As Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. get set to fight on the traditional Cinco de Mayo weekend boxing card, we wonder about boxing’s next big pay-per-view draw. The two fighters in the main event were thought to be the future of boxing. You can argue that only one of them has lived up […]
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Joshua-Klitschko produce ratings for Showtime and HBO
The Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko fight on Saturday produced big ratings for both Showtime and HBO. The live event on Showtime drew 659,000 subscribers and 0.24 in the A18-49 demo per ShowBuzz Daily. The pre-event on Showtime drew 308,000 subscribers. The post-fight on Showtime drew 401,000 viewers. The replay main event on HBO drew 738,000 subscribers […]
Is Joshua the next big thing in boxing?
Anthony Joshua stopped Wladimir Klitschko to unify several Heavyweight belt before 90,000 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Joshua’s ascent to boxing superstar should help a sport in continued search of the next big star. Saturday’s fight aired in the United States on Showtime (live) and HBO (same-day tape). It was just the third time […]
Porter-Berto fight draws 468,000 on Showtime
Showtime Boxing’s Andre Berto-Shawn Porter fight drew 468,000 network subscribers per ShowBuzz daily. The fight, which Porter won via TKO in the 9th round sets up another big fight with Keith Thurman. In addition to Berto-Porter, Showtime had two other fights prior to the main event. The network is on a roll this year and […]
Joshua-Klitschko to air on Showtime and HBO Saturday
Promoters for heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko have come to terms to air the IBF heavyweight title fight on both Showtime and HBO. Showtime will air the live broadcast at 1:15pm PT and HBO will rebroadcast it in prime time at 7:45pm PT. The event takes place at Wembley Stadium in London. Per […]