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I don’t know what exactly Hearn will do but my observation is he does stay with sky at least he’s shows are more exciting than Frank Warrens on bt , he needs to take risks with his fighters and put on more competitive fights and think about the fans not just his pockets
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You clearly don’t understand the “ins and outs, so don’t want to get into it.
The Board of Control statement proves nothing. Do you think Canelo is “completely innocent” too? How about various other athletes who used the older excuse in the book?- contamination.
The only true facts are:
-Whyte tested positive and failed a test for trace amounts of D-Bol.
-D-Bol cannot be in produced internally so he must’ve ingested the substance by hook or by crook.
-Any contamination theory is based on mere speculation. Yes trace amounts were consistent with contamination but they are also consistent with an athlete who had failed to flush/cycle the D-Bol out of their system.
-Dillian also has a history with PED use and this was the second time he’s been caught, so it’s increasingly difficult to give him the benefit of doubt.
If you are incredibly trustful or even gullible and you give Whyte ever benefit of doubt available, you can make a largely weak case that Whyte was innocent. However, looking at the facts it’s incredibly hard to believe he is. Personally, I’d be willing to bet my life he was guilty.Comment
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Once. And still pulled more than the so called
biggest draw in the sport....who no one talks about. The bar is soooooo low these days for a sport that is currently as sick and stale as it has ever been. If Canelo is the face of boxing than boxing is in trouble.....and taking it off the air waves and putting it on an app is a good way to further damage it in the USA which I think I is what the EDL/BF/Yaxley-Lenon types wantComment
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This is a major, major decision that will shape UK boxing for the next decade or so, as the ramifications are enormous if Matchroom leaves Sky. Guess in the end it all depends on how much DAZN is willing to pony up. I'm thinking DAZN goes big and Matchroom jumps ship, which opens up the door for other groups to try to get in with Sky. Hearn's goal is global boxing domination and DAZN is severely lacking in other areas and this is their best chance at gaining large subscribers in the UK. Just feels like both sides will take the risk and fully buy into the other side here.Comment
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"But he has his sights set of growing Matchroom’s power even more, saying he wants to make them boxing’s equivalent to the UFC." As I see it, if boxers wanted the UFC model, they'd sign with Dana White and the UFC. As they haven't, why would anybody believe that the boxers (and not Eddie Hearn) want the UFC equivalent?Comment
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If it makes you feel better to think I clearly don't understand, go for it.
You clearly don’t understand the “ins and outs, so don’t want to get into it.
The Board of Control statement proves nothing. Do you think Canelo is “completely innocent” too? How about various other athletes who used the older excuse in the book?- contamination.
The only true facts are:
-Whyte tested positive and failed a test for trace amounts of D-Bol.
-D-Bol cannot be in produced internally so he must’ve ingested the substance by hook or by crook.
-Any contamination theory is based on mere speculation. Yes trace amounts were consistent with contamination but they are also consistent with an athlete who had failed to flush/cycle the D-Bol out of their system.
-Dillian also has a history with PED use and this was the second time he’s been caught, so it’s increasingly difficult to give him the benefit of doubt.
If you are incredibly trustful or even gullible and you give Whyte ever benefit of doubt available, you can make a largely weak case that Whyte was innocent. However, looking at the facts it’s incredibly hard to believe he is. Personally, I’d be willing to bet my life he was guilty.
However, the pertinent facts are there in the link. Your first fact is not accurate and your second bullet point goes to demonstrates the folly of your logic. We are looking for a solution that satisfies the evidence of a sequence of negative tests and one sole urine sample with trace metabolites. The various bodies contend the evidence is consistent with contamination. Yet you conclude he must have ingested the substance even though the contamination solution at the very least is just as viable (and I would contend actually fits the available evidence better).
But, as I say, you are arguing up a blind alley. It's neither here nor there with regard to Hearn signing or not signing with Sky.Comment
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To be the biggest in any sport, a minimum requirement is to actually be involved on some kind of regular basis. Like it or not, Canelo is the current face of the sport.
Arguments about the state of the sport is another discussion entirely. There is no question that boxing was once massive and is now a shadow of its former self; I think we would all agree on that, so I don't see the point in dragging it into the discussion.
The news story is about Matchroom's future with Sky. Someone brought up a kind of salty, how's the American takeover going, hurgh, hurgh, hurgh... and the answer was: quite well, given Matchroom has signed the biggest boxer in the sport.
Do you see how an argument of 'boxing is sick and stale' doesn't play a part in this discussion?
Nor does the attempt of throwing the numbers of the Jake Paul/Nate Robinson co-headline with Tyson/RJJ into the mix.Last edited by Monty Fisto; 04-04-2021, 11:25 PM.Comment
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