Manny Pacquiao will be facing Jessie Vargas on November 5th on pay-per-view. However, according to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, HBO will not be the PPV distributor despite a contract with Pacquiao. The cause might be due to the fact that HBO PPV will be handling the anticipated fight between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev on […]
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Showtime sues Top Rank for Pacquiao lawsuits
Showtime Networks, Inc. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New York against Top Rank, Inc. citing indemnification and breach of contract related to lawsuits filed by third parties against Showtime and Top Rank stemming from Manny Pacquiao’s claim that he fought with an injury against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The lawsuits, filed […]
Top Rank – Haymon settle antitrust lawsuit
The parties in the Top Rank Boxing v. Al Haymon, et al. lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles has been settled. The parties filed a joint stipulation to dismiss the case on Wednesday. Terms of the settlement are confidential per the stipulation filed with the court. Al Haymon and his various business entities […]
Alvarez-Khan HBO replay draws 767,000
The HBO replay of Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan drew 767,000 subscribers on Saturday night per Sports TV Ratings. The replay, which aired from 10-10:44pm ET, on ESPN drew 339,000 subscribers in the 18-49 adult demo. Dan Rafael of ESPN added that Nielsen reports the peak to be slightly over 1 million viewers right around the time […]
GGG draws 1.325M on HBO
HBO Boxing featuring Gennady Golovkin facing Dominic Wade drew an average subscriber rating of 1.325M viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The GGG fight is comparable to his last HBO fight this past May. The fight drew 758,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. The fight preceding GGG-Wade was Roman “Chocolito” Gonzalez soundly defeating McWilliams Arroyo. […]