The sport’s biggest attraction and most sought-after free agent is on course to remain put for the time being. Talks continue to progress for a deal which will see four-division and reigning WBA/WBC s...
January isn’t the only month in early 2021 within which ESPN won’t televise live boxing. Bob Arum informed BoxingScene.com that the network’s decision-makers have opted to skip boxing programming in M...
DAZN Group announced today that Shay Segev and James Rushton have been named Co-Chief Executive Officers. Segev will join DAZN Group in the coming months from Entain (formerly GVC Holdings), a FTSE 10...
By Cliff Rold - Throughout the week, BoxingScene has provided readers their choices for the annual boxing Oscars (or Emmys, or Golden Globes, or Nickelodeon Kids or whatever trophies one most anticipa...
The low-profile fights FOX aired Saturday night drew comparable viewership to the network’s previous boxing broadcasts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nielsen Media Research statistics released Wednesda...
Yet another major New Year’s Eve boxing card from Japan will proceed without the backing of a major stateside platform. Kazuto Ioka—the lone-ever Japanese male boxer to win titles in four weight-divis...
Once a week, a search through the cable channel guide insures anything with boxing in the title not already set for DVR gets, well, set. Last Sunday, the guide scrub found something unexpected. The ch...
Pick It: TBRB #1 Callum Smith vs. Middleweight Champion Saul Alvarez (Saturday, DAZN, 10 PM EST) - The return of arguably the biggest star in boxing is an easy pick of the week. That it matches the 30...
Those that tuned in to watch Chris Colbert fight Saturday night were treated to much more entertainment than his previous televised appearance provided. According to numbers Nielsen Media Research rel...
More viewers watched Shakur Stevenson’s second fight at the junior lightweight limit than his debut at 130 pounds. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that ESPN’s telecast of Stevenson’s easy, 10-...
The sports streaming company that predicted the demise of pay-per-view in boxing has taken on pay-per-view partners for its biggest boxing event of 2020. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the card he...
Pick It: TBRB #1 Anthony Joshua vs. #8 Kubrat Pulev (Saturday, DAZN, 5 PM EST) - One of the sports biggest gate attractions makes his COVID-era debut as three-belted 31-year old heavyweight titlist An...
Errol Spence vs. #7 Danny Garcia (Saturday, Fox PPV, 8 PM EST) - It might not be the welterweight fight the hardcore faithful want the most, but it’s plenty along the way there. That it comes with a h...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - A documentary, by definition, is a program providing “a factual record or report.” Which means stringing together grainy footage with narration gleaned from Boxrec.com would be s...
Showtime Sports Documentary Films has released a clip from the upcoming documentary film, MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY, an unflinching look at the remarkable life, storied career and unsolved murde...
Past opponents of legendary boxing icon Hector “Macho” Camacho, including “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, share their first-hand experiences with the...
If you’re wondering where the newest boxing analyst on television came from, Zach Hirsch is quick to point out that, “It started when I was very young.” Zach Hirsch, aka “Mystic Zach,” is 18 years old...
By Jake Donovan - For the first time since the pandemic, the sport’s middle class promoters can turn to a platform that provides a springboard for their fighters. Ironically, it comes in a series wher...
Pick It: O’Shaquie Foster vs. Miguel Roman (Thursday, NBC Sports Net, 9 PM EST) - In a slower boxing week, a maiden voyage will set sail. NBC, the network that cracked opened the door for boxing’s net...
Terence Crawford’s fourth-round technical knockout of Kell Brook was watched by more viewers Saturday night than his previous ESPN appearance. Nielsen Media Research viewership figures released Tuesda...