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 […]
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Could late August be the date for Mayweather-McGregor?
A calendar reservation on the Nevada Athletic Commission web site gave people some hope in a Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight as Mayweather Promotions reserved the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a professional boxing event to be televised on Showtime. Conor McGregor sent out a cryptic tweet which indicated some news was coming soon Something BIG […]
Stevenson-Fonfara fight draws 390,000 on Showtime
Saturday night’s Showtime Boxing event featuring the rematch between Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara drew 390,000 of the network’s subscribers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. UPDATED: Stevenson fight drew 145,000 in the A18-49 demo. The Alvarez fight drew 149,000 in the A18-49 demo. In the undercard event, Jean Pascal and Eleider Alvarez, the event drew […]
Brook-Spence draw 291,000 on Showtime Boxing
Showtime Boxing drew 291,000 viewers on Saturday night for the fight between Kell Brook and Errol Spence, Jr. The event took place from Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, England. Spence stopped Brook in the10th round and established himself as one of the next great boxers in the sport. The fight drew 291,000 viewers and […]
Showtime Boxing main event draws 481,000 viewers
The main event featuring Gary Russell, Jr. versus Oscar Escandon on Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew 481,000 fans per ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast ran opposite HBO’s boxing event featuring Terrence Crawford. The event drew 961,000 viewers for Crawford’s event against Felix Diaz. Russell was the featured event on the telecast which also featured the […]