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I mean all his talk about PPV revenue and all that crap. Floyd is prospering the sport because of PPV sales. Yeah.....right.
But what he fails to mention is the total lack of stars we have today. The lack of stars the last 15 years since PPV domination and lack of marketing is totally pathetic.
Boxing killed itself and is still killing itself with the casual fan years ago by totally selling out the casual fan by putting everything on pay per view and getting away from network TV.
Without new talent a sport withers and dies. And that's exactly what's happening to boxing. In other words, no new stars & boxing twists in the wind as it slowly strangles to death.
How long can we continue to watch retreads from the '90's? & in the cases of Holyfield, Jones and Toney we are talkin' fighters from the '80's!
Here Dios...here's some business dynamics for ya.
Big fights are fought by famous fighters. Famous fighters become famous by exposure. Exposure comes from TV. Exposure comes from large TV audience outlets. Those outlets are networks and major cable providers. Fighters are no longer on networks. Few fighters are on major cable providers. Few fighters therefore are famous BEFORE they fight in big fights. Big Fights thus are often many people's first exposure to these 'famous guys'. Analogies to the fighters people DID see become famous are thus difficult. Thus, the continuity between the sport and its history is very weak and blurry.
When someone sees a star now, he has invested nothing in that fighter's coming up the ranks and often will be exposed to him at the tail end of his career, or while fighting bouts that have to be paid for..and without the investment in the fighter, fewer people will pay to be introduced.
Thoughts on this, guys??
Oh, and
But what he fails to mention is the total lack of stars we have today. The lack of stars the last 15 years since PPV domination and lack of marketing is totally pathetic.
Boxing killed itself and is still killing itself with the casual fan years ago by totally selling out the casual fan by putting everything on pay per view and getting away from network TV.
Without new talent a sport withers and dies. And that's exactly what's happening to boxing. In other words, no new stars & boxing twists in the wind as it slowly strangles to death.
How long can we continue to watch retreads from the '90's? & in the cases of Holyfield, Jones and Toney we are talkin' fighters from the '80's!
Here Dios...here's some business dynamics for ya.
Big fights are fought by famous fighters. Famous fighters become famous by exposure. Exposure comes from TV. Exposure comes from large TV audience outlets. Those outlets are networks and major cable providers. Fighters are no longer on networks. Few fighters are on major cable providers. Few fighters therefore are famous BEFORE they fight in big fights. Big Fights thus are often many people's first exposure to these 'famous guys'. Analogies to the fighters people DID see become famous are thus difficult. Thus, the continuity between the sport and its history is very weak and blurry.
When someone sees a star now, he has invested nothing in that fighter's coming up the ranks and often will be exposed to him at the tail end of his career, or while fighting bouts that have to be paid for..and without the investment in the fighter, fewer people will pay to be introduced.
Thoughts on this, guys??
Oh, and
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