Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported via Twitter that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado averaged 1.2 million HBO subscribers. The peak for the event taking place at the Forum in Inglewood, California was 1.3 million. To be exact, Iole reports the fight averaged 1.198 million and the peak […]
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Pacquiao-Bradley II: 750K-800K PPV buys
ESPN reports the PPV rate for the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley received between 750,000 and 800,000 buys. The estimated buy rate was a “disappointment” according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. The ESPN article noted that HBO did not produce a formal release but did confirm that the event generated $49 million […]
The top televised boxing cards from April 2013-2014
The Sports Business Journal recently put out its “Fight Issue” which gave a rundown on the most-watched boxing matches from April 2013 to April 2014. The top 6 according to the list compiled by SBJ: October 5, 2013 – Miguel Cotto vs. Delvin Rodriguez – HBO – 1.55M September 28, 2013 – Julio Cesar Chavez, […]
Boxer Mikey Garcia sues Top Rank
Boxer Mikey Garcia has sued Top Rank Boxing for violations of the terms of its promotional agreement under the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act and laws in the state of California. Garcia’s lawyers characterize the promotional agreement as making the boxer an “indentured servant.” The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Riverside County Superior […]
Initial reports for Pacquiao-Bradley II: 800K-825K PPV buys
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the initial reports for Pacquiao-Bradley II received between 800,000 to 825,000 PPV buys. Although the PPV numbers have not been finalized, the estimates are below the Pacquiao boon period between his coming out fight against Oscar de la Hoya in December 2008 and his third fight against Juan […]