Why don't people get what Haymon is doing?

[Sweet Jones]

OF COURSE Promoters and networks put their own interests first. That is what they are supposed to do and if they did not do that, they should be fired. Do you think the owner of a company is running it for his employees' benefit? NO! He is running it to earn money!! You think your favourite restaurant wants to give you the best deal possible on your meals? Dream on! They want to make the most profit possible while giving you meals at a price that you are willing to pay.

And this is the difference between me and you.

Because I acknowledge that those en****** put their own interests first, I give ZERO fuggs when their own greed destroys their industry and chases off their primary resources (i.e. actual boxers). When a business loses sight of that, trouble ensues. This isn't like team sports where people cheer for 'the jersey'. This is a sport of individuals.

I don't tune in to watch Top Rank banners fly over the ring nor HBO placards on microphones. I don't tune in to gawk at the chest and legs of ring girls nor because Don King is holding small flags nor because the Watson Twins are allowed to stand in the ring.

I tune in to see the ACTUAL FIGHTERS engage in the sweet science. Those dudes in the ring could (and have) literally DIE in there. That's why I advocate those dudes getting all the bread they DESERVE. And right now, actual fighters, the ones who's lives are on the line, are aligning themselves to the PBC model in droves.

What does that tell you?

And I have no pity for people like Ward or Chavez Jr. or any other fighter who suddenly decides his contract is not good enough. It is their responsibility not to sign a contract that does not meet their requirements and that they are not satisfied with.

Contract disputes happen for a ton of reasons beyond someone deciding its 'not good enough'. It is silly to just act like the fighters are simply not 'honoring' an agreement, especially in a sport with the history of shady and strong-arm deals like professional boxing.

People around here are fracking naïve. Do you think Haymon is doing this out of the goodness of his heart and wants to make his fighters rich men? HAHAHAHAHA!!! Haymon wants to make as much profit for himself as he possibly can, first and foremost. Second, he wants to make as much money for his investors as possible so that they will invest in future products. The fighters? He wants to give them as much sugar as it takes to get them to sign their lives away and then pay them as little as possible once they take the bait.

Again, as a fan, you've been living with this for the past 50 years. Why are you are upset now? By the looks of it, by worse case scenario the Haymon model pays the fighters better, and the fighters themselves are choosing to align to it.

That in of itself should be enough to garner support from 'real fans'.

[Sweet Jones]

Man, people still don't get it. It's the quality of the fights fans are complaining about. It's not because it's not free. Have you heard anyone complain why HBO/SHO fights are not free?

I pay for HBO and get isht like Zou Shiming, a who-gives-a-dayum-about-training Alvarado vs Rios III and a totally here-for-the-check Rubio effort against GGG.

Let's not act like everything on HBO and Showtime is top shelf 100% of the time.