Comments Thread For: Hearn Expects To Part Ways With Andrade After May 21 Parker Bout: 'We Tried Everything'

[P to the J]

How? What stars has he made? Don’t say Joshua. Sky sports made Joshua. He isn’t the best promoter right now. That’s a ridiculous statement. There’s only one promoter with several fighters that are capable of running divisions. That’s bob arum.

Said it before, the sky sports brand can do a lot for a sportsperson, as I expect Mr. Shalom of BOXXER to find out if he can widen that stable

[champion4ever]

What other American fighters do they have besides Haney?

They have several; Mostly young prospects. Matchroom Boxing USA wouldn't be convening cards stateside if they didn't have any American fighters.

[Smash]

hearn brought him into the house, showed him around, gave him the granny flat & is now kicking him out the back door

OR andrade was being over paid for his weaker fights and was not too unhappy about it, i have no clue, this is the same discussion type of thing with crawford over the years and others too, u cant get into the minds of people

[champion4ever]

A lot of this has to do with budget restraints.DAZN simply cannot afford to continue to shell out these Multi-millionaire dollar contracts to Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez and still keep fighters like Andrade on their roster who cannot sell or draw new fans.

In addition, the boxing consumer can expect another price hike in their DAZN subscription too. Don't be surprised if it goes up to $30 Dollars a month to make up for their lost revenue.

[DClefthook]

They have several; Mostly young prospects. Matchroom Boxing USA wouldn't be convening cards stateside if they didn't have any American fighters.

No, they don't have several prospects. Dazn is reliant on GBP to do most of their shows. Danny Jacobs, Devin Haney and Tevin Farmer are not under contract with MR. Once Andrade leaves Dazn that will be the beginning of their end in America. Montana Love, after this next fight will have one more on his contract then it's back to Showtime for him. Love has about 10 fights at 140 at PBC and he has none with MR. Hurry up back Montana! Can't wait for Andrade v Charlo this fall. Get the fuq out of here DA-ZASTER!

[Bronx2245]

I think we know that Andrade signing to PBC doesn't guarantee him those opponents, just like being with DAZN couldn't guarantee Canelo/GGG/Munguia. What we've learned is that boxers still have enough control to choose who they will or won't fight. Nobody is going to choose to face Andrade.

Andrade just needs to focus on beating Parker because that will put him in a power position at 168. He needs to KEEP WINNING!

There are no guarantees in life, except death! However he needs to go where he has the best chance of getting those fights! He already had a chance to fight Jermell Charlo b4 he went to DAZN! So yeah, he needs to beat Parker, and then pursue fights with Morrell Jr., Plant, Benavidez, and Jermall Charlo! MatchRoom can't get it done! DAZN didn't get it done for Munguia! That should be a lesson!

[Idunnoshet]

A lot of this has to do with budget restraints.DAZN simply cannot afford to continue to shell out these Multi-millionaire dollar contracts to Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez and still keep fighters like Andrade on their roster who cannot sell or draw new fans.

In addition, the boxing consumer can expect another price hike in their DAZN subscription too. Don't be surprised if it goes up to $30 Dollars a month to make up for their lost revenue.

You're correct that Matchroom has several Young American prospects in their stable.

IMO Hearn is being advised on who to get by someone at USA boxing which runs the Amateur system in the U.S.
I say that because I was involved in the Amateurs and notice that Hearn is signing the guys USA boxing was really high on.

It's good and Bad.
As a trainer most of the time you can tell if a fighters style will transition good to the Pro's.
Top Rank has a proven system that's good at determining that also.
USA boxing not so much.
Their focus is the Olympics not the Pros.

I see Hearn signing guys that were hyped in the Amateurs and being very Careful with some in their Matchmaking.

To me that's a sign that he really Needs those guys to pan out regardless of their abilities.
Probably because of his near empty stable of American talent.

PBC , Top Rank and to a extent GBP are matching most their young guys in 50/50 or 60/40 fights early on.
With them it's either sink or swim.

[Sctrojan]

This is great news. He can come to the PBC. There's Charlo, Benavidez, Plant and Dirrell.

Yes....because outside of Dirrel,how many great fights between Plant,Benavidez and Charlo matchups has PBC been able to deliver now? Nobody wants that work from Andrade,who's a difficult matchup for anyone of those guys including Canelo and GGG. Signing to PBC doesn't change that fact and necessarily mean we get the fights because of it. Doesn't hurt I suppose but not holding my breathe.

[Afi23]

You're correct that Matchroom has several Young American prospects in their stable.

IMO Hearn is being advised on who to get by someone at USA boxing which runs the Amateur system in the U.S.
I say that because I was involved in the Amateurs and notice that Hearn is signing the guys USA boxing was really high on.

It's good and Bad.
As a trainer most of the time you can tell if a fighters style will transition good to the Pro's.
Top Rank has a proven system that's good at determining that also.
USA boxing not so much.
Their focus is the Olympics not the Pros.

I see Hearn signing guys that were hyped in the Amateurs and being very Careful with some in their Matchmaking.

To me that's a sign that he really Needs those guys to pan out regardless of their abilities.
Probably because of his near empty stable of American talent.

PBC , Top Rank and to a extent GBP are matching most their young guys in 50/50 or 60/40 fights early on.
With them it's either sink or swim.

Indeed, TR has an eye to identify talent and bring it along nicely to championship level!

[VislorTurlough]

Promoter and fighter equally to blame here. Eddie often succeeds in UK because silly nationalism = baked in fan base. Rarely works in US where athletes win in so many international sports so often the public doesn’t care. But Andrade has done little to help his own cause.