ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin (aka GGG) taking on Marco Antonio Rubio drew an average of 1.304 million viewers. The fight was the fifth most viewed TV fight in the U.S. this year per Rafael (via Nielsen). GGG’s decimation of Rubio lasted only two rounds but […]
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Top Rank seeks to dismiss claims in Garcia’s lawsuit
This past Friday, attorneys for Top Rank Boxing filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in U.S. District Court in Nevada seeking to dismiss a bulk of boxer Mikey Garcia’s lawsuit. Garcia’s lawsuit was originally filed in Riverside County (CA) Superior Court. Top Rank lawyer’s removed the case to Federal Court in Nevada via […]
Top Rank hopes for growth in China
The Sports Business Journal’featured an interesting article on Top Rank’s attempts to make inroads in China. The article (subscription recommended) focuses on the boxing promotion’s efforts to gain momentum into China which is described as the world’s fastest-growing economy. While Manny Pacquiao will make his second appearance in Macau later this year, it takes a glimpse […]
Canelo Alvarez signs deal with HBO
Boxer Canelo Alvarez has signed a muli-fight deal with HBO which will begin on December 6th or December 13th on the network. The deal is a major move in the world of boxing as Alvarez, considered the future of boxing, and a Golden Boy promoted fighter has joined the network dominated by fighters promoted by […]
Main Events dismisses lawsuit against Golden Boy, et al.
The parties in the lawsuit involving promoter Main Events and Adonis Stevenson, Al Haymon, Golden Boy, Showtime and Stevenson’s manager have been dismissed per a letter sent to the Court on Saturday morning. As we reported, the lawsuit filed this past May was based on alleged agreement for Main Events and their fighter Sergey Kovalev […]