Late last month, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed the class action lawsuit by plaintiffs claiming that they were duped by the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight in May 2015 due to the fact Pacquiao did not disclose a previous shoulder injury. Despite the order dismissing the case, the plaintiffs have […]
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Mayweather-McGregor replay on Showtime draws 549,000
The replay of The Money Fight on Showtime this past Saturday drew 549,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. In addition, an epilogue of All Access which followed immediately after drew 291,000 viewers. The Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight drew 549,000 Showtime subscribers and 0.15 in the A18-49 demo for the 42 minutes it aired on […]
Top Rank announces ESPN deal including OTT service
On Saturday, Top Rank Boxing announced a deal with ESPN that will bring the promotion to the network as well as obtaining the fight library which shall be a part of a streaming service that will launch in 2018. Taking advantage of the assembled media in Las Vegas for the Mayweather-McGregor fight, the company announced […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN featuring Crawford draws 965K
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 965,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The main event featured Terrence Crawford and Julius Indongo. The Crawford-Indongo main event drew the second-highest boxing match on cable for 2017. The third big event for Top Rank on ESPN was an improvement on Vasyl Lomachenko’s debut on the […]
Terrence Crawford fight draws second-highest cable TV ratings for boxing in 2017
ESPN reports that Saturday night’s Top Rank Boxing telecast of Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo drew the second-highest boxing match on cable television in 2017. Crawford disposed of Indongo with a body shot in the third round to unify 4 titles in the junior welterweight division. The event drew a 1.0 metered market rating during the main […]