PBC on ESPN???

PBC is more of an effort to create a brand, to tie the general sports fan back to boxing (the PBC events will likely have fighters not directly signed to Haymon, but signed to friendly promoters, on it; Goosen/DiBella/Warriors/Sampson/etc will all have there non-Haymon fighters on some of these bills and Matchroom Sport(UK) is definitely likely to have fighters on some of the PBC cards as well) Haymon wants to have the general fan think 'PBC' whenever they thing 'boxing', just how the general fan thinks 'UFC' when they think 'MMA' Imo, that is a nice summation of what seems to be going on right now. Might be a good thing. I'm seeing boxing in places that I don't usually. So far, so good.

As much as I enjoy having boxing on television as much as possible, I can't stand Haymon. He and Richard Schaeffer are bad for boxing. I don't understand how you can rally behind someone who refuses to work with other promoters, even going so far as to push out the sanctioning bodies NOT as a means of having one champion (even though that will be the lie that they push on the dumb masses), but as a means of avoiding mandatories. All we have is a new "cold war," one that's even less likely to ever get sorted out. Congrats. Hope you guys who love Haymon remember saying that whenever Santa Cruz, Quillin and Stevenson are PBC "Champs" and never have to fight outside of hand-selected opponents.

When he said main events, it confused me. I thought they were talking the promotion as work with main events on ESPN cards, cause I was pretty sure htye already secured this deal. This really isnt news.

I'll be surprised if haymon keeps atlas... Atlas is too brutally honest when watching fighters and talking about the opposition they faced if its really bad comp. Teddy Atlas is a 'brand name' of ESPN Boxing; brutally honest or not, there's not a single other voice that captures the type of energy that Atlas puts forward when a really good fight breaks out. Beyond that, Teddy Atlas never trashes the actual fighters; he'll rail against bad judges with everything he's got, he's not much a fan of all of the belts, and he doesn't particularly like mismatches, but he always speaks positively of the effort put forward by the fighters, win or lose. Why try to rebuild personalities for boxing on ESPN, when you've got a crew that the general sports public already knows to work with?

PBC is a league, it is becoming quite apparent. I'm all for it though. Have one sanctioning body overlooking the sport. PBC is more of an effort to create a brand, to tie the general sports fan back to boxing (the PBC events will likely have fighters not directly signed to Haymon, but signed to friendly promoters, on it; Goosen/DiBella/Warriors/Sampson/etc will all have there non-Haymon fighters on some of these bills and Matchroom Sport(UK) is definitely likely to have fighters on some of the PBC cards as well) Haymon wants to have the general fan think 'PBC' whenever they thing 'boxing', just how the general fan thinks 'UFC' when they think 'MMA'

just great !!! this is exactly what boxing needs a crooked monopoly !!!!! http://i.imgur.com/9xKbCb6.png

Haymon fighters have been on ESPN on the regular I've noticed since about late last year. Even top tier guys like Austin Trout have fought twice on ESPN. They had a card last week and another next week headlined by Rances Barthelemy.

Haymon is reviving boxing

I'm looking forward to these the most. Espn knows how to do it right with fnfs

PBC is a league, it is becoming quite apparent. I'm all for it though. Have one sanctioning body overlooking the sport. I think when it becomes a league, we may see it as Gyms/Teams against others, with fighters being paid and traded to other Gyms/Teams like other sports. Really tough to think of it in that way, but that could be something in the future. Boxing is mostly an individual sport, but to become a league I would think teams would need to be created. I know that whole world series of boxing tried to capture that, but it wasn't managed in the way I can see it in my imagination. lol

I'll be surprised if haymon keeps atlas... Atlas is too brutally honest when watching fighters and talking about the opposition they faced if its really bad comp.

I ****ing love Al Haymon.

PBC is a league, it is becoming quite apparent. I'm all for it though. Have one sanctioning body overlooking the sport.

more free boxing

Boxing is everywhere right now and i love it