Comments Thread For: Roc Nation Sports Grab Dates on BET and Fox Sports 1?

[MrRolltide91]

Ward fighting on BET

[Nightfall]

good news for the fans. more free tv fights. or atleast the fans that have basic cable and other type pay tv programming without paying for sorry ass HBO. or without showtime

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

how is it a big flop when they have andre ward and cotto both can deliver big fights that make money ward can fight froch in the uk and cake walk to the bank same thing with cotto he can fight Floyd or canelo

[waiseguy510]

I wish Roc Nation the best but even they couldn't have predicted the Al Haymon power move that was in motion. This is not the time for a newcomer to enter the promotional mix.

Haymon has a lot of mouths to feed but as long as he can keep them busy, I don't see how other companies can compete.

The days of Promoters taking 30% - 50% of fighters purses are almost numbered. The small advisory fee (I'm told around 10% - 15%) will be the new business model of boxings future.

Boxers and Boxing fans win

[nacho daddy]

crackroc nation is throwing around money like the got a printing press. hope the lose it all. if I had the money I like to start a WET network

[Grimmer]

Great news and great times for American boxing fans.

RNS: BET, Fox Sports 1
TR: truTV
Haymon: CBS, NBC, ABC, NBCSN, ESPN, Spike

On the other hand these promotional and network divides is going to reduce the amount of big fights that come into fruition.

Cross promotional fights have been fewer and fewer and it's only going to get worse now that they have exclusive networks as well.

[Deevel916]

Although its good that boxing is getting more exposure, at the same time it feels as if its also getting watered down. You have all these different networks showing fight now on different days and different times. Its disorganized. When its on HBO or Showtime you know that its going to be on a Sat evening. With networks like BET, Fox1, NBC, Spike TV, ESPN, ETC.. Its hard to keep track of who's showing what on what time/date.

[The Big Dunn]

Although its good that boxing is getting more exposure, at the same time it feels as if its also getting watered down. You have all these different networks showing fight now on different days and different times. Its disorganized. When its on HBO or Showtime you know that its going to be on a Sat evening. With networks like BET, Fox1, NBC, Spike TV, ESPN, ETC.. Its hard to keep track of who's showing what on what time/date.

That's not a bad thing. You used to be able to see world class boxers on weekend afternoons and Tuesday nights in addition to sat nights. There was a bigger pool of fighters then. more exposure should help.

[Crazylegs77]

Oh wow, Jay Z is genius!


They tapping into the BET viewership, all 10 people! Takeover is under way baby!

[Deevel916]

That's not a bad thing. You used to be able to see world class boxers on weekend afternoons and Tuesday nights in addition to sat nights. There was a bigger pool of fighters then. more exposure should help.

What worked 30yrs ago may not work today. A lot has changed. People just don't sit home all day watching tv anymore. Especially on wknd afternoons.

I'm happy there's more fights being televised now. I just wish there was more organization to it. Its all over the place. Different promoters, different channels at different times on different days. This promoter wont work with that promoter. This guy cant fight that guy because they have exclusive contracts with their networks. Etc. Its one big jumbled mess.