Comments Thread For: Welcome To 2022: ShoBox-Level Events On FOX & Fights Fit For Free TV Forced To PPV

[Afi23]

Teddy is an acquired taste but he knows his boxing. I’ll take him, Max, Foreman, RJJ, Malinaggi and Bernstein

I'll take Max if he can refrain on going on a boxing historical tangent in the middle of action packed fight (for example, Chocolatito vs SRR 1 if memory serves),

[Wacked_Out]

Id take a Lennox, Malignaggi, Porter and either Teddy or Bradley as a lineup. . But I hate Mauro Renallo, and Bryan Kelly. And Im glad they got rid of that dude who just announces out of the side of his mouth now instead of calling the fights. . All those guys ask ****** questions to the ex boxer announcers and makes me realize they dont know boxing, just announcing. I hate Max. I find Farhood, Bernstien, and nowadays even Goosen as being not so bad when they arent shilling for the A side.. Don't really like Ward much but I dont hate him.

Also, when the fights overlap, I DVR and watch Showtime last because Mauro ALWAYS likes to tell me the results of the other networks fights or some other big game I haven't watched yet. So he goes last. Got burned by him too many times.

[El_Mero]

Pbc and garbage ppvs have become synonymous. I was hyped for em in 2015, still excited in 2016, 2017 seemed to be a downward trend then Al and co started pullin bs and making less intriguing fights. Fcuk em. They aint making the fights fans want to see. And with their huge stable, biggest in boxing, theyre making more and more sh.it fights. Sad for boxing and a big fu.ck you to the fans.

[El_Mero]

DAZN looking like a real good deal this year ! I'm a happy customer!

I dont pay a damn thing but my internet bill. Fcuk a ppv, sub, etc. There are any fights worth it imho. I will pay for Crawf/Spence but ibdoubt it happens. Ill also pay for Saul trying to become undisputed at 175, doubt that happens too.

[jockpunk]

PBC's biggest problem is that they have not built one single superstar due to Haymon being fixated on protecting zeros. It worked with floyd because floyd is an atg. It isn't going to work with Tank, Spence or Charlo. You build superstars by putting them in megafights. Not just one, but consistently. Look at Manny, Cotto, Oscar, Trinidad, even Roy. They were consistently in huge fights. You can't say that for a single PBC fighter. All those guys i mentioned took some losses but remained superstars.

Boxing has one legit star right now. That hasn't been the case in the 20+ years i have been following it. It needs more.

[OnePunch]

PBC's biggest problem is that they have not built one single superstar due to Haymon being fixated on protecting zeros. It worked with floyd because floyd is an atg. It isn't going to work with Tank, Spence or Charlo. You build superstars by putting them in megafights. Not just one, but consistently. Look at Manny, Cotto, Oscar, Trinidad, even Roy. They were consistently in huge fights. You can't say that for a single PBC fighter. All those guys i mentioned took some losses but remained superstars.

Boxing has one legit star right now. That hasn't been the case in the 20+ years i have been following it. It needs more.

It also worked with Floyd because he created a character and marketed himself VERY well. Most of these PBC guys it seems as if they are in witness protection or something. Some people probably wonder if they even actually exist or maybe they are just CGI lol

[Boxingfanatic75]

I'll take Max if he can refrain on going on a boxing historical tangent in the middle of action packed fight (for example, Chocolatito vs SRR 1 if memory serves),

I agree he can stray but man is he good. He knows his boxing inside and out.

[AmpMcv]

because I'm a legit fanboy and I have 75$ sitting in my couch somewhere and i dont care

You know as soon as I posted that I was like, "Some legit fanboy with loads of dough is going to make me look so silly for posting this." Have fun, mate. It was a shot at Keith PART-TIME Thurman and PBC. Not you. I love you. I hate how Keith talks in the third person and as soon as he faced adversity he ducked out. I don't think his heart's in it and I don't believe PBC cares about anything other than money.

[AmpMcv]

I agree he can stray but man is he good. He knows his boxing inside and out.

Dude. I used to love Max Kellerman. He's turned into a sjw. I hate politricks and society so as soon as someone twists a sport in that direction it turns my stomach. Teddy Atlas is what Max wishes he could be but he's a stuck up rich kid from Manhattan who feels the need to stoke the fire of discontent that burns inside all of us.

[Bronx2245]

Well said. I think I figured out why they have these meaningless PPVs. Neither Haymon nor the networks are losing money on anything. It's on the fighters: to each according to what they can create. So, I can see Thurman-Barrios not generating much, therefore their check will be tiny. Fighters are too spoiled and everyone is called a superstar these days.

Good explanation! Not sure if that's how it works, but that makes sense!