In boxing, it is said that styles make fights. From 1980 through 1989, it was the style of four great fighters that not only made legendary fights, it ushered in a boxing renaissance. The fierce rivalry between world champions and future Hall of Fame...
Pick It: TBRB #9 Sergey Lipinets vs. #10 Jaron Ennis (Saturday, Showtime, 9:00 PM EST) - One part of boxing largely missing in 2021 is the space between prospect and titlist most fighters graduated through. Before Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns became one...
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Word is finally getting around regarding boxing’s newest televised boxing series. The two most recent installments of NBC Sports Network’s Ring City USA boasted series-best ratings, along with the March 25 edition generating a record-setting audience...
"March Madness” might’ve been a tougher opponent for Artur Beterbiev than Adam Deines. Directly competing with telecasts of numerous NCAA men’s basketball tournament games Saturday afternoon clearly impacted viewership of the Russian knockout artist’...
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Triller Fight Club today announced that boxing manager/adviser Peter Kahn has been named to the newly created position of Chief Boxing Officer. Kahn has worked both on the promotional side and management side for 25 years. Triller Fight Club is a par...
Dennis Contreras continues to breathe new life into his boxing career, with a growing fan base along for the ride. The March 12 edition of Boxeo Telemundo posted the series’ best ratings since the pandemic, averaging 369,000 viewers over the course o...
David Benavidez’s victory Saturday night drew more viewers than the former super middleweight champion’s previous appearance on Showtime. Nielsen Media Research reported Tuesday that an average of 230,000 viewers watched Benavidez’s 11th-round, techn...
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Pick It: World Champion Juan Francisco Estrada vs. TBRB #2 Roman Gonzalez (Saturday, DAZN/PPV, 8:00 PM EST) - This might be the ‘pick it’ of the year. Sure, any fight can miss; an errant butt can end an affair before it begins. Sometimes, things just...
Pick It: Ring #1 Claressa Shields vs. #2 Marie Dicaire (Friday, PPV/Fite, 9 PM EST) - The top two Jr. middleweights in the world throw down in this all-women’s pay-per-view outing. 25-year old lineal world middleweight queen Claressa Shields (10-0, 2...
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Viewership wasn’t quite as high for FOX’s headliner Saturday night as it was for FOX’s first main event of 2021, but Anthony Dirrell and Kyrone Davis still drew a sizable audience. Figures released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research showed Dirrell-Dav...
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Pick It: TBRB #1 Saul Alvarez vs. Avni Yildirim (Saturday, DAZN, 7 PM EST) - This card took a hit on Thursday when arguably the most interesting fight on the card, a flyweight clash between Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo, was called off d...
Nearly one million viewers watched Oscar Valdez’s career-defining knockout of Miguel Berchelt on ESPN. According to viewership figures released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, Valdez-Berchelt was watched by an average audience of approximately 895...
What might have been a Fight of the Year contender in 2020 remains one on paper in early 2021. COVID delayed what, on paper, looks like a can’t miss all-Mexican swapping of leather. 29-year old WBC super featherweight titlist Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 3...
ESPN’s first boxing broadcast of 2021 drew respectable viewership Saturday night, particularly since its main event was postponed two days in advance. Nielsen Media Research revealed Wednesday that the network’s three-bout broadcast averaged 584,000...
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