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Anthony Crolla face Darleys Perez for WBA lightweight title in July
Anthony Crolla will make an emotional return to the ring when he challenges WBA world lightweight champion Darleys Perez at the Manchester Arena on July 18, on a huge night of boxing live on Sky Sports. The Manchester man has been given the all-clear to box again by doctors following
Tony Ayala found dead at 52
Troubled former middleweight boxing star Tony “El Torito” Ayala Jr. was found dead Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas. Ayala was just 52 and is believed to have passed away from a heart attack. Ayala had a record of 31-2, 27 KOs, but was overshadowed by his 16 year prison sentence.
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
Robert Guerrero headlines PBC on NBC card on June 6th
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KOs) returns to the ring as he squares off against Aron Martinez (19-3-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday afternoon, June 6 as Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC comes to StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The broadcast begins at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. Also featured
Sergio Martinez retires…just about
Sergio Martinez basically retired to today. Martinez who in an interview with La Nacion, Argentinian news outlet, explained his knee is shot, a statement that is not very remarkable when looking at the condition of his knee last year when losing to Miguel Cotto on pay-per-view. Martinez, who had a