He mentioned tonight there’s 2 world title fights to be announced for nov 17th just waiting for them to be signed of guessing one is big baby for wba regular
Its hard to ever read too much into him! It sounds like he has a couple of deals he is waiting to announce though?
Whyte vs Chisora/Ortiz/Brezeale? (First time I heard latter mentioned, has he signed?)
Big Nov 17th card - expected announced next week. Who is on it? New signings?
Khan vs Brook for Feb + brook opponent for 8th Dec?
Idk how big the Nov 17th show will be. Monaco show coming up as well.
Idk that sharing an office should mean anything. I imagine Hearn isn't hear in the US all that much anyway. I'd assume he's gonna be consistently jetlagged doe if he is doing this still 8 years & further down the line & spending more time in his hotel room vs the office. The cricket guy probably gots an office there too.
It seems to be more than sharing an office is what I am saying; they seem to have significant overlap in day to day operations functions when it comes to boxing. They are building a boxing promotion and production business from the ground together.
We'll see what happens, but honestly I can't see any situation where DAZN sign another major deal with GBP without Hearn's involvement.
Today Hearn's telling the truth, yesterday he was lying.
Hearn has been talking about big names coming to DAZN for months & besides the WBSS which is a non-Hearn project he's not got anyone I'd really consider a big US name despite a few having some potential to being that in the future.
But I do find the remark that he's saying interesting cuz I do think if a major player comes to DAZN they are more likely to do their own thing vs sign under Eddie. People keep talking about this exclusive sh^t, but WBSS fights are already on DAZN so how exclusive is Hearn's deal reallllllllly? I say about as exclusive as Arum's deal with ESPN where Oscar's been doing shows during Arum's "exclusive deal" lol.
So basically I'll believe it when I see it. I still don't think it'd make sense for GBP to make a deal that didn't include PPV & DAZN doesn't have PPV. But then again maybe if DAZN's offer is big enough thats workaroundable. And I've speculated that perhaps a deal could be setup where DAZN gets GBP's roster + Canelo's lesser fights & Canelo will be allowed to fight on PPV for his bigger fights with DAZN getting some rights to those PPV fights after a certain period of time like a week after the fact. I think a lot of potential sh^t could make a lot of situations possible right now.
But if DAZN does get Canelo + the GBP roster I think they should see a nice lil bump in subscribers which is their real long game play not Canelo or GBP or Eddie or all the sh^t we mostly talk about concerning DAZN. DAZN is looking to be bigger than just boxing so its all a means to an end.
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I don't know how exclusive Matchroom's contract with DAZN is. Based on their UK business they have been very shrewd in tying Sky to an exclusive deal and any other promoters who want access to the platform have to go through Hearn. There is also the fact that they have consistently described the US project as a joint-venture, they share offices in New York and their staff appear to collaborate regarding almost all aspects of the boxing production and promotion. So from that point of view I don't think they have much to worry about.
But forget all that for a minute; say DAZN are free to make deals with any other promoters they wish. How much money do you think they are willing to throw into boxing exactly? The matchroom deal has been reported at a billion over 8 years. You think they are going to be willing to make a similar size outlay to secure another deal with GBP? That sounds completely beyond the realms of possibility. The big money that they will be playing with to bring big names to the platform will come from that Matchroom deal, so whatever way any relationship is structured it is going to involve Hearn in some capacity.
Its hard to ever read too much into him! It sounds like he has a couple of deals he is waiting to announce though?
Whyte vs Chisora/Ortiz/Brezeale? (First time I heard latter mentioned, has he signed?)
Big Nov 17th card - expected announced next week. Who is on it? New signings?
Khan vs Brook for Feb + brook opponent for 8th Dec?
Hearn doesn't just have some bog standard rights deal with DAZN. Their US operations are effectively a joint-venture. I'd imagine Hearn is involved in any negotiations around boxing rights acquisitions.
This **** about Oscar going over his head and muscling Matchroom out is ****ing comical.
Hey Oscar said it I didn’t. He said he was going to be President also lol
Not to his stable though lol. Oscar said he’s going to negotiate his own deal. So Hearn better not slip up or he’ll be pushed out the door
Hearn doesn't just have some bog standard rights deal with DAZN. Their US operations are effectively a joint-venture. I'd imagine Hearn is involved in any negotiations around boxing rights acquisitions.
This **** about Oscar going over his head and muscling Matchroom out is ****ing comical.
Before its been about fighters signing with him, this sounds different though saying "DAZN platform"
How would he know tho?
Oscar said he's dealing directly with DAZN not Hearn.