with 176,000 viewers. The re-air on FS1 at 8:00pm peaked […]
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$99.95 HD price tag for Mayweather-McGregor
$99.95. That will be the HD cost for purchasing the April 26th Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor. In SD, the price of the Showtime PPV will be $89.95. Showtime spokesperson Madelyn Flax told USA Today Sports on Monday. It will be the second time that a combat sports PPV will cost $99.95. We all know that the […]
Ward-Kovalev II disappoints with gate, PPV
The rematch for the Andre Ward/Sergey Kovalev fight last month proved to be a financial bust according to the reported gate and PPV buys. Ward received $6.5M for the fight while Kovalev’s pay was tied to the percentage of tickets and PPV revenue. I’m not sure who decided this for Kovalev, but based on the […]
Report: Mayweather-McGregor set for August 26th at T-Mobile
Kevin Iole reports that the long-awaited fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is set to happen on August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena MGM Grand Garden Arena T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal has also confirmed the fight. An official announcement may come as soon as Wednesday. SECOND UPDATE: Sorry folks, I […]
Report: initial estimate for Canelo-GGG is at least 1M PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that this past Saturday’s fight between Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. did “at least 1 million buys.” The report, if verified, is better than most expectations and is the best boxing PPV since the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight back in May 2015. No official numbers yet for #CaneloChavez […]