STATE YOUR ALLEGIANCE - You with PBC/Haymon, Hearn/DAZN or Arum/ESPN

Any one who promotes good fights and invests in boxing gets my vote.

Yes, definitely. Total respect to Arum. The guy is a genius, as was King. But Arum wasn't so desperate for total control that he eventually wound up with no control. Whereas King was so dominant, people couldn't wait to get rid of him. Haymon is in an infinitely better position than Arum right now. Massive budget on FOX. Massive budget on Showtime. Most of Arum's fights are hidden on ESPN+, where they're seen by next to nobody. Arum has a few WBO champions, while Haymon has a massive army of WBC/WBA/IBF champions. Arum is surviving and even thriving. Not knocking him at all. Just pointing out that PBC is in a better spot than TR right now. Fair points. Also if Haymon continues his dominance for the next 20 yrs then he is indeed superior to Arum.

I know this might sound like a crazy idea but how about fans of the sport just watch fights that interest them Whether that’s on Showtime/Fox , ESPN or DAZN If it’s a good fight where it’s the best fighting the best or a fighter you’re a fan of watch it regardless of the platform 3 platforms all investing big $ in boxing for the foreseeable future is a good thing for fans Aligning with only 1 promoter or platform is g.ay as f.uck

Lol. Fanboy thread alert

Who you down with? Now that HBO is getting stunted on by Haymon and PBC I gots to roll with my idol Haymon and the Showtime/PBC family. I hereby declare that my allegiance is with the WBO, WBF and IBO for life! In fact all three of our personalities share the same doctor. <------------

It’s better to be second fiddle and outlast your competitions for many years, than be the man to beat for just 5-10 yrs. Yes, definitely. Total respect to Arum. The guy is a genius, as was King. But Arum wasn't so desperate for total control that he eventually wound up with no control. Whereas King was so dominant, people couldn't wait to get rid of him. So yup Arum is still in better place than them. Haymon is in an infinitely better position than Arum right now. Massive budget on FOX. Massive budget on Showtime. Most of Arum's fights are hidden on ESPN+, where they're seen by next to nobody. Arum has a few WBO champions, while Haymon has a massive army of WBC/WBA/IBF champions. Arum is surviving and even thriving. Not knocking him at all. Just pointing out that PBC is in a better spot than TR right now.

Well, Arum is 86 now. Not sure what kind of longevity he has left. He's the clear #2 right now. His biggest advantage was the number of homes ESPN is in, but that is trounced by FOX. So I'm betting on PBC for sure. He has been in business for a long time now. He is proven that’s what I meant. Where the hell is don king today. Not that new ones can’t surpassed him but he’s taken care of business well for ages. And that deserves credit alone. It’s better to be second fiddle and outlast your competitions for many years, than be the man to beat for just 5-10 yrs. So yup Arum is still in better place than them.

For now i am just favoring longevity among the choices Well, Arum is 86 now. Not sure what kind of longevity he has left. He's the clear #2 right now. His biggest advantage was the number of homes ESPN is in, but that is trounced by FOX. So I'm betting on PBC for sure.

ummmm... I just want to see good fights.

Top Rank was always best at playing second fiddle. Don King controlled the black fighters and the higher weight classes, while Arum controlled the latin fighters and smaller weight classes. King is gone, but Haymon has filled his role. Arum will never be lead dog. Has never been lead dog. Could never control the main title. Always had to prop up an inferior title because he wanted a monopoly on one organization. For now i am just favoring longevity among the choices

Arum, albeit a snake at 80 plus can still outsmart them all. Top Rank was always best at playing second fiddle. Don King controlled the black fighters and the higher weight classes, while Arum controlled the latin fighters and smaller weight classes. King is gone, but Haymon has filled his role. Arum will never be lead dog. Has never been lead dog. Could never control the main title. Always had to prop up an inferior title because he wanted a monopoly on one organization.

Arum, albeit a snake at 80 plus can still outsmart them all.

It's a bizarre era of boxing when fans are more concerned with promoters and networks than they are with fights and fighters. Promoters (or managers in the case of Haymon) and networks control the fights and the fighters. What fights you get to see are largely determined by who is signed with who. The fights you want to see that you don't get to see don't happen because of who is signed with who. This is why fans care. Who cares under whom they fight, as long as they fight. Because if they don't fight under the right whom, the fight won't happen. Imagine if the NBA and ABA never merged and you had LeBron in the NBA and Steph Curry in the ABA. Rightly, fans would be rooting for the ABA to go out of business so they could finally see LeBron and Curry against each other.

It’s showtime! That’s how I roll. I can’t stand pbc on regular Azz tv. But I hate arum and espn.

HBO groupie detected... Hold this... https://media1.tenor.com/images/11feec04851123bdf48949436941c8d6/tenor.gif They taking Ls all day, bruh. They can't keep us down. We winning. PBC making that money. We rich too mane, HBO stands for Homeless Broke and Overrated, yo! https://media1.tenor.com/images/11feec04851123bdf48949436941c8d6/tenor.gif

Mane I roll with Haymon and PBC fo sho When Haymon becomes successful it means I'm successful too :afro: You know it mane. If Uncle Al is successful, you successful. If you're successful, I'm successful. We all winning, Euro boys taking Ls, all day err day. Playa.

Or you can be a half intelligent human being and realize that you need to be an imbecile to be loyal to a TV channel, and that market competition is a good thing.

This guy has had a hard-on since HBO announced it was pulling out of boxing. Allegiance? Nerd. HBO groupie detected... Hold this... https://media1.tenor.com/images/11feec04851123bdf48949436941c8d6/tenor.gif

This guy has had a hard-on since HBO announced it was pulling out of boxing. Allegiance? Nerd.

No is not,your comparison is more like you have one favorite fighter.Boxing is boxing, whomever has the best cards I will watch. And Football ain't Football. I literally know people who only watch their team play. And if you wanna say one sole boxer, your favorite fighter is usually aligned to one network-promoter.