Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Blasts IBF for Stripping Title from Terence Crawford

[El_Mero]

Wasn't that long ago that the ibf offices were raided.

[champion4ever]

I don't have a problem with the IBF stripping Bud. It was not like he was going to fight Ennis anyway because there is not enough money to be made in that fight. It was just too high risk with a very low reward.

[theface07]

...come on man. Even Devin Haney has surpassed him in terms of star power at this point.

Do you have a hard on for Haney or something? no way has Haney surpassed Bud in terms of star power. What a ridiculous notion that is. Nobody likes Haney except for his Dad and Eddie Hearn. Watching him fight is as exciting as watching the gardening channel.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Do you have a hard on for Haney or something? no way has Haney surpassed Bud in terms of star power. What a ridiculous notion that is. Nobody likes Haney except for his Dad and Eddie Hearn. Watching him fight is as exciting as watching the gardening channel.

Star power has NOTHING to do with the fight in the ring.

I don't understand why so many people still don't understand the BUSINESS of boxing.

The only metric that matters is asses in the seats.

Let me remind you:

https://www.boxingscene.com/haney-kambosos-rematch-watched-by-an-average-935000-viewers-on-espn--169844

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Meanwhile, Stephen Espinoza said he wanted 800k buys for Spence/Crawford and got 650k while Tank/Cryan got double that.

Haney is a star because of who he's been in with - he's now beaten guys with large fanbases which increased his exposure. Meanwhile, Crawford struggled to "sell out a family reunion" even against Shawn Porter who is highly regarded.


This isn't about who "bores" or "excites you". That's mark speak.

It's about ASSES IN THE SEATS, bro. The one metric Crawford cannot meet right now.

If he fought Boots, that would increase the exposure, because Boots has a fairly strong following right now and the media has been pushing for him to get in there with a top guy. So his name is out there. But that fight won't happen.

[theface07]

Star power has NOTHING to do with the fight in the ring.

I don't understand why so many people still don't understand the BUSINESS of boxing.

The only metric that matters is asses in the seats.

Let me remind you:

https://www.boxingscene.com/haney-kambosos-rematch-watched-by-an-average-935000-viewers-on-espn--169844

image.png

Meanwhile, Stephen Espinoza said he wanted 800k buys for Spence/Crawford and got 650k while Tank/Cryan got double that.

Haney is a star because of who he's been in with - he's now beaten guys with large fanbases which increased his exposure. Meanwhile, Crawford struggled to "sell out a family reunion" even against Shawn Porter who is highly regarded.


This isn't about who "bores" or "excites you". That's mark speak.

It's about ASSES IN THE SEATS, bro. The one metric Crawford cannot meet right now.

If he fought Boots, that would increase the exposure, because Boots has a fairly strong following right now and the media has been pushing for him to get in there with a top guy. So his name is out there. But that fight won't happen.

You can try to justify it all you want but you can't compare the viewership of a free fight on ESPN to a PPV fight. Of course more people are going to watch a free fight for an undisputed championship than a PPV fight for an undisputed championship.

The only metric that matters is asses in the seats? See that's the problem with people like you, you judge everything based on money. Based on that logic, boxing should only have youtubers on main events because they routinely sell a lot of tickets and garner a lot of ppv buys because of the legions of social media clowns who will pay to see their favourite youtuber take a dump on a webcam.

Sorry but your argument is erroneous since you think the numbers are all that matters in boxing. That kind of attitude is what's keeping the best from fighting the best if there's not enough money in the pot. You sound like a celebrity obsessed new age yuppie who doesn't give a rat's ass about the integrity of the sport. The boxing world could do with a lot less of that kind of shallow mentality.

[Combat Talk Radio]

You can try to justify it all you want but you can't compare the viewership of a free fight on ESPN to a PPV fight. Of course more people are going to watch a free fight for an undisputed championship than a PPV fight for an undisputed championship.

The only metric that matters is asses in the seats? See that's the problem with people like you, you judge everything based on money. Based on that logic, boxing should only have youtubers on main events because they routinely sell a lot of tickets and garner a lot of ppv buys because of the legions of social media clowns who will pay to see their favourite youtuber take a dump on a webcam.

Sorry but your argument is erroneous since you think the numbers are all that matters in boxing. That kind of attitude is what's keeping the best from fighting the best if there's not enough money in the pot. You sound like a celebrity obsessed new age yuppie who doesn't give a rat's ass about the integrity of the sport. The boxing world could do with a lot less of that kind of shallow mentality.

Ironic, since Crawford resigned with Top Rank instead joining PBC and went BLK Prime instead of fighting Spence…for MONEY.

They’re PRIZEfighters. They fight for a prize. MONEY.