Comments Thread For: Haymon's PBC Boxing Series Heading To ESPN, Too?

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Sources with knowledge of the details are indicating to BoxingScene.com that Al Haymon's new boxing series, "Premier Boxing Champions," is now heading to ESPN.

Last month, Haymon announced two television deals, with NBC and Spike TV. Both of those deals, like the expected deal with ESPN, are being done as part of a time buy by Haymon's company.

As part of the deal with NBC, Haymon is going to stage 20 "Premier Boxing Champions" events in 2015, with eleven of those cards on NBC and the rest on NBC Sports. The deal with Spike TV calls for 33 cards on Friday nights, with nine in 2015 and twelve per year in 2016 and 2017.
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[AgainstTheRopes]

His plan seems to be to let these networks eventually bid it out for the right to broadcast his fighters.

[MasterPlan]

There's Haymon fighters on ESPN every week so I can see that going down. There's one in the main event tomorrow night.

[AP♠]

Allah Al Haymon Haters gonna hate

[HanzGruber]

Boxing is gonna come back to the good ol days soon. Or it's gonna crash and burn and back to HBO we go

[AgainstTheRopes]

Boxing is gonna come back to the good ol days soon. Or it's gonna crash and burn and back to HBO we go

As far as the sports goes, it has nothing to lose. If this venture works it would help bring boxing back into the mainstream (definitely not like before though) if it fails it just goes back to the way it is now.

[R_Walken]

Fat Dan is probably pissed about that

[youbeight]

Fat Dan is probably pissed about that

5 bucks says he quits the next day lol

[IIG]

What a takeover.

[sicko]

Damn that would be HUGE if it is on ESPN (Not ESPN2) that would be just as big if not BIGGER than getting fights on NBC Network

We Shall See!