Most MMA fans realize the strain that pay per views have on the wallet. Boxing is starting to load up on them too as more of the bigger Golden Boy and Top Rank fights are heading to PPV instead of its respective premium networks. Boxing PPVs are no longer limited to Manny Pacquiao and Floyd […]
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Pacquiao seeks return to PPV prominence Saturday
This Saturday Manny Pacquiao returns to fight Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas in a rematch of their June 2012 bout which ended in controversy. Yahoo! Sports reports on Pacquiao solidifying himself among the top boxing PPV draws of all-time. According to an article by Steve Kim on Sports on Earth, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum […]
The Wrestling Post – 03.23.14
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. This week we look Total Divas ratings, WWE stock and Dish Network plays hardball with the WWE. Total Divas Ratings for Season 2 The first episode of the second season of Total Divas on E! debuted last Sunday with an average viewership of 1.07 million viewers. The […]
UFC 169 and UFC 170 PPV Updates
Dave Meltzer, from MMAFighting.com, reported the latest estimated PPV numbers from the first two events in 2014, UFC 169: Barao vs Faber II and the much talked about UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann. According to Meltzer, UFC 169 drew an estimated 230K pay-per-view buys while UFC 170, which was mostly sold on Rousey’s name, did […]
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 […]