Klitschko-Jennings Pulls 1.7 Million Viewers On HBO
The return of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to the United States for the first time in more than seven years and it proved to be a success for HBO Boxing. Per Nielsen Media Research, Klitschko’s fight against Bryant Jennings delivered an average viewership of 1,637,000, peaking at 1,742,000 viewers. The
Badou Jack Upsets Dirrell To Win Super Middleweight Title
In the biggest upset of the year so far, Badou Jack dethroned recent champion Anthony Dirrell of his WBC Super Middleweight Title in Chicago, Il in the main event of PBC on Spike TV main card. The fight was essentially a summary of the whole PBC on Spike card, bizarre
Danny Jacobs Stops Caleb Truax
In what turned out to be a fight that was very anti-climatic middleweight bout, Danny Jacobs stopped Caleb Truax with a 12th round of their co-main event fight on Spike TV. The fight up until that put was not very action packed as it resembled more so sparring than that
Roberto Garcia Recovers From Shaky Start To Win PBC Opener
It wasn’t easy, but the job was completed as Roberto Garcia earned a victory over a game James Stevenson in his PBC debut on Spike TV with a unanimous decision scores of 77-74, 78-73, and 78-73 to open the broadcast. Garcia survived a knockdown in the first minute of the
Tomoki Kameda Vacates WBO Title
WBO President Paco Valcárcel has announced that WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda has vacated the WBO title. The logic behind this is that WBO doesn’t regard any other titles as worthy hence if you fight for a unification bout the WBO will strip you. Kameda is scheduled to face WBA
Joe Calzaghe added to PBC on Spike announce team
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Joe “Pride of Whales” Calzaghe has been added to the broadcast team as a special analyst for the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike TV April 24 fight card taking place at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Before retiring in 2009, Calzaghe set the record as
John Molina Tests Positive For Diuretics
On a Tuesday morning meeting, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has temporary suspended, junior welterweight John Molina Jr., for a failed test after his March 7th with Adrien Broner. Molina tested positive for diuretics, which is a supplement used in the weight cutting process and banned from athletic competition. The news comes
Adonis Stevenson: “I predict that Bika will lose by knockout for the first time.”
With Al Haymon bringing back championship boxing to primetime television, we’ve seen some tremendous match-ups be made. The upcoming fights make up for the stomach twisting 2014 Haymon gave us with his fighters. Now we have Keith Thurman taking on his first legitimate test in Robert Guerrero, the charismatic Adrien
Molina vows to punish Broner “I plan to leave it all in the ring”
The year 2015 has already enlightened us with the possibilities of many great things, but one thing that is set in stone is the return of boxing on primetime TV. March 7th will be the first time in years that boxing will be making a tremendous comeback, airing on NBC