Basically do what they did to Golf with LIV and force other boxers to give up on the present Alphabet Orgs and become exclusively Saudi promoted fighter's fighting for exclusively Saudi money, organizations and belts .
If the Sauds buy DAZN, and stream their Soccer and Golf leagues on it, Hearn becomes irrelevant.
They already reduced him to licking windows once when they pulled the magic money carpet from him with Skills Challenge.
We'll see how much influence he has trying to get them to pay for AJ v Hrgy while ducking Parker.
No AJ v Hrgy but A-Side Joshy v Ngannou for sh.!ts n giggles.
We do have Parker v Zhang which suggests Fast Eddie has as much influence on Riyadh season as Navalny on Russian elections.
Hearn is DAZNs boxing executive for construction of its roster and globally overall / overseas of boxing operations .
You can be the richest in the world if you don’t know what your doing you lose money that’s why Hearn is the business partner not Warren who can be the forefront guy all he wants it won’t last long , in fact it’s only lasting for now bc Hearn wants the Fury fight for Joshua , you’ll see Hearn take over these shows down the line and give Warren a little bit of the promo …lol
The two Turkis who run the Kingdoms sportswashing slush fund could buy and run DAZN easily without Hearn.
Fast Eddie will be spinning his wheels trying to curry their favour and make himself seem indispensible.
He's milked AJ for all he's worth barirng a cash out gift strap and Opetaia is the only other big draw on matchrooms books who could replace Joshua.
With Opetaia choosing Saudi money over a strap i doubt Hearn has much say in anything anymore.
Allowing them to be free here in the west appears to have been a grave mistake doe.
they can be annoying but they are usually a lot less dangerous than men
y'all really want a country that still keeps black African slaves running boxing?
This country still keeps Black African slaves, too :rolleyes:
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And not only that, we helped bring chattel slavery back to Africa, too.
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I think we're all too ignorant to have any real insight.
I watch y'all argue business here all the time and it's just god awfully wrong. Not I think you're wrong. I know you're wrong. Plenty of you who have never ran a business nor dealt with any network at all have all sorts of insight as to what is the worth of a boxer or a fight. While you ignore the only mug on here with a successful enough international business to be the face of an industry spread across multiple networks.
I'll just point out one thing I never see anyone bring up in a normal A-side/B-side debate about boxers' worth as an example and then expand:
What is the replay value. X gets Y amount asses in seats, X was paid Y amount purse, every single argument on A-B side **** ever done here, but X is making Y amount off the replay of Z fight, never mentioned.
You know how I know the fighters and managers and **** work this stuff out with the networks?
Because when you watch me on Showtime you make me richer.
Y'all think my dumbass is a better negotiator than Arum, Hearn, and Warren combined? Probably not right? Probably you ignorant ****s don't even know the terms to argue the stances you've taken right?
Everyone can tell you how much Wilder made KO'ing Ortiz but ain't no one interested in how much Wilder is making because he KO'd Ortiz. ... but y'all boxing biz experts doe ...
That said, I feel like I'm too ignorant to really know the worth of boxing or a boxer, but, I'd be ****ing shocked if a Tiger Woods highlight reel is worth anything near what the value of a Mike Tyson highlight reel is.
Mike's most viewed video on YT = 157 Million
Tiger's most viewed video on YT = 14 Million
Would it be surprising to know the IP rights to Mike Tyson's KOs are far more expensive than the IP rights to Tiger Wood's best holes? **** no.
Would it be suprising to find Boxing is worth a lot more than Golf? It shouldn't be but since you morons judge an athlete's worth off the money paid directly from the competition it probably is.
Look here, most y'all saying yes they could. Then why ain't they *****? Out of the kindness of their heart? They could pull a monopoly, they just did, but they don't want to here because ... ... ... I'll ****ing wait for a good reason to not buy the monopoly on one of the highest grossing activities done by mankind period.
Not saying I know better, I am saying none of us know and all y'all *****s talking **** like you do is just intellectually dishonest mother ****ers.
What do y'all think Showtime is doing with their rights? You don't think they're selling that ****? You ever tried to buy rights to a fight? Pick one, have a go, bet you find out you can't even get a cheap ass no namer from a 100 years ago. Lot more money than what y'all consider and this is just one aspect of **** y'all never, ever, consider.
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I wouldn’t mind the Saudis unifying the wba, wbc and IBF into a legitimate boxing conglomerate. I guess you need the wbo as well.
The sport would benefit from Getting rid of all promoters, network exclusive deals and sanctioning bodies.
Then the Saudis can hire a Dana White like leader at the top to get things back in order.
Saudis then let networks bid on fights or cards individually.
Yeah its blood money but it would make the sport better imo.
This 100%
y'all really want a country that still keeps black African slaves running boxing?
Dunno nuthin bout no slaves.
I just wanna see the biggest baddest dudes box the bejeebus out of each other at least twice a year.
the saudis would have to create a brand that would resonate with people, make an impression and be instantly recongnisable to the wider world, the naming of their belt would be important first of all, something like The BinLaden Belt might work
The Kingdom Belt.
the saudis would have to create a brand that would resonate with people, make an impression and be instantly recongnisable to the wider world, the naming of their belt would be important first of all, something like The BinLaden Belt might work
Its just for transparency to the public, UFC does it so you have some idea of what the landscape looks like. Spectator sports are for the audience after all.
Meh, let them take PEDs I say its a small compromise to have one champion per division and that champion regularly defending that title against the highest rated challengers who are so for sensible reasons I.E fights won in the ring and how they won those fights.
Dunno about a PED belt. I'd rather everyone was clean and proven so unless both fighters agreed not to be.
Whyte vs Miller would be entertaining if it was only one round that went on until the last man standing won.
Put that juice to good effect and see who got the better doctor or concoction to last the distance.
Yes, and they should.
The notion of a world champion today is a joke. All the best fighters used to come to America - the money was here and thus most of the titles. That's no longer the case... fighters are spread all over the planet making money everywhere. How do you rank guys fighting in Alabama vs guys fighting in Ghana vs guys fighting in Argentina fairly? You can't.
And with HBO getting out of boxing, the sport has devolved in separate leagues, with each promoter having an exclusive TV deal. Smaller promoters like Dibella, Duva, Salita etc have been frozen out and just have to beg to have their fighters brought in as opponents or essentially lease them to the big promoters with TV contracts.
PBC, Matchroom, Top Rank should all make their own belts the way UFC does, and then do an event like Bellaton x Rizin if their champs are going to fight each other. End the corrupt joke of the idea that these sanctioning bodies don't just give out belts to the fighters of the promoters that give them the most money.
I think they'd prefer to buy an existing organisation and make it the biggest.
The orgs come with history and prestige. Hard to create that, easier to just buy it.
They also come with baggage and greedy bellies.
In Golf they could have sponsored PGA tournaments but formed LIV and paid huge money for the top guys to switch.
I dont know that fans give a toss about history and prestige of belts. This fan only wants to see the best vs the best and that hasnt been happening lately.
We don't even really know who the best is under the present ranking system for the various orgs.
Then why did they make him their partner ? Make it make sense .
Once a useful idiot is no longer of use, they're just another idiot.
They needed Hearn for Joshua and DAZN on this gig. Next one vs Wilder perhaps...yeah, nah, maybe ?
I think they'd prefer to buy an existing organisation and make it the biggest.
The orgs come with history and prestige. Hard to create that, easier to just buy it.