Is HBO still giving ring magazine credibility? Pretty much every boxing fan that gave them value knows they're a joke now.
The whole point of the Ring title was that it was very hard to obtain and there were only like 6 champs at a time, they ruined this by giving danny/mikey garcia belts just because they felt like it. Back in 2010 people knew who the ring belt holders were, now freaking Donnie Nietes is a Ring champion.
How the hell was Yoan Pablo Hernandez ever a Ring champion? Have you seen his record? Who did he beat to earn this?
Just browsing at this guys posting history for 3 mins you can tell he is a goldenboy hater / pbc nuthugger, so take his info with a grain of salt.
Rousey's numbers do seem kind of spot on, considering the hype for her match was about the same as the last one, it feels bigger only because Ronda got beat.
Of course I know Roach didn't tell him to fight like that. Just saying Silva seemed to have a occasional delusions that he was a "slick boxer" when he really wasn't and paid for it.
Very early career (I got into MMA wayyyyyy back) Arlovski was actually a world class grappler from sambo tournaments who just threw punches when he was desperate. He became obsessed with being a boxer later on.
Arlovski fell real hard after Fedor nearly killed him, i remember watching him in Strikeforce and he looked completely shot.
The weird thing is that it was mostly a mental thing because he never had any serious injuries and he is now back to his winning ways.
Yeah i'd support it considering Haymon has shown the willingness to match his top fighters against each other, but Haymon would need twice the stable he has now to pull it off.
Right now he only has like 5 decent fighters per division, he needs a lot more.
Yea Estrada takes a while to warm up and takes a lot of rounds off , in a rematch with Gonzalez that's gonna cost him.
But damn those combinations are beautiful he just needs more killer instinct
FOX pays UFC 100mi a year. How in hell PBC wasted 300mi on 6mo?
Unlike UFC, PBC is paying every channel to air their content, thats why you see them on every channel. They're hoping after paying them for a while they will be able to auction their content to the the highest bidder, this is assuming they get the ratings the networks desire which they haven't at all.
I mean yea i guess a network will eventually pay for PBC but not enough for them to turn a profit with the amount they pay guys like quillin.
PBC is just Haymon scamming his investors and getting more money for himself and his fighters, after he is done he can always go back to selling his stuff to Showtime/HBO.
The biggest failure of PBC has been their inability to create any stars at all, even with such a massive platform.
I think Haymon has made plenty of guys bigger. Or at least thats arguably the case cuz it all depends on what bigger or a star means as there seems to be numerous definitions & understandings with that ****.
Has he created the next Floyd? No. Thats a seldom done thing anyway. Has he moved guys into getting more attention &/or money? Certainly. Haymon gets guys paid more on cruise control. He gives a f#ck about the fighters in a business where thats seldom the case.
The thing people fail to realize is right now Haymon is probably using idk 60%-70% of the available US TV time for PBC fighters. And you can't build stars without TV time. So it stands to reason the major entity building stars will be PBC. And Haymon has more guys who are younger & up & coming guys among his roster than he's ever had. So ask me in 3 years at the stars PBC has built.
You don't need to be on CBS to be a star, you just need to have the "it factor", Cotto, Canelo, Pacquiao they all became stars on HBO, they didnt need network tv.
Even if PBC has the bigger platform unless he's got guys with star quality he's not gonna make any stars. Guys like Thurman, Quillin, Leo, Wilder, Garcia etc..
are never gonna become stars even if they KO 10 guys in a row, they're not charismatic and unless they beat a star, they will never be good enough in the eyes of the fans.
PBC is just a way for Haymon to keep control of his fighters, with the 500 millions or so he can keep paying them absurd paychecks for 3 years, and if PBC fails he can go back to Showtime or HBO and his PBC fighters will still make bank.
Haymon probably gets paid like 30% or so of anything his talent gets, so he is just slowly leeching off the 500 millions he got from his investors.
The true genius of Haymon was how he was able to con his investors.
Brakhus has no competition, she's kind of like Klitchsko just dominating physically inferior opponents.
The best women are on the lower weight classes, girls like Ava Knight, Ibeth Zamora, Jackie Nava, this girls actually fight good opponents now and then.
Anyway who the hell made girls fight 2 minuntes? its completely stupid and pretty much ruins it.
well glazkov is only gonna get better, but to be honest i dont see much room for improvement, i dont see anything special about him this is the type of fighter wlad eats for breakfast every 6 months
Only real winner here is Roc Nation. They're getting free publicity for nothing. The huge damage is on Quillin. He loses the belt, money, dignity, rep...
He didnt got his ass kicked, that was the whole point
Look at Chris Weidman from UFC. Beat the best fighter twice and still isn't a household name because his ass don't put in the work to make himself a character. He's boring as hell with no personality.
true and he is american and good looking also.
guys gotta have that wow factor that chris doesnt have yet
this is the legacy floyd is leaving on the sport, of a ducker and a cherry picker
he doesnt have any signature wins that eclipse the ducking of pacquiao thats what people will remember the most.