Comments Thread For: Ben Whittaker Goes Pro With BOXXER, Will Be Trained By SugarHill Steward

[Dakuwaqa]

What weight class will he be fighting in?

[Rodtang]

He was always going to end up at Sky, only other option was maybe Wasserman now they have the Channel 5 deal. BT aren’t committed enough to boxing and barely anybody watches DAZN.

Very talented young fighter. Him, McCormack, Price and Clarke were the four everybody wanted. Boxxer are in a great position for the future getting 3/4.

I'm sure both McCormacks are with Probellum

[Rodtang]

Sky IS boxing in the U.K. Hearn took a gamble and it failed

How so? Seems to be doing ok to me.

[Rodtang]

Sky have massive, and I mean MASSIVE reach amongst sports fans in the UK by way of being the major football broadcaster, so they can easily make UK stars by just having them on their football chat shows etc.

Unfortunately they are ran by Adam Smith and a very PC brigade who make their shows awful to watch, they feel very sterile and corporate

Hearn made a big mistake leaving them though as DAZN has clearly not panned out as expected, and tbf on this it's far from all Hearns fault as DAZN excecs have failed to secure any other sport except boxing, so hearn is having to carry the entire platform when he was just supposed to carry the boxing component of it.

Why has it not panned out as expected? Hearn seems to think it has.

[Rodtang]

No they didn’t.

Ok. Whatever you say.

[Rodtang]

ITV were the biggest in the 80’s. Sky have dominated since the 90’s largely due to the formation of the Premier League in 92. Sport on terrestrial TV is what’s best for the people but it’ll never happen again in regards to boxing.

Then if itll never happen then it's not the best. There's a card on channel 5 tomorrow night. Decent. Better than some in the UK. But not as good as others. People have been paying for sports for a long time now. So it's value against price. Terrestrial tv is never gonna compete. So it's not the best. It's all about who gives us the best shows. That's Sky and Dazn. That's proven.

[Earl-Hickey]

Why has it not panned out as expected? Hearn seems to think it has.

Because DAZN had plans to buy in to other sports also.

When it was launched boxing was supposed to just be one component of it.

It'd be like a streaming platform launching with one flagship show then not adding anything else.

DAZN atm is literally matchroom boxing membership and nothing else and that was never the plan

[Rodtang]

Because DAZN had plans to buy in to other sports also.

When it was launched boxing was supposed to just be one component of it.

It'd be like a streaming platform launching with one flagship show then not adding anything else.

DAZN atm is literally matchroom boxing membership and nothing else and that was never the plan

Clearly it's still successful though or they would pull the plug. Their not going to throw good money after bad.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I'm sure both McCormacks are with Probellum

They are. As is McGrail. Both Matchroom and Boxxer pursued McGrail. He was very close to signing with Hearn but Probellum offered him more money. I shouldn’t really say this but after the collapse of their Eurosport deal, McGrail might be trying to look for a way out of his Probellum deal.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Ok. Whatever you say.

They wanted Whittaker well more than they wanted Yafai, they probably only offered Ben 10x what they offered Galal.

Matchroom didn’t manage to acquire many Olympians. It’s cause they don’t have the platform anymore.