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 […]
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Broner-Granados on Showtime draws 779,000 viewers
Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reports that the Showtime Boxing event Saturday night featuring Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados drew 779,000 viewers making it the best event on the network since the Deontay Wilder-Bermane Stiverne fight in January 2015. The event was held during Showtime’s free preview weekend although the free users are not […]
Showtime to air Broner fight on Twitter
Showtime Boxing will air its main event Saturday night on twitter featuring Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados. It’s the first-ever of its kind for the sport of boxing. The event coincides with Showtime’s free preview weekend. The card will also be on Showtime this Saturday night at 6pm PT. Stream the FIRST EVER boxing event […]
Shields to be first female boxer to headline on Showtime
USA Today reports that Claressa Shields will be the first female boxer to headline an event on premium network television as she will be the main feature on Showtime’s ShoBox series on March 10th. Shields was featured in the WSJ last November where they drew comparisons to her and boxing as Ronda Rousey was to […]
Showtime gets victory over HBO in Saturday boxing ratings
Showtime Boxing’s card on Saturday night did better than HBO’s Boxing After Dark. The Showtime card featured Leo Santa Cruz taking on Carl Frampton in a rematch of their first encounter last July. Santa Cruz-Frampton peaked with 643,000 Showtime subscribers and an overall viewership tally of 587,000 for the main event which lasted from 11:07pm-11:57pm […]