The Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland fight drew 2.146 million HBO subscribers on Saturday night via Sports TV Ratings. The average is the best since 2006 when Bernard Hopkins took on Antonio Tarver. The fight was aided by the replay of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao replay. For those not willing to pay the $100 PPV, it was […]
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Ratings from Saturday night’s events on HBO-Showtime
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the ratings from Saturday’s boxing events on HBO and Showtime. The shows went head to head with two intriguing main events. HBO had the much anticipated fight between Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov drew 1.243 million subscribers and peaked at 1.38 million. Rafael also reports that the fight between Julio Cesar […]
Filipino networks come together to air Mayweather-Pacquiao
Bloody Elbow reports that Manny Pacquiao facilitated a deal in which many of the big Filipino networks will air May 2nd’s fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. In an unprecedented move, rival networks that usual vie for broadcast rights of Pacquiao fights have agreed to air the fight. The fight will be available on various […]
Premier Boxing Champions signs deal with CBS Sports and Showtime
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that CBS Sports and Showtime have brokered a deal with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions to be aired on Saturday afternoons. The sides have agreed to an 8 show deal starting April 4th featuring light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson. In addition, shoulder programming will assist in promoting the fight […]
Wilder-Stiverne on Showtime scores 1.24M
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s boxing event on Showtime between Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne drew an average of 1.24 million viewers per Nielsen. The peak for the fight was 1.34 million viewers. The estimated average is based solely on the actual fight and not the overall event televised on the premium cable […]