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Showtime said today that its much-hyped Floyd Mayweather Jr-Conor McGregor fight Saturday on pay-per-view is tracking near a record total, with preliminary numbers showing a number in the mid- to high-4 million range for buys. Final numbers are expected by the end of next week. The current mark was set in May 2015 by t…

UPDATED with refund offer, fight re-airing: An Oregon fight fan who ordered Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight has filed a class-action lawsuit against Showtime after he said his and many others’ livestreams failed during the bout, in which Mayweather TKO’d the upstart UFC champ in the 10th…

Updated with Fathom’s official Sunday estimate. While Showtime will release the PPV revenue figures from last night’s fight in about a week, Fathom Events is reporting that their theatrical broadcast of the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Conor McGregor grossed $2.6M at 532 movie theaters. ComScore previously had a $2.4M figure…

After months of hype, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor stepped in the ring for a historical fight, with Mayweather winning by TKO in the 10th round. Mayweather’s win against the UFC fighter puts his record at 50-0, surpassing Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0. The fight, which was proposed by Conan O'Brien two…

UPDATE 8:45 PM PST: Showtime PPV says it’s on! Mayweather-McGregor fight about to start, says Showtime. UPDATE 8:31 PM PST: The Mayweather-McGregor main event fight has been delayed due to pay-per-view issues and outages, according to ESPN. As fans were pumped and read to watch the historic Floyd Mayweather and Conor…

On Saturday night, a pay-per-view event stands to score an estimated U.S. take of $500M-plus. If it were a movie, that figure easily would land in the list of 10 top-grossing films of all time. Obviously we’re taking about the boxing match between the undefeated, five-division, 11-time world boxing champ Floyd…

This year’s fight of the century just got bigger — well, the images did. The August 26 cross-training bout between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC star and ex-pugilist Conor McGregor will be shown in select movie theaters around the country. The bout marks the first time champions from boxing and MMA…

Showtime has shifted the premiere date of its Whitney Houston documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me, moving it up a day to Friday, August 25 at 9 PM. It originally was scheduled to bow August 26, but that’s the now-settled date for the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Conor McGregor fight that will air on Showtime PPV live from Las…

Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the much anticipated boxing match against Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision, but the real victors on May 2 were HBO and Showtime. With 4.6 million PPV buys and over $410 million in domestic PPV revenue, the 12-round fight has knocked out all competitors to be the most watched and highest…

Yes, the Mayweather-Pacquiao championship fight was a huge cash cow for HBO and Showtime, bringing in a positively mind-blowing $400+ million in pay-per-view revenues last night. That’s potentially the largest haul ever for PPV, and even if the fight ultimately turned out to be something of a snoozer, it’s vindication…

UPDATED, 7:40 PM: With just two days to go before the big fight, the premium cablers got the decision they were seeking to make sure the lucrative boxing match doesn't get streamed for free. "This temporary restraining order is issued and effective as of 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on April 30, 2015 and will expire at…

Just days before the big fight, the premium cablers are getting in the legal ring to TKO piracy of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr's highly anticipated and lucrative matchup. HBO and Showtime today jointly filed a copyright infringement compliant against boxinghd.net, sportship.org and a number of John Does for…