Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported the ratings for Saturday night’s Sergey Kovalev-Cedric Agnew Fight on HBO. According to Iole, the event featuring Kovalev’s win averaged 1.006 million with a peak at 1.048 million among the premium channel’s subscribers. It was the first time that Kovalev headlined an HBO show. But, Kovalev’s promoter, Kathy Duva, was […]
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Boxing-Bellator PPV compete on same night
It was announced today that Juan Manuel Marquez will face Mike Alvardo on HBO on Saturday, May 17th. This will be the same night as Bellator MMA’s inaugural PPV. The fight between Marquez and Alvarado will take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California and it will be sure to draw a sell-out. The fight […]
Close to 1.4 million average for Chavez-Vera rematch
The HBO broadcast of Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. versus Bryan Vera Saturday night scored an subscriber audience average of 1.39 million viewers with a peak of 1.53 million according to Nielsen Media Research via Boxing Scene. The rematch between the two has made it one of the biggest audiences for either HBO or Showtime in […]
Boxing and MMA organizations support head trauma study
Competing combat sports organizations officially announced Tuesday its collaboration to contribute to an ongoing medical study to address and identify early stage signs of brain injury for those exposed to head trauma. The UFC, Bellator, Glory, Golden Boy and Top Rank all expressed its support for the study at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center […]
HBO wins head to head versus Showtime
HBO Boxing almost doubled the television ratings of Showtime Boxing in a head to head face off on Saturday night. Both boxing events ran up against each other and a portion of UFC on Fox 10. HBO’s Boxing After Dark series featured Mikey Garcia taking on Juan Carlos Burgos taken by Garcia. The broadcast scored […]