Comments Thread For: Kathy Duva outlines Al Haymon's deal with NBC Sports

[Pigeons]

In theory it does sound good. I want to see where the money is going to come from to pay ALL of these fighters he signed without the backing of Showtime or HBO.

Lets take Quillen for example. He turned down 1.4mil for a future TBA opponent. How does Quillen make more than 1.4 fighting on regular network television.

Well if he is buying TV time from NBC, you'd have to believe he is getting most of the commercial revenue during the show. The higher the ratings, the more you can charge for commercial revenue.

[The Big Dunn]

Actually she tried to make Kovalev/Stevenson until AL swooped in and ruined it.

ON NBC? really. did you read the article?

[OnePunch]

Actually she tried to make Kovalev/Stevenson until AL swooped in and ruined it.

that fight wouldn't have went to NBC anyways......

[Deevel916]

Well if he is buying TV time from NBC, you'd have to believe he is getting most of the commercial revenue during the show. The higher the ratings, the more you can charge for commercial revenue.

He would have to kick start his NBC venture with some action packed fights though in order to drum up interest and draw decent ratings. Featuring guys like J. Leon Love isnt going to cut it. He would need to put on wars so that casuals would stay tuned in.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Nice, Haymon will bringing the Danny Garcia vs Rob Salsa fights of the world to NBC Sports! How exciting! More tune up bouts from hype jobs like Adrian Broner and Andre Berto!

Pacquiao KOs everyone on Haymon's roster in under 8 rounds including Mayweather who gets that Tarver-Roy Jones 2 treatment

Child please Manny couldn't even drop Bradley in two fights. And Bradley's been floored multiple times by lesser fighters.

[The Big Dunn]

He would have to kick start his NBC venture with some action packed fights though in order to drum up interest and draw decent ratings. Featuring guys like J. Leon Love isnt going to cut it. He would need to put on wars so that casuals would stay tuned in.

how do you know a fight will not be interesting prior to it happening?

[Big_L]

Sounds good but we'll see.

Espinoza would be smart not to burn his bridges with Oscar. He's gonna need him.

[Deevel916]

how do you know a fight will not be interesting prior to it happening?

Ummm... You dont know for sure but you pretty much have an idea given a certain fighters style.

My point is, showcasing technical matches on network television will be a business disaster as rating will be very low. In order to be successful on network television you need to capture boxings casual fanbase and create exciting action packed fights.

Like I said, I really do hope it catches on and in the future we can have all boxing on network television for free. I just dont see it being an instant hit with Haymons current stable of fighters. There's a handfull that can attract initial interest but for the most part the majority of the fighters in his stable are unknown.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

This woman always running her mouth. Is it any of her business to speak on someone business ventures? She always worried about Haymon.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Damn I wonder how espinoza feels about that.

Do you believe her?