Archive for July, 2017
UFC’s debt financing is making rich fighters wealthier but the window is closing fast for everyone else
Sunday, July 30th, 2017Ari Emanuel and WME-IMG ownership is pushing more “super fights” in the UFC that are eye-catching due to name value but not necessarily competitive. The rich are getting richer but what about the rest of the fighters?
Conor McGregor proves to be Floyd Mayweather’s lifeline to the IRS
Monday, July 10th, 2017We knew money was the root of Floyd Mayweather’s motivations in fighting Conor McGregor. What we didn’t know was what role Uncle Sam and the IRS played into the equation.
The spin stops here: ESPN underachieves with Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn drawing 3M viewers
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017The Manny Pacquiao/Jeff Horn fight on ESPN drew less than three million viewers. It bombed… but you wouldn’t know that reading the spin from ESPN and other sports media sites proclaiming that it was ESPN’s best boxing rating in a decade.
ESPN’s telecast of Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn was the clearest warning to UFC not to leave Fox
Sunday, July 2nd, 2017ESPN’s telecast of the Manny Pacquiao/Jeff Horn fight from Australia gave UFC every warning sign possible not to jump ship from Fox Sports.