Remember when all you bums said DAZN wouldn’t survive more than a year or two

[MulaKO]

^^^THIS.

I don’t think anyone talks enough about this. I remember reading an article not too long ago (I think it was by Thomas Hauser) where it outlined that DAZN had a contract up until a certain year and a higher-up (I can’t remember who exactly…some billionaire) would decide whether to renew their contract or let DAZN whither and die.

That year has come and gone. And a man known as Turki Alalshikh has all of a sudden showed up out of the blue right around the time the DAZN contract was set to expire (2020-2021). My guess is that Hearn reached out to different investors and found Turki, and Turki was offered a ludicrous share of the company or some other kickback in exchange for pumping money into the app.

It started off well, but boxing fans can be fickle and ungrateful.

I don’t think the Times Square debacle falls on Turki. That was more the fighters fighting horrendously than bad matchmaking. The Canelo-Scull fight on the other hand…

I was an early subscriber of DAZN, then left, then came back, then left again, then came back again. But to those that were around on the ground floor, it sure was different. You paid much less, and zero PPV’s.

Now you have to pay more than double annually and PPV isn’t just for “special occasions” as they used to say for damage control when they started putting in PPV’s. PPV involves European fights being behind a paywall for Americans (and vice-verse), Misfits Boxing, Jake Paul fights, etc.

It’s kind of a beautiful mess, but since I’m a boxing degenerate, I do it.

Yup , how easily people forget lol
But yes , Turki easily saved Dazn’s ass

[Lance98]

If they had stuck to their old model a 100% when they first broke out, they would have failed horribly. People were not wrong based on what they knew then. I certainly do not want any boxing promotion or organisation to fail. They had to do what everyone else is doing (PPVs). You clowns need to learn some history and stop with these lame, amateurish high school style of arguments.

[TintaBoricua]

Yup , how easily people forget lol
But yes , Turki easily saved Dazn’s ass

Len Blavatnik. That’s the name. Blavatnik is the billionaire investor who breathed life into DAZN and essentially was keeping it alive until Turki showed up and now it’s essentially a Saudi General Entertainment Authority vehicle.

Good for boxing fans but the more I read on sportswashing and the executions that have come out of there (and continue to come out of there), the dirtier I feel dropping money into these frequently over-produced (albeit loaded) Riyadh season cards.

[MulaKO]

Len Blavatnik. That’s the name. Blavatnik is the billionaire investor who breathed life into DAZN and essentially was keeping it alive until Turki showed up and now it’s essentially a Saudi General Entertainment Authority vehicle.

Good for boxing fans but the more I read on sportswashing and the executions that have come out of there (and continue to come out of there), the dirtier I feel dropping money into these frequently over-produced (albeit loaded) Riyadh season cards.

Damned if you do , damned if you don’t
Not watching is the right move but that would essentially mean forgetting about boxing
I've stated from the beginning of Turki’s reign that it would only be a matter of time before he began to flex his power
The sport washing was never in doubt imo need not look further than the Liv debacle

[Boxing 112]

Without Turki coming into boxing they would not be the same. Also when people were making those comments they said it as no ppv was the selling point back them and they were right since they had introduce ppv. As the biggest fights need ppv for the revenue That helped them big time as they get the big fights on there. But Turki does want he wants. Got Dana and thrown the rest of the boxing promotersto a side. For fights where there are free agents as the main event i can see him trying to put more on netflix instead of dazn

[daggum]

Remember when pbcs motto was free boxing? Or when trumf said lower prices and no wars?