Canelo-Kirkland nets 2.2 million viewers
Well Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland was quite the success as the event sold 31,000 tickets at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas on May 9th. The average television veiwership was 2,146,000 and peaked at 2,296,000. This was the first time Canelo headlined a HBO card in his career.
Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter confirmed for June 20th
As first reported by Michael Woods last week and then confirmed today, a mega-fight between Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter will take place on June 20th on NBC. This will serve as the fourth installment of Premier Boxing Champions as it will be a battle of Ohio as Porter originally
*MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO GENERATES 4.4 MILL PPV, $72 MILL AT THE GATE!
The fight of the century did little to impress the fans, and is amidst some injury controversy, the numbers however are extraordinarily impressive. Mayweather and Pacquiao has set records for revenue generated from PPV buys, and live tickets sales. The fight generated 4.4 million pay-per-view buys (domestic revenue), and when
Scott Quigg to defend belt against Kiko Martinez on July 18th
WBA regular super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg will face former IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez at Manchester Arena on July 18th, which will air in the UK on Sky Sports. Quigg has been out for quite sometime recovering from a hand injury, but now feels to that the break