DAZN is dealing with the aftermath of this weekend’s big fight between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs on the digital platform where USA Today reports there were many complaints. Perhaps foreshadowing the Saturday night issues was the choppy stream of the weigh-ins on Friday afternoon. The digital platform and the company’s YouTube channel which streamed […]
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Three live boxing events Saturday night split viewership
Boxing was big on television Saturday night with 3 live telecasts for fans to choose. Each telecast outdrew Bellator on Paramount ratings. HBO’s telecast featuring Daniel Jacobs was the highest-rated fight on cable television. Jacobs’ unanimous decision win over Maciej Sulecki drew 811,000 viewers and 341,000 in the A18-49 demo. It drew a household rating […]
2017: The year in boxing
2017 was a great year for boxing which saw some great fights and the spectacle that was Mayweather-McGregor. The year started off with the talk about Mayweather-McGregor as the UFC’s lightweight champion stirred the pot by going on a rant on Instagram where he wrote “F*** the UFC.” Dana White warned that if Conor went […]
UFC 215 main event off due to Borg illness
The main event between Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg set for this Saturday at UFC 215 has been canceled due to an illness to Borg. According to the initial report by MMA Fighting, the cancellation by Borg was not related to weight-cutting. However, doctors believed that he was unfit to fight this Saturday. Ironically, Amanda […]