Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn: Boxing Can't Afford **** Fights Anymore; It'll Kill The Sport

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Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn believes that the sweet science needs to soon get better with matchmaking its stars in order to survive as a sport.
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[_Rexy_]

Look within yourself before you pass judgement, Edward.

[Oldskoolg]

Of all people......of all people.....the “American takeover” himself. Who tried his best to get all American talent on an app that no American has....is talking about harming the sport. Hell has officially frozen over and pigs are flying.....

[Bronx2245]

Wasn't long ago that Eddie said some things that made sense! Not sure what his problem is now? How you gonna be mad about Charlo vs. Andrade, when you have 2 MW Champions in your stable, who haven't fought yet?

A booming, divided boxing business in 2019
January 9, 2019

But Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sports believes that while boxing is ''definitely booming," he also has his concerns.

"I just think it's spiraling a little bit out of control in the U.S., whereby fighters have been overpaid, in my opinion. ... Actually, forget my opinion -- the numbers tell you that they've been overpaid, and I don't know where it ends."

Hearn isn't averse to pointing fingers at himself.

"Everyone's trying to keep up; we're overpaying," he said. "ESPN's overpaying fighters, Haymon's overpaying fighters and some of the fighters just aren't worth what the numbers say they are. So it's a war of attrition right now. We saw this a few years ago with the PBC. I remember because I was on the other end of it. We felt the shockwaves in the U.K., with the PBC coming in and offering large amounts of money to fighters, world-class fighters, of which there were many, and we had to step up our game."

That was in 2015. In 2018, explained Hearn, "it's kind of like the reverse now, where DAZN is coming in and spending a lot of money and PBC has had to up their game and go back to paying at the levels [they were at] before..."

Ultimately, there is a stark reality to the current marketplace. Promoters aren't just worried about protecting their boxers, but also protecting their broadcast partners.

"This is just the business, it will mean that certain fights are difficult to make," explained Hearn, who is under pressure himself to make a Joshua-Wilder fight sooner rather than later.

"If Golovkin comes to DAZN, I'm sure we'll get Canelo against Golovkin III," Hearn continued. "If he doesn't, then we'll probably never see that fight. So that would be a shame. Will you ever see Lomachenko against Mikey Garcia? I very much doubt it. It's a fight I'd love to see. Will you see Errol Spence against Terence Crawford? I very much doubt it. That's another fight I'd love to see."

That sound you hear? It's the collective groaning of boxing fans across the world.

"It's not that anyone's really trying to scuff up the sport or be difficult, it's just their jobs," Hearn went on to say. "Haymon's got to deliver for Showtime and Fox, I've got to deliver for DAZN, Bob's got to deliver for ESPN."

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...-business-2019

[MONGOOSE66]

Hmmm, I guess he hasn’t seen the recent boxing schedule.

[kavi521]

Hmmm, I guess he hasn’t seen the recent boxing schedule.

I know right, imagine the guy who has put Chirsora vs Parker on PPV in the UK. WOW I can't believe it

[Dakuwaqa]

I would love 1 or 2 subscriptions channels showing all the fights with no PPV. Have more WBSS type events. I’d happily pay $30 bucks a month for this.

[Ricardi]

It's no secret the best need to fight more often 3 times a year and they need to fight more 50-50 fights . That way boxing gets more high quality fights , more often the names of these fighters will stay in fans minds . Right now fans rarely get that by the sports best . Also fans need to stop calling fighters hype jobs and just cause they lose they got exposed not making these fighters want to risk losing if you treat them like that . Appreciate someone like Loma for example

[rudy]

Him and his Dad have put on the worst fights in British Boxing and they were the fools who introduced IBO World title and WBA and WBO Pental conta titles. I don't follow football so sky sports its not for me. Dazn don't show enough Boxing. Some of the Ar** lickers on here think the sun shines out of his backside, but I gotta realise they just starting watch Boxing from when AJ turn professional and don't remember Audley Harrison

[thack]

I know right, imagine the guy who has put Chirsora vs Parker on PPV in the UK. WOW I can't believe it

And this is it ....Hearn is trying to sell the fact that Chisora with ten losses is in exciting fights and is exciting .Chisora is only in 'exciting' fights because he walks forward knackerd with his hands down as in the Usyk fight and Usyk isn't big enough to finish him. It doesn't make for the best fights. As you say he fights Parker on PPv and Parker has always come up short at top level .Hearn shouldn't put the spotlight on the shyte he turns out but is obviously deluded enough to think it's only the 'sweet caroliners' who see it.