Hearn is doing a great job and is definitely the dominant force in the UK, but from the outside looking in, it does appear Warren has been recovering thanks to BT, just as Arum has improved his position thanks to ESPN.
There's no question that Hearn dominates the UK and Haymon dominates the US, but Arum is a very strong #2 right now in the US and Warren seems to be a strong #2 in the UK. Is this incorrect? Difficult to fully understand the market not living over there.
I think the Wilder vs Fury fight obviously a huge fight. That has done wonders for Warren.
However, aside from Fury who is obviously the biggest name in his stable, BT haven't really put on any shows that rival Sky's. It's a very distant second place i'd say.
The warrington vs selby card was a pretty good one, but other than that, Warren's cards mainly consist of:
Dubois vs no-hoper
Yarde vs no-hoper
Ohara Davies
And a bunch of lighter weight fighters that no one cares about. He hasn't even put on a Billy Joe Saunders fight in 2 years - and even that was a complete stinker in a leisure center.
I am looking forward to the Warrington vs Frampton fight though, I hope it's not going to clash with Whyte vs Ortiz / Chisora (which it looks like it will).
Why on Earth did Frank pay Fury 5 mil to fight Seferi and then 5 mil to Pianeta (on an undercard I think)?
Seems super excessive, any thoughts?
Probably to get the second biggest names in british boxing and to launch the BT box office platform.
Because Hearn is killing him and he has no fighters. Couldn't afford Fury going to Hearn.
Hearn is doing a great job and is definitely the dominant force in the UK, but from the outside looking in, it does appear Warren has been recovering thanks to BT, just as Arum has improved his position thanks to ESPN.
There's no question that Hearn dominates the UK and Haymon dominates the US, but Arum is a very strong #2 right now in the US and Warren seems to be a strong #2 in the UK. Is this incorrect? Difficult to fully understand the market not living over there.
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