BoxingScene.com reports that the PPV price point for the Floyd Maywether Jr. v. Canelo Alvarez fight set for September 14, 2013 will be set at $75 for HD and $60 for SD. This is a $5 price increase from Maywether’s May fight against Roberto Guerrero. Its being billed as the biggest fight in years and […]
Showtime
Showtime may seek MMA content
Fox Latino News reports that Showtime Networks may still be looking for an MMA organization to put on its network. Showtime Sports’ lead Stephen Espinoza indicated that they may still be interested in MMA at a press tour stop for the Maywether-Alvarez fight. Espinoza indicated that there might be too much MMA on telelvision at […]
Paulie-Broner fight score 1.3 million on Showtime
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Saturday night’s Paulie Malignaggi-Adrien Broner fight scored 1.3 million viewers on Showtime. The ratings reflect an uptick in ratings for Showtime and a budding star in Broner. It was a free preview weekend for Showtime although the 1.3 million ratings is premised upon the number of Showtime subscribers. […]
Mayweather Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective where we take a look at Floyd Mayweather’s latest fight since last May as he took on Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather fights technical masterpiece against Guerrero It wasn’t exciting but Mayweather showed that he still has it. While […]
Mayweather-Showtime set for first PPV together Saturday
The Sports Business Journal ran an article on Floyd Mayweather’s new promotional partner, Showtime, in lieu of his upcoming fight Saturday. The article addressed how CBS has boosted the promotion of his upcoming fight. The allure of expanding the reach through promotion of his fights on the CBS network may have enticed Mayweather to switch […]