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[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

They have the resources but just not for boxing
They made that quite clear when they canned Friday night Fights

Yeah ESPN have far more mainstream sports like the NBA for example. Boxing is essentially an afterthought.

[MulaKO]

Yeah ESPN have far more mainstream sports like the NBA for example. Boxing is essentially an afterthought.

Exactly
They’ve even jumped on the NHL
Imagine that at one point the NHL used to be an afterthought

[paul77]

They have the resources but just not for boxing
They made that quite clear when they canned Friday night Fights

Friday Night Fights was cancelled because no one watched it.

It was averaging less than 400k viewers at the end, with some shows in the 200k viewers range, a 0.1 rating.

ESPN didn't give up on boxing - they'd spent serious money to get the Arreola-Stiverne fight on ESPN.

Fans gave up on FNF

[MulaKO]

Friday Night Fights was cancelled because no one watched it.

It was averaging less than 400k viewers at the end, with some shows in the 200k viewers range, a 0.1 rating.

ESPN didn't give up on boxing - they'd spent serious money to get the Arreola-Stiverne fight on ESPN.

Fans gave up on FNF

The reason they gave up on it ( fans ) was because their shows wouldn’t start on time and then they would kill it prematurely
Also I recall sometimes J cutting out the ending so they can show Sport enter etc etc etc