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Okay, this is for ******s that ***** and ***** about fights that they don't think are PPV worthy being on independent PPV's.
When big time promoters are putting on fights with guys that have relatively high quotes but aren't network favorites, putting them on independent PPV's ARE THE ONLY WAY THOSE BOUTS WOULD BE TELEVISED.
Most recent example: Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora.
You think Schaefer wants to risk money out of GBP's own pocket to put on their own PPV? Of course they don't. But HBO doesn't view the fight as a must have, and Shane Mosley certainly has a pretty high quote. So it's impossible to do the fight on HBO.
Go to Showtime, or ESPN you say? Their budgets aren't big enough to pay for a fight like that, because Mosley would be demanding a million, perhaps more, just for him. And he deserves to after what he's given to the sport.
So instead of bitching about "Oh how could Mosley be on PPV after that loss" blah blah, you should be grateful that the opportunity to see the fight exists because if GBP decided to not risk their own money on putting on their own PPV, watching the fight wouldn't be an option.
Bob Arum's Latin Fury's and Pinoy Power's and all of his independent PPV's are a true service to the sport. As we know, the networks aren't overly fond of the lower weights. If Bob Arum didn't risk his own company's money several times a year to put on those PPV's, how often do you think we'd get to see Ivan Calderon fight? Or Fernando Montiel....Humberto Soto, Nonito Donaire? Guys we as true fans WANT to see....but if it wasn't for these PPV's that all of you ***** about, we wouldn't see them AT ALL.
Moral of the story: Stop bitching about PPV's, it's not like these promoters want to put on their own PPV's, they do it so WE as fans have the option to see these fights because the alternative is not seeing them at all.
Rant over.
When big time promoters are putting on fights with guys that have relatively high quotes but aren't network favorites, putting them on independent PPV's ARE THE ONLY WAY THOSE BOUTS WOULD BE TELEVISED.
Most recent example: Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora.
You think Schaefer wants to risk money out of GBP's own pocket to put on their own PPV? Of course they don't. But HBO doesn't view the fight as a must have, and Shane Mosley certainly has a pretty high quote. So it's impossible to do the fight on HBO.
Go to Showtime, or ESPN you say? Their budgets aren't big enough to pay for a fight like that, because Mosley would be demanding a million, perhaps more, just for him. And he deserves to after what he's given to the sport.
So instead of bitching about "Oh how could Mosley be on PPV after that loss" blah blah, you should be grateful that the opportunity to see the fight exists because if GBP decided to not risk their own money on putting on their own PPV, watching the fight wouldn't be an option.
Bob Arum's Latin Fury's and Pinoy Power's and all of his independent PPV's are a true service to the sport. As we know, the networks aren't overly fond of the lower weights. If Bob Arum didn't risk his own company's money several times a year to put on those PPV's, how often do you think we'd get to see Ivan Calderon fight? Or Fernando Montiel....Humberto Soto, Nonito Donaire? Guys we as true fans WANT to see....but if it wasn't for these PPV's that all of you ***** about, we wouldn't see them AT ALL.
Moral of the story: Stop bitching about PPV's, it's not like these promoters want to put on their own PPV's, they do it so WE as fans have the option to see these fights because the alternative is not seeing them at all.
Rant over.
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