Comments Thread For: Malignaggi Slams Fans Critical of PBC Movement

[Beater_of_ass]

lol, yes, you can pick up your little rabbit ears to watch "free tv". Guess how many people, boxing fans actually do that?
Very few people. Most people, are paying for cable tv, or internet service to stream. But if you prefer to think like a child thinking the easter bunny really brings you eggs, be my guest.

If you're paying for cable, then you're paying for the other channels. I don't have rabbit ears, I have direcTV and pay for HBO and Showtime to watch as much boxing as possible. PBC is free, if paid for cable before it was on TV at all... well it's still free because you were paying for cable prior to it even being on TV. So you're the exact idiot Paulie was referring to.

[thiefery]

If you're paying for cable, then you're paying for the other channels. I don't have rabbit ears, I have direcTV and pay for HBO and Showtime to watch as much boxing as possible. PBC is free, if paid for cable before it was on TV at all... well it's still free because you were paying for cable prior to it even being on TV. So you're the exact idiot Paulie was referring to.

Well I'm happy those cable shows are drawing the same.numbers as the premium channels for boxing..oh wait I guess it's just the same idiots that are not tuning in..

[bigdunny1]

Here is the bullshyt excuses for the lame product that is PBC. Well it's free and well compared the to the all time low of 2014 match ups by Haymon it's an improvement. Lmao. Sorry I'll take quality over quantity any day. Crap is crap whether it's free or not. And by the way ESPN, SPIKETV, FOX1, etc is not free. And just because Haymon disrespected boxing so badly in 2014 with fights like Garcia vs Salka don't mean we should now grade on a curve and act like Thurman vs Collazo should be praised. That's a garbage fight and with as many better fighters Haymon has at welterweight Thurman should be fighting one of them. Or he should be fighting one of the top welterweight that other promoters have. Oh yeah I forgot Haymon refuses to work with those guys.

So we got tons of mismatches and I haven't even touched how terrible the TV production is. Little to no punch stats in between rounds. Half the time if there is a knockdown you either get no replay after the round of it or a repeat of a crappy angle. It takes them 2 or 3 rounds to finally show you the knockdown. Corny walk ups to the rings. No ring announcer. The announcers suck. Terrible interviews after the fight if they give you an interview at all.

PBC is like fast food McDonald's. Looks cheap and leaves a bad taste when you are done.

[peplz]

lol, yes, you can pick up your little rabbit ears to watch "free tv". Guess how many people, boxing fans actually do that?
Very few people. Most people, are paying for cable tv, or internet service to stream. But if you prefer to think like a child thinking the easter bunny really brings you eggs, be my guest.

I remember back in 09' when I first started posting comments in these forums you could actually have a rational debate with even the most biased fan. People would actually relent to factual information or when another poster that they are debating with made a valid point. But now you get comments like the above where these guys just come up with some clever back door argument or simply just start making snide remarks and issuing insults. It's come down to just pure verbal sparring and the real matter at hand eventually just falls to the wayside as the debate devolves into pure bickering. Have fun guys. I will be posting less an less as this trend continues to proliferate.

[Teetotaler]

This is an oldass interview. But still, malignaggi is a ****ing dumbass. I rather watch undefeated young prospects I never heard of who are trying to make a name for themselves (which is the whole ****ing point of it) box than some big name vs some bum in which the outcome is predictable.

[Beater_of_ass]

Well I'm happy those cable shows are drawing the same.numbers as the premium channels for boxing..oh wait I guess it's just the same idiots that are not tuning in..

What? If you're talking about PBC's ratings, they are getting better numbers than HBO with Broner/Porter and Thurman/Guerrero. If HBO were smart they'd put Cotto and/or Canelo on the same channel as PBC and watch the rating blow it out of the water. But they aren't, Haymon is and he's beaten HBO twice at their own game.

[Real Talk85]

They just have to brush off the general ******ity and prejudice of the casual boxing fan.

PBC, has put on some stellar cards, real good fights compared to everyone else.You cant find that type of consistency anywhere else in the boxing landscape. What else do we have? Canelo vs who? GGG vs who? Kovalev has the potential to be in great fights given the talent at the light heavy division but until they agree to work with each other what can they possibly offer? Who is Stevenson or Beiterbev fighting next? No one else is competing with the cards that PBC has to offer.

Garcia v Peterson

Broner v Porter

Khan v Algeri was good

Quillen v Lee

Direll v Chunky

Direll v Jack

Thurman v Ghost

All of those fights were good, and they were all ranked guys fighting, if those are bad fights to you then you cant be satisfied.

I find it interesting that no one mentions that most of these fighters are being built up into superstar status guys. Give it a year, Thurman, Porter, Broner, Khan, Spence, and all of the PBC elites will have appeared on t.v so much and have so much more exposure that once they start setting up ppv's with these guys you will see constantly solid numbers.

Its obvious with where these fights are stage, they are designed to build the base following for these fighters. Quillen in New York, Porter and Broner in Ohio, so on and so forth. Its a good move by Haymon.

[baddog]

Hey, If your trying to get in to SUCK A LIL HAYMON TIT, just say so.
Nuttin wrong wid dat !!!!!!! BUT don't defend the crap............

[bigdunny1]

What? If you're talking about PBC's ratings, they are getting better numbers than HBO with Broner/Porter and Thurman/Guerrero. If HBO were smart they'd put Cotto and/or Canelo on the same channel as PBC and watch the rating blow it out of the water. But they aren't, Haymon is and he's beaten HBO twice at their own game.

Most of HBO's ratings have crushed PBC. Which is sad because it's premium cable and there are less homes with HBO then NBC or CBS. But you can't compare cable ratings to network ratings. HBO makes money because if you have HBO you are paying for it they don't rely on tv sponsors. Where as NBC and CBS they rely on tv sponsors and need much higher ratings to get those sponsors. Comparing NBC/CBS ratings to HBO ratings is idiotic. They are two different models. What you need to compare is PBC shows on NBC/CBS to other network primetime shows and other network sporting events. Which when you do you see how terrible PBC is doing in ratings. Also you look at the trend. PBC is not building they are actually dwindling in ratings. They debuted to mediocre ratings and since then across the board the ratings have been steady dropping. Casual fans don't care about PBC we have had enough time and a big enough sample to say this. And they started with no TV sponsors and the ratings are not where they need to be which is why they still have no TV sponsors. In between round they air promo's for other PBC shows or they have no commercial in between rounds. This is because they have no sponsors. And the networks aren't paying for PBC. It's opposite they are paying the networks for the air time. It's basically a cheap looking but very expensive infomercial.

HBO is a much better product and here is the key...THEY ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY EVERYTIME THEY AIR BOXING. Every PBC card has lost millions upon millions of dollars.

[Sweet Jones]

But James impressed against Angulo after Ishida, and looked great against Tapia.

So in other words, had they fed The Ghost some cake fight prior to Thurman against an inexperienced, skill-less, protected fighter with (like Tapia) in order to 'impress', then it's all good? Come on, man.