Comments Thread For: Art Pelullo Seeks More Boxcino Success On ESPN2

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Promoter Art Pelullo hopes the upcoming Boxcino tournaments are as successful as those he helped put on ESPN2 last year.

Pelullo said the doubleheader that featured finals of the Boxcino middleweight and lightweight tournaments accounted for one of the two highest-rated boxing telecasts on ESPN2 in 2014. The junior middleweight portion of the single-elimination, two-division Boxcino tournament is scheduled to begin Friday night (9 p.m. ET) with four six-round quarterfinal fights from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

“What the tournament does for ESPN is changes things up for their fan base,” Pelullo said. “It makes it more interesting. They like the format of the tournament. They like to pick who’s going to win in the bracket. What the tournament does for the fighters is gets them ESPN exposure. They can fight on ESPN three times if they get to the final.”
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[Hougigo]

Article seems to be down right now.

My question before reading.... where would it go after the Haymon time buy?

Also Hardy all the way

[Eastcoast]

Maybe it would've helped the guys who won it last year if their promoters didn't turn around and leave them on the shelf for 6 months right after. Willie Monroe might've been in position for an IBF title shot had they got him another fight last year.

I got Brandon Adams winning the JMW tourney.

[Hougigo]

Maybe it would've helped the guys who won it last year if their promoters didn't turn around and leave them on the shelf for 6 months right after. Willie Monroe might've been in position for an IBF title shot had they got him another fight last year.

I got Brandon Adams winning the JMW tourney.

True.... wtf was that? Neither guy did anything.

Should've kept active.

[Guest]

I should as a boxing fan, be more excited about boxcino than I am.

Then again, it's not even as good as Shobox- the next generation which used to have some pretty good matchups.

[baddog]

Horrible matches. How can anyone be proud of that.
Shobox had some awesome matchups can't sit through these.
Good luck to the participants.

[Hougigo]

Horrible matches. How can anyone be proud of that.
Shobox had some awesome matchups can't sit through these.
Good luck to the participants.

Because they don't have as much money available?