Foxtel Group and No Limit Boxing announced a new, multi-year partnership, with No Limit Boxing to act as the exclusive supplier of Australian boxing events to Foxtel and Kayo Sports.
Teofimo Lopez’s second junior welterweight fight drew slightly higher viewership on ESPN than his 140-pound debut four months ago. Nielsen Media Research revealed data Tuesday that indicated an average of 951,000 viewers watched Lopez defeat Sandor Martin by split decision in a 10-round main event Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. ESPN’s peak audience for the Lopez-Martin match was 972,000.
Pick It: World Champion Juan Francisco Estrada vs. TBRB #1 Roman Gonzalez (Saturday, DAZN/PPV, 8:00 PM EST) - Anytime this match is happening, it’s the pick of the week. Chapter three or chapter eleven…they’re both true and both just as worthy of salivating. Saturday in Arizona, we’ve got one of the most significant fights of this generation as a pair
Pick It: TBRB #2 Regis Prograis vs. #3 Jose Zepeda (Saturday, PPV/FITE, 8:00 PM EST) - On paper, this is one of the best fights the red hot Jr. welterweight division can deliver. 33-year old former WBA titlist Regis Prograis (27-1, 23 KO) has won three straight since losing a unification bout in a World Boxing Super Series to Josh
Pick It: TBRB #4 Jaime Munguia vs. Gonzalo Coria (Saturday, DAZN, 7:00 PM EST) - In a weekend where it almost feels like there isn’t much boxing going on, we still have the latest chapter in the saga of when will middleweight Jaime Munguia (40-0, 32 KO) do more than tread water.
Pick It: TBRB #1 Sunny Edwards vs. #10 Felix Alvarado (Friday, FITE, 12:30 PM EST) - This free card on FITE TV puts two of the world's best flyweights in the spotlight. 26-year old IBF titlist Sunny Edwards (18-0, 4 KO) made the most of a title chance versus Moruti Mthalane, upsetting the veteran with an excellent
Pick It: TBRB #1 Dmitry Bivol vs. #2 Gilberto Ramirez (Saturday, DAZN, 1:30 PM EST) - 31-year old WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KO) couldn’t have acquired a bigger win than a decisive outboxing of super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez. On Saturday, he has another highly regarded foe in 31-year old
The one-sided nature of their first fight and direct competition from a boxing pay-per-view show apparently impacted viewership of the Devin Haney-George Kambosos Jr. rematch Saturday night on ESPN.
According to an official statement from BOXXER and Sky Sports, over two million viewers tuned in on Sky Sports to watch last Saturday's card at the sold-out 02 Arena in London, making it the most-watched women’s professional boxing show in UK history and setting a new audience record for a live women’s sport event on Sky.
Pick It: Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall (Saturday, ESPN+, 2:30 PM EST) - Borrowing from a preview pick of the week gone to postponement a month ago, it’s definitely game on this time at the O2 Arena. It is the biggest women’s doubleheader arguably of all time.