Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn: Mid-level women's boxing ?really difficult to justify commercially?

[BoxingUpdates]

With Ellie Scotney finding herself out of contract, Matchroom's Eddie Hearn is keen to re-sign her. But he also says women's boxing is at something of a financial crossroads.
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[JeBron Lamez]

What a piece of doggy doo this guy can really be, to state such an obvious fact as if it's new information when right now he's really just trying to lower Ellie's expectations on the maths smh.

As for the ostensible main issue, Eddie Hearn (for it is he!) knows quite literally better than anyone that mid level women's boxing needs DEVELOPING duh.

So go ahead & pay Miss Scotney some decent money, then SCOUT SOME FLIPPIN' TALENT, reach your lil short arms even further down into those deep pockets and further INVEST in women's boxing (which to be fair, he has thus far been a leading light in doing).

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Once Katie walks away so will Eddie.

[famicommander]

Building a sport from the ground up takes a lot of time and money. Look at the WNBA, it's been around 25 years and it's only now gaining mainstream traction.

[PBR Streetgang]

The problem is that there aren't a lot of "mid-tier" fighters in the women's sport. There's not a lot of depth. There are a few women who can fight with some degree of skill and the majority of the rest just look down at the canvas, throw windmill punches and stumble forward.

As I blather on, I also think the lack of power throughout the female game also means you won't get many upsets. In order to beat someone, you will have to beat them the majority of the rounds to get the decision (of the judges haven't already made up their mind in the first place). How many times have we seen limited male boxers score upsets because they sparked the favorite our? Compare that to the women's game....