The Premier Boxing Champions MEGATHREAD

[bigjavi973]

Lol dude you're acting like I'm some fan boy. I agree, they should have fought last year, they didn't and won't fight at 140. So yes, while its bullsit, I'm just happy to get a competitive fight.

And belts are meaningless, the amount of them diminishes their value. Put that in your sig.

dont try and save face now... only the sanctioned belts mean something. WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA. WBC and WBA are the oldest belts so yes belts still do mean something.... now the alphabet titles such as wba (regular) or (super)... if you are talking about them then yes.

[El-blanco]

dont try and save face now... only the sanctioned belts mean something. WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA. WBC and WBA are the oldest belts so yes belts still do mean something.... now the alphabet titles such as wba (regular) or (super)... if you are talking about them then yes.

Saving face over what? Belts mean ****. You think I rated jermain Taylor because he was the ibf champ? You rated him higher than a guy like quillen or ndam because of a belt? Belts in boxing, nowadays, is window dressing, true fans know who the best are and don't need a belt to help them understand who is good.

[joseph5620]

Saving face over what? Belts mean ****. You think I rated jermain Taylor because he was the ibf champ? You rated him higher than a guy like quillen or ndam because of a belt? Belts in boxing, nowadays, is window dressing, true fans know who the best are and don't need a belt to help them understand who is good.

That really is the truth. Boxers with belts have to be judged individually because a belt is not going to always define who the best fighter is.

[bigjavi973]

Saving face over what? Belts mean ****. You think I rated jermain Taylor because he was the ibf champ? You rated him higher than a guy like quillen or ndam because of a belt? Belts in boxing, nowadays, is window dressing, true fans know who the best are and don't need a belt to help them understand who is good.

When did rate taylor higher? Get outta here with that bullsh^t. No sh^t "true" fans know who the champs are titiri, but to say belts are meaningless is just plain ******. Again, if you are talking about the minor titles such as a "regular", "super", "diamond" or "silver" belts than I would understand.

[Mr. Miyagi]

For something as big as this you'd figure people would want to discuss it, not make ******ed comments. Wow, the state of boxing's fans is as bad as the sport itself.

Clearly you do not work for Al Haymon. I don't think he would hire someone on his PR team to post here and use terms like "******ed."

Nice try doe.

[PBCboxing]

So, with all of these cards coming to national television would it be safe to say that should the PBC be a success that boxing is back and in a big way? A lot of that will probably depend upon how the sports media adopts it, if they do....

I'm hoping ESPN, as well as other sports outlets, cover PBC results on their programs with highlights and such, it would be good to see boxing constantly discussed on television by sports analysts who aren't married to the sport. Mainstream is the key here.

[FightFan80]

I like where Premier Boxing Champions is going. Major networks carrying this show in primetime is great for boxing, this could give the sport the boost in the arm it needs to get back to where it once was, anyone crapping on it really can't call themselves a true fan since a true fan would want to see the sport thrive and grow. I'm no Haymon praise singer, but this is the closest thing to an NFL or MLB boxing has ever had and if ratings hold up and companies pay to advertise then I see boxing flourishing for many years to come.

Long live the sweet science!

[FightFan80]

Does anyone think PBC will create their own championships and promore them as being the true champions in boxing seeing as how the exposure will be so large? Also, Corner to Corner sounds like it'll be a great broadcast and a wonderful way to make the boxers connect to the fans through these televised specials.

[MasterPlan]

So far, looks like PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS has four en****** that will co-exist with each other.

Under NBC Universal
NBC, NBC Sports Network and (Telemundo - no official announcement yet)

Under CBS Corporation
Showtime, Showtime Extreme, CBS and CBS Sports Network

Under Viacom
S.p.i.k.e. TV and (BET - no official announcement yet)

Under The Walt Disney Company
ESPN2, ESPN (no official announcements yet. ABC also under Disney)

Univision

[Aztekkas]

Damn, all the fights sound decent but when you take a closer look at them you'll realize they're a bunch of gold covered turds. Let's run through them really quick...

Adrien Broner vs John Molina - Molina is coming off of two back to back losses against Humberto Soto and Luas Matthysse. Not only that but this fight would have been alo't better back when Molina was coming off the Lucas fight, in which he had garnered some hype over his showing. He lost all of that steam after succumbing to Soto and is just now getting his shot at Broner, why?

Then you have Broner, he is coming off of two soft touches(after getting beat full ******ed, since he was at half prior to Chino) and has not looked good in some time. You take those facts into account and this fight means absolutely nothing in any respect to the sport or division itself.


Robert Guerrero vs Keith Thurman - You have Robert Guerrero coming off a war against a formerly unknown Kamegai and a loss to Mayweather... add the fact that Guerrero only had these two fights in the last two years and I'm starting to think the fight isn't so even anymore. Plus, Keith is also coming off a lukewarm showing in his last fight.

Although this is a decently intriguing fight, I really don't think their is much going on here aside from Haymon trying to feed the Hype beast by having his developing champion feast on a fighters with the "former Mayweather opponent" badge on his record.

Danny Garcia vs Peterson - No comment, seriously... the fight went from "Great, sounds good" to "lol" in a split second once we found out it was at a catchweight with no titles on the line. Lamont lives to be a champ another day.

Abner Mares vs some ex olympic dude - really? Digusted, and I'm a Mares fanboy.

Jhonny Gonzalez vs Gary Russel Jr. - I like this fight myself but aside from the one-sided loss to Vasyl, what has Russel done to land another shot? Hmm that's right, he's with Haymon. Seriously, he lost his shot, faced an overmatched opponent in his comeback and managed to secure another shot against the WBC world champ, what?

Then you have Jhonny, another personal favorite of mine who hasn't had a significant win in almost 2 years. Well, he did beat an over the hill, fat little bastard in Arce, whom he carried for far too many rounds but yeah.. that's pretty much it. Meh, just glad to see T-Rex arms get another whooping, aside from that it's another "ok" fight.

I know I'm missing a few but that's what I could recall off the top of my head. Aside from a 6 year late fight between two of this era's greats, Haymon hasn't(helped) put much of anything together recently. At least not since Matthysse vs Garcia and that's been almost two years as well. Hope things turn out better but for now it seems like these golden turds are keeping Haymon's groupies on his knob for a few more months.

Thanks for the free boxing but we need more quality stuff. Yup, you guessed it... I'm a begger and a chooser.