What's going on with Roc Nation Boxing?

[MrRolltide91]

Wasn't Ward dropped from the p4p for inactivity ? If not he should be .

Yea he was....

[The Gambler1981]

I don't know if they are too late or not but it would not have been much easier for them before because they would have had to compete with GBP and Top Rank in a stronger form.

Now probably is a better time for them to come in because everything is in flux, now it would have been a bit better if they were up and running before this but if they do a good job it can be overcome.


The problem is boxing is a messed up game and one that amateurs should tread very lightly in unless they are prepared to take immense financial loses figuring it out. They need boxing people which is why Shaw was important to them for all his flaws Shaw is a boxing guy and can survive in the game as an outsider.

It will get a lot worse before it gets better for them though.

[Scipio2009]

Last we heard a few weeks ago was Gary Shaw taking back his fighters. Haven't heard a peep from them since.

Are they working on something? What about their Throne Boxing series on FS1? How many fighters are under the promotion? Just Andre Ward and Dusty Hernandez-Harrison? Any more?

a series of unfortunate events for Roc Nation tbh.

First, they enter into the game with Haymon wishing a pox on their company, refusing to do any business with them (even if that would mean dumping a belt). To that, you can also add the fact that Top Rank is basically the primary promoter for HBO and they typically refuse to make fights outside of their company.

With the pool of available talent shrunk to only non-Haymon and non-Top Rank fighters, Ward and Rigondeaux were honestly the only real viable top fighters open to them (from the looks of things, it appears that Caribe continues to price Rigo out of signing with a company). They were able to get Ward.

The Gary Shaw move was almost literally the type of move that Roc Nation desperately needed to make; Gary Shaw brought 20-30 fighters with him, in addition to his experience in putting on fights and scouting fighters.

The hangup seems to have been that Shaw, in exchange for his company, wanted to at least be the operations guy for the boxing division of Roc Nation Sports and RNS wasn't willing to give him that.

Now they're basically back to square one, except now they have a marketable fighter with a good TV relationship (Ward).

String together some shows and opportunities might open up for RNS.

[Larry the boss]

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