Comments Thread For: Overtime Boxing (OTX) Launches On DAZN; Targets Generation Z Fans With Fights, Storytelling

[Tag, You're Hit]

This sure is getting some hate on here and I don't know why. At least this is about legitimate boxing, not crossover crap. From this article, it seems like a ShoBox type of thing with more background on the fighters. Personally, I don't have time or interest to watch up and comer's much, but they're find out soon enough if there's an audience for it. I don't see the problem with it.

[Tag, You're Hit]

No one gives two phuks about “storytelling.” WTF is this? Kindergarten!? We already loathe Mark (IDKSAB) “90’s drama voice pause for effect” Kriegel when he bloviates endlessly. What makes DAZN think we want to hear a phuking story?

I'm 100% with you on the Mark Kriegel thing.

[b Murphington]

This sure is getting some hate on here and I don't know why. At least this is about legitimate boxing, not crossover crap. From this article, it seems like a ShoBox type of thing with more background on the fighters. Personally, I don't have time or interest to watch up and comer's much, but they're find out soon enough if there's an audience for it. I don't see the problem with it.

If anything, this is the sports future. How old are most of the people on here? 40 - 50 yrs old?

You see what the article said. Overtime targets Gen Z. Honestly how many Gen Z people are on here? My guess is not many.

Did you see what it said? 8 out of 10 of their subscribers said they like boxing.

Idk how many sports they cover, but they said boxings 4th.

Whats boxings rank among every other generation?

And I have heard people say boxing is dead around 2008 or 2009 when MMA was starting to take off.

This is Gen Z boxing.

[Sweden2716]

I like it, Shakur can come on and tell us how he likes to hit defense-less people on the ground and how he got away with hitting a woman, and tell the m if you have promoter money backing you, you can stay out of jail. Gen Z will eat that stuff up.

[ifc]

I'm 100% with you on the Mark Kriegel thing.

Kriegel must go!

[rickJen]

I know nothing about this promotional outfit. But if it adds more meaningful fights to the sport why not?
After all, isn't DAZN the sports equivalent of Netflix? Netflix doesn't produce every movie they offer in their contents.
They buy them from independent film makers and many sources. It should be that way with DAZN,
not just limit themselves with GBP and Matchroom.
Bottom like is if you have the ability to stage watchable fights that no other promoters can do, do it and sell it to DAZN,
which is what it is supposed to be for.

[mattr]

This just means Hearn and DAZN know they can't make money from real boxing so they are gonna aim for the morons and the "everyman has a chance" loser boxing.
Probably cos there's so many losers out there.

[THC]

"Storylines" for these athletes is like applying a band-aid to a deep gash that's being repeatedly slashed by a knife. That perpetual self-inflicted injury of weak in-house matchups (and blatant corruption) marginalizes the sport. Compelling fights (like Inoue-Fulton and Crawford-Spence) are rare events. Fix the root cause; true superstars will then shine to a larger fan base.

[GBP4LIFE]

Excellent card.. dope event.. it was packed with some badd ho3s