Thurman vs. Porter Being Saved for PBC on Fox Debut...Jan 23

Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter Promo

As long as it happens, I don't care about when. Great matchup.

Bro - it's like a month later than originally planned lol Like I said to someone else, this fight has been wanted by both fighters for more than a year. It's been built up longer. It should have happened already instead of a bunch of other fights these two have fought. That it's not going to take place until 2016 is ridiculous.

I hope it's true but you can't take anything serious if Fat Dan is the source.

Its all about how you spin ****. Boxing fans are more fair weather-ish, MMA fans are more loyal. Like right now the UFC gots at least 5 ppl who seem to be doing 500k+ buys for their PPV's & are pretty much across the board at the beginning or near the beginning of their hype train. Boxing has 2ppl that can do 500k+ buys & are basically out of the game or one fight from being out (I suspect Canelo enters this 500k+ club in a month, but he's not there yet). And the UFC is churning out monthly PPV's for the last decade basically, some of which have competitive fights, but zero name value to so its not surprising those do GGG vs Lemieux numbers. The only thing the UFC really shows boxing is if you got a quality product you can make a lot of money every month instead of just two or three times a year. I believe the UFC is worth 2 billion, so imagine how much having a boxing equal of the UFC would be worth. I think boxing fans will become more loyal when someone finally does create a UFC of boxing. I went to my friends mma fight last Saturday at the Mohegan Sun the arena was like maybe half full if that.

With a stable of 200 fighters why do he need save fights? Can he just make other great fight for FOX debut? We are in october ffs. Only 4 weeks to advertise and train? It would probably do bad numbers. They might be training already but pbc already takes too long to announce fights.nthisnwill atleast have proper promotion

Just spoke with Ken Porter who tells me my boy "Thurman" turned the fight down details soon. Smh #boxing— nes (@nesgto) October 30, 2015 Well that sucks then

Just spoke with Ken Porter who tells me my boy "Thurman" turned the fight down details soon. Smh #boxing— nes (@nesgto) October 30, 2015 Wait.... what? :(

Thank God this fight didn't get cancelled! This is gonna be great! Just spoke with Ken Porter who tells me my boy "Thurman" turned the fight down details soon. Smh #boxing— nes (@nesgto) October 30, 2015

Thank God this fight didn't get cancelled! This is gonna be great!

Numbers declining? Porter vs thurman would have been free on nbc. The only numbers that would of been down is the ufc numbers since it's ppv. Ufc and boxing fans are not the same fanbase. Remember that. Ufc only has 8 fights to ever go over a million ppv buys. it's boxers with that many million plus ppv's on their own. It's not as many ufc fans as yall try to make us believe. Ufc ppv numbers tell the real truth Numbers from start, numbers from last show I would say yea

isnt rhonda rousey fighting on december 12? thats the only ufc fighter that would harm hayman ratings

For the firsg time ever, I agree with stax o. The selling of it. Fck you op. How could you do this to us. Glad its happening though. Im hoping haymon works with hbo now tuat ken hershman is leaving. Lets get broner vs garcia on hbo

Your numbers are already declining... you want to hold it the same day as one of the biggest UFC cards? Numbers declining? Porter vs thurman would have been free on nbc. The only numbers that would of been down is the ufc numbers since it's ppv. Ufc and boxing fans are not the same fanbase. Remember that. Ufc only has 8 fights to ever go over a million ppv buys. it's boxers with that many million plus ppv's on their own. It's not as many ufc fans as yall try to make us believe. Ufc ppv numbers tell the real truth

PBC started in March 2015. Thats 8 months i count. Ok. Poor wording. I should have posted 2016 starts year 2 of the PBC experiment.

Been saying this over and over but drowned out by the "hardcore fans" whining. in a now now now world 1 month more is to long i guess

Those fights were all around that date in previous years. But again I ask you, why is December 12th a bad date for boxing? Your numbers are already declining... you want to hold it the same day as one of the biggest UFC cards?

We are 2 years in to whatever Haymon's plan is. He is trying to secure a network deal with sponsors. He needs to use his best matchups in the best spots in 2016. PBC started in March 2015. Thats 8 months i count.

F*cking ridiculous that this is getting pushed into 2016, but at least it's happening. Bro - it's like a month later than originally planned lol

alright, so what do they have to do with Dec 12th 2015? Those fights were all around that date in previous years. But again I ask you, why is December 12th a bad date for boxing?