Oscar DeLahoya: Major announcement soon to come

[Phenom]

Oscar De La Hoya
@OscarDeLaHoya

Major announcement soon to come that will shake the boxing industry in a major way.

what could it be??

[thuggery]

oh this should be good.

[Larry the boss]

new line of fishnet boxing trunks??

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

theyre changing may-cotto to free tv...one can only dream..

[PAC-BOY]

Floyd and 50cent are getting Married

[Da Hammer]

Floyd and 50cent are getting Married

Heh not gonna lie I laughed.

[boricuajr23]

new line of fishnet boxing trunks??

LOL.....would GOLDEN GIRL be the brand name?

[Mayweather41-0]

Its going to be Boxing on free network tv either nbc or cbs.

Mailbag: Network TV bouts are on the way, according to boxing’s top promoters

By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports
Feb 14, 2:46 am EST
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Longtime boxing fans frequently lament the lack of a national television contract as one of the reasons for its struggles.

But don’t be surprised if boxing winds up on CBS at some point in 2012. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wouldn’t identify a network, but said recently, “I am optimistic, very optimistic,” when asked if there would be boxing on network TV in the near future.

Top Rank president Todd duBoef expressed similar optimism.

Now, though, the rumblings are coming from someone with the ability to influence that decision. Stephen Espinoza, the newly appointed vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, said he thought boxing could come to network television this year.

“There’s a decent chance of it, maybe even a good chance of it happening, in fact,” Espinoza said. “Boxing, for all of its challenges, still has a very loyal fan base, especially in the Latino and African-American demographics. Boxing has shown that, at its highest level, boxing can capture the mainstream sports, and non-sports, population.

“Whenever you have an event like [Floyd] Mayweather-[Manny] Pacquiao, or [Oscar] De La Hoya-Mayweather, capture the imagination of all sports fans and, to a certain degree, non-sports fans, you’ve got a good recipe for success.”

There is no fight lined up, there’s no date, and there’s not even a deal, but at least for the first time in a long while, there is reason to be optimistic about boxing’s return to free, over-the-air television.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-ioli_mailbag_network_tv_bouts_021412

[thuggery]

boxing on a major network maybe?

[Danny Gunz]

Its going to be Boxing on free network tv either nbc or cbs.

Mailbag: Network TV bouts are on the way, according to boxing’s top promoters

By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports
Feb 14, 2:46 am EST
tweet32
Email
Print
Longtime boxing fans frequently lament the lack of a national television contract as one of the reasons for its struggles.

But don’t be surprised if boxing winds up on CBS at some point in 2012. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wouldn’t identify a network, but said recently, “I am optimistic, very optimistic,” when asked if there would be boxing on network TV in the near future.

Top Rank president Todd duBoef expressed similar optimism.

Now, though, the rumblings are coming from someone with the ability to influence that decision. Stephen Espinoza, the newly appointed vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, said he thought boxing could come to network television this year.

“There’s a decent chance of it, maybe even a good chance of it happening, in fact,” Espinoza said. “Boxing, for all of its challenges, still has a very loyal fan base, especially in the Latino and African-American demographics. Boxing has shown that, at its highest level, boxing can capture the mainstream sports, and non-sports, population.

“Whenever you have an event like [Floyd] Mayweather-[Manny] Pacquiao, or [Oscar] De La Hoya-Mayweather, capture the imagination of all sports fans and, to a certain degree, non-sports fans, you’ve got a good recipe for success.”

There is no fight lined up, there’s no date, and there’s not even a deal, but at least for the first time in a long while, there is reason to be optimistic about boxing’s return to free, over-the-air television.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slu...v_bouts_021412

I would poop myself if they did this...

They cant **** around with it to and give guys like Berto or Broner a headline vs. a scrub they need to put the top fights on network tv