Haymon with wayyyyy more news coming

[panyck]

If this means that we will stop having 5 or six different champions per weight division, if it means that the best will fight the best, and it means we have boxing more often then I'm all for it.

In other words if it is going to be run more like the UFC, it's a good thing for boxing.

[panyck]

The UFC is already dead, nobody watches that besides a couple of white rednecks in the south of the US.

This is not true.
For every UFC ppv out there you could find many bars that will show the fights. There are usually 100's of people there watching.
When ever there is a boxing PPV unless it's Mayweather or Pacquiao, no bars really show the fights.

[AddiX]

Will you guys stop with this cold war, locking other promoters out stuff.

Haymon already has all the fighters for the most part. Most of the managers besides Cameron Duncan are gone already, most of the promoters besides top rank are gone already.

Top rank is just holding on, and thats only because of there HBO connection. There roster has gotten quite small.

For **** sakes Mike Alvarado has fought half the damn roster.

I've never been a al Haymon supporter but this could be great for boxing and could be the biggest game changer in the sport ever. He's essentially cutting out managers, promoters, alphabet titles, and all the rest of the bs.

Nobody ever thought this would be possible without a union, but he's doing it.

[RSBonos]

Nobody ever thought this would be possible without a union, but he's doing it.

Yeah, one guy controlling the sport, what could go wrong?

Haymon's track record so far is more negative than positive. Years of BS on HBO, and coming off the worst year in Showtimes' boxing history.

[AddiX]

This is not true.
For every UFC ppv out there you could find many bars that will show the fights. There are usually 100's of people there watching.
When ever there is a boxing PPV unless it's Mayweather or Pacquiao, no bars really show the fights.

It use to be like that, its not anymore.

UFC had a 40% loss in profit this past year, lowest ppv #s in years, lowest tv ratings for there fights on fox, and lowest ratings for TUF ever.

There so desperate for attention/$ there signing guys like CM punk. CM has 0 fighting experience.

The Fertetta brothers will sell in the next few years, mark my words.

[panyck]

Will you guys stop with this cold war, locking other promoters out stuff.

Haymon already has all the fighters for the most part. Most of the managers besides Cameron Duncan are gone already, most of the promoters besides top rank are gone already.

Top rank is just holding on, and thats only because of there HBO connection. There roster has gotten quite small.

For **** sakes Mike Alvarado has fought half the damn roster.

I've never been a al Haymon supporter but this could be great for boxing and could be the biggest game changer in the sport ever. He's essentially cutting out managers, promoters, alphabet titles, and all the rest of the bs.

Nobody ever thought this would be possible without a union, but he's doing it.

This is exactly how I feel. If he's going to cut off the shaddy alphabet titles that have up to 5 champions per division, the bs promoters, and managers then everyone should be for it.

[jas]

This is good news for boxing


And yea UFC sucks ...I don't watch it

[AddiX]

Yeah, one guy controlling the sport, what could go wrong?

Haymon's track record so far is more negative than positive. Years of BS on HBO, and coming off the worst year in Showtimes' boxing history.

I agree, but we have to see how this plan will unfold.

Sometimes you have to destroy to rebuild. And that's exactly what it looks like he's doing.

If he gives us a whole year of great fights on NBC, and tops it off with Floyd vs Pac, that crappy year Showtime had will be worth it.

It's quite clear he's smarter than everyone else, and he's been planning this for many years, this won't work if the fans aren't watching, so it's in his interest more than anyone elses to make good fights.

[panyck]

It use to be like that, its not anymore.

UFC had a 40% loss in profit this past year, lowest ppv #s in years, lowest tv ratings for there fights on fox, and lowest ratings for TUF ever.

There so desperate for attention/$ there signing guys like CM punk. CM has 0 fighting experience.

The Fertetta brothers will sell in the next few years, mark my words.

Even dropping 40% I could still find more places that show UFC here, than show boxing.
As more a boxing fan than a UFC fan, I would love for it to be the other way around. For example tonight there is a pretty good HW fight. I couldn't tell you any bar in my area that is going to show the fight.

[bigjavi973]

this is terrible. So screw all the legends that made the "green belt" what it is today? it is so disrespectfull to the legacies that made boxing what it is.