Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Pacquiao-Bradley II taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacquiao ousts Bradley It was even until the middle rounds when Timothy Bradley began to fade and Manny Pacquiao poured it on. Bradley showboated a little and tried to feign […]
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Boxing beefing up on PPVs in 2014
Pacquiao set to make $20 million with some going to IRS
USA Today is reporting that some of Manny Pacquiao’s guaranteed purse from Saturday’s fight against Timothy Bradley may be taken by the IRS to pay for old tax debts. The fighter is scheduled to make no less than $20 million for his rematch with Bradley. Bad Left Hook reports that both Pacquiao and Bradley will […]
Pacquiao seeks return to PPV prominence Saturday
This Saturday Manny Pacquiao returns to fight Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas in a rematch of their June 2012 bout which ended in controversy. Yahoo! Sports reports on Pacquiao solidifying himself among the top boxing PPV draws of all-time. According to an article by Steve Kim on Sports on Earth, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum […]
Sony’s PS4 brand to sponsor Top Rank fights this spring
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Top Rank Boxing has signed on with Sony for its Playstation 4 brand to receive “prominent placement” at this week’s Bradley-Pacquiao II event and June 7th’s Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez PPVs. In addition, the PS4 logo will be seen during the May 17th Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado fight […]