If Top Rank and DAZN managed to do it with names as unheralded as Jose Ramirez and Maurice Hooker then why can't everyone else especially with higher profile names.
PBC and DAZN did it twice with Ruiz/Joshua and Top Rank and PBC are set to do it with Wilder/Fury II. The obvious answer is lack of confidence in their fighters and all of them are unwilling unless they get the lions share of the money.
Of those 3 it’s fair to say dazn appear to have both the higher quality and quantity fights now by some distance.
The name list on dazn is becoming quite remarkable..
Canelo
Joshua
Whyte
Usyk
Golovkin
Jacobs
Saunders
Haney
Garcia
Smith
Katie Taylor
Roman
Andrade
Bicol
Farmer
Serrano
Chisora
Parker
Hughie fury
Estrada
Hrgovic
Hunter
Josh kelly
Sims Jnr
Jessie Vargas
I’m sure there is more I can’t think of but the roster is becoming ridiculous. In the UK at least it’s no wonder frank warren can’t compete anymore
Been a GREAT year of boxing actually but you would not think that if you spend too much time on this Depressing Forum
As for which Promotion #1, #2, #3... it rotates fight by fight honestly but I support all and the sport needs ALL and most importantly the FIGHTERS need all to make money and to stay active. No 1 Promotion can possible keep all of these fighters happy and active because it is so many boxers in boxing
So yeah it rotates! I do think Top Rank/ESPN is kinda falling behind because I feel like ESPN don't make Boxing as big of a Priority because they have the rights to some many other more popular sports than boxing. Also too, their roster is very THIN, they don't have 1 Big In House fight that they can deliver right now.
They NEED somebody from PBC (Wilder vs Fury, Davis vs Loma, Spence Jr vs Crawford) for all of their Top Fighters to make a big fight which is why Arum is all of a sudden playing NICE when it comes to PBC
The biggest fight in boxing is by far Wilder vs AJ so all sides have valuable pieces in this sport
all are pretty much the same with cheesey commentating n production, Id say PBC with many n keith, spence m porter, the fights were epic 2nd dazn their cards have been good, nobody is doing anything super special... they need to work together the narrative is getting old
I have the same ranking as you.
1. DAZN
2. PBC
3. Top Rank
With Canelo vs. Jacobs/Kovalev and the two fights between AJ and Ruiz, it's not a fair comparison. PBC did alright though. Top Rank...man, they gotta pick it up or fold.
It’s been PBC by a long way this year.
The Pacquiao-Thurman and Spence-Porter cards were both far better than anything anyone else has produced.
DAZN would be second, their best card was Estrada-SSR II. Their undercards have left a lot to be desired though.
ESPN have been kind of disappointing this year they probably have the most talented fighters but just lack quality opponents.
4 of the 6 fight of the year candidates nominated by the Boxing Writers Association were on DAZN. More then any other network. Of today's top 10 P4P fighters in the world depending on which media you go by 5-6 of them fought on DAZN in 2019 more then any other network.
It’s been a great year packed with action fights, so it’s going to be tricky to parse. Four fights streamed by DAZN & two FOX PPV — nominees selected by BWAA. What’s the pick?Joshua-Ruiz IPacquiao-ThurmanGGG-Derevyanchenko Spence-PorterPrograis-TaylorInoue-Donaire— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) December 16, 2019
Good is a relative term. All three could be excellent if they were more willing to cross the street and do business with each other. Unfortunately, except in a few rare cases, NONE of them are willing to do so.
If Top Rank and DAZN managed to do it with names as unheralded as Jose Ramirez and Maurice Hooker then why can't everyone else especially with higher profile names.
Good is a relative term. All three could be excellent if they were more willing to cross the street and do business with each other. Unfortunately, except in a few rare cases, NONE of them are willing to do so.