by David P. Greisman - Last year started so well for Showtime. Its first major boxing broadcast of 2015 crowned a new heavyweight titleholder when Deontay Wilder defeated Bermane Stiverne. The main event pulled in an average of more than 1.2 million viewers, the network’s second-highest rating for the sport in more than...
It's not often that NBC and CBS-affiliated networks will offer cross-promotion for programming on the same night, but could very well become the case on a busy night of boxing on April 16. As previously announced, Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC makes its return with a loaded bill from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The primetime telecast - beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET - is topped by a welterweight crossroads bout between unbeaten contender Errol Spence (19-0, 16KOs) and Long Island-bred former 140 lb. titlist Chris Algieri (21-2, 8KOs).
Spike TV began showing boxing in 2015 as one of the many networks airing “Premier Boxing Champions” broadcasts — and the way many of those fights went helped make Spike into BoxingScene’s “Network of the Year” for last year.
One of the world's greatest fighter's, Andre Ward, returns to BoxNation exclusively live on Saturday 26th March when he faces undefeated challenger Sullivan Barrera. BoxNation secures its position as The Channel of Champions with four of the current top ten best pound-for-pound fighters in the world showcasing their skills on BoxNation this year with Sergey Kovalev last month, Terence Crawford this Saturday night and Guillermo Rigondeaux next month.
by David P. Greisman - This coming weekend brings the first major boxing matches of the month in the United States. This coming weekend is the final weekend of the month. It will be four weeks since HBO aired Sergey Kovalev's rematch victory over Jean Pascal. We won't have any such drought over an extended stretch from here on out.
Alecia Holden is a Survivor. The daughter of Holden Productions founder Tony Holden and Tina Holden will appear in the latest season of the long-running reality TV series. Holden is part of an 18-member cast for Survivor 32: Kaoh Rong – Brawn vs Brains vs Beauty 2, which debuts Wednesday, February 17 at 8 PM ET on CBS.
In 2003, HBO debuted the acclaimed series 'Legendary Nights,' twelve thirty minute documentaries looking back on the best of HBO’s first thirty years in the boxing business. A decade later, they added an additional 'round' with a feature length look at the Arturo Gatti-Mickey Ward series.
Los Angeles - Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) brought championship boxing back to FOX in prime timeSaturday night after an almost 20-year absence and delivered a resounding ratings knockout. The PBC on FOX, headlined by an intense 12-round battle for the vacant welterweight title between victor Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero, delivered PBC's best audience since April 2015.
The 2016 season premiere of Boxeo Telemundo is set to launch February 26, live from Palm Bay Community Center in Palm Bay, Florida. Headlining the telecast, Philadelphia’s Miguel Cartagena takes on series favorite Ricardo ‘Meserito’ Rodriguez in a 10-round regional title fight.
Top Rank will be busy once again in 2016, in addition to big cards such as the April 9th show featuring the third go-around between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, they will have a regular schedule of fights from their series on UniMas and promotions in Asia, in addition to cards on HBO.