MAYWEATHER vs. PACQUIAO EVENT SHATTERS RECORDS FOR PPV BUYS, PPV REVENUE, LIVE GATE AND MORE Generates Combined Total Revenues In Excess of $500 Million NEW YORK (May 12, 2015)—The boxing blockbuster event, Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, shattered the previous record for total pay-per-view buys and now ranks as the …
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Thanks to Deflate-gate, Manny Pacquiao’s Shoulder-gate Shoved off Sports Page
By Ivan G. Goldman The perpetrators of Shoulder-gate should send a thank-you bouquet to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, whose Deflate-gate scandal flared up again just in time to save the fight fiasco from getting the full attention it so richly deserves. The NFL released a report Wednesday that strongly implicated …
Read More »Cable Company Hit with Lawsuit for Outage During Pacquiao v Mayweather
By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst For as much hype as went into the “Fight of the Century,” the backlash of follies was bound to be just as abundant. Those that were lucky enough to view the entire pay per view broadcast of Pacquiao vs Mayweather on May 2nd may recall …
Read More »HBO Boxing Results: Canelo Alvarez Thrills in Knockout of Kirkland
By: William Holmes Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas was the host site for tonight’s HBO World Championship Boxing telecast as Saul “Canelo” Alvarez took on James “Mandingo” Kirkland in the junior middleweight division. Fight fans had to sit through twelve rounds of disappointing action between last week’s mega fight …
Read More »HBO Boxing Preview: Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland
By: William Holmes Official Weights from Houston: Canelo Alvarez: 154.5 lbs. James Kirkland: 154.5 lbs. Now that the #fightofthecentury, aka #shouldergate, aka #credentialgate is over fight fans can focus their attention on other boxers that have the potential to fill the void once Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao decide …
Read More »Premier Boxing Champions on CBS Results: Figueroa defeats Burns
By Matthew Becher In the second showing of boxing in the afternoon on CBS, Premier Boxing Champions brings in the young guns to the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. In the Bantamweight division, WBA “regular” champion, Jamie McDonnell will step into the fire against a rough and tough undefeated …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Results: Danny Garcia, Peterson, and Jacobs Win by Stoppage
By: William Holmes The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York was the host site for tonight’s Golden Boy Promoted Showtime World Championship Boxing triple header. Most pundits felt that none of the televised bouts were going to be competitive and that this card was designed to set up a Lamont …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 Round by Round Results: Mayweather Coasts to a Decision
By: William Holmes Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0) and Marcos Maidana (35-4) met tonight in a rematch in a closer than expected fight from Mayof this year. The undercard yielded some surprising results, but the crowd was quiet and listless until the main event began. Photo: USA Today The Mexican national …
Read More »NBC Sports Fight Night Results: Cunningham and Cherry Stay in Contention with TKO Victories
By: William Holmes The 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia was the host site for tonight’s NBC Sports Fight Night Card featuring a heavyweight bout between former Cruiserweight World Champion and current heavyweight contender Steve “USS” Cunningham and Natu Visinia. The opening bout of the night was one of great interest …
Read More »HBO Boxing Results: Golovkin Blasts Rubio; Walters Announces Arrival with KO Over Donaire
by Tyson Bruce Tonight’s HBO co-main event broadcast from the StubHub center in Carson, California between 4-weight division champion Nonito Donaire, 32-3-0-(21 KO’s), and rising featherweight star Nicolas Walters, 25-0-0-(21 KO’s), resembled two cobras slithering around each other waiting to strike. Walters, however, would be the man to deliver the …
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