The prime-time television debut of Premier Boxing Champions drew an average of 3.4 million viewers on Saturday. The ratings for the card at the MGM Grand Garden, were a “strong start,” according to an NBC official.
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A familiar face appeared at the MGM Grand’s media center Thursday for the news conference promoting Saturday’s Premier Boxing Champions card.
Keith Thurman has skills and smarts. He used both to stay perfect and remain world champion.
Part of Keith Thurman’s charm is that you’re never quite sure what is going to come out of his mouth. All you know is it’s going to be interesting and intelligent.
Tony Harrison made short work of Antwone Smith, stopping the junior middleweight 19 seconds into the second round and remaining undefeated with a technical knockout in Friday’s main event at the MGM Grand Ballroom.
Robert Guerrero, a three-division world champion, will fight World Boxing Association welterweight champ Keith Thurman on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in the 12-round main event of the Premier Boxing Champions on NBC.
Undefeated junior middleweight Tony Harrison headlines tonight’s ESPN Friday Night Fights card at the MGM Grand Ballroom, facing Antwone Smith (23-5-1, 12 knockouts) in the 10-round main event.
The latest Vegas strip club stunt comes from Deja Vu Showgirls, which is promising the winner of the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao fight: Free couch dances for life — and four strippers will tattoo his name on their bodies.
Adrien Broner is trying to grow up but at the same time he wants to stay true to himself. It’s a delicate balance. Broner fights Saturday at the MGM as part of the debut of Premier Boxing Champions on NBC.
Abner Mares is professional enough to not let his mind wander too far beyond his next fight. But Mares admits the idea of fighting on the undercard of the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is quite appealing.
The WBC plans to create a “very special exquisite” belt to be presented to the victor of the Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight scheduled for May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden.
The most anticipated fight in forever will take place May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which gives us more than two months to dissect every angle and turn over every rock and report on everything. As a starting point, here are five questions to consider about Mayweather-Pacquiao.
If you ask me, Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao, as much as Les Moonves, were the ones who forced Floyd Mayweather Jr. to step up to the plate for their May 2 fight in Las Vegas or look cowardly.
If you’re a boxing judge in Nevada, you may not need to bring a pen with you to work anymore.
The first punch hasn’t been thrown and there’s already a winner in the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
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