Comments Thread For: Fox Sports, PBC Reveal Details of Multi-Year Agreement

[Ravens Fan]

That's quite an assumption. I don't think that would be the plan. The pay-per-view model, like premium cable, is dated. Will there be some PPV's? Sure. But I don't thinking moving back to something they're trying to move away from is the plan.

Dated? It seems to working just fine for the UFC. I also don't believe for a minute that they are trying to move away from it. I believe the free TV stuff is just little more then expensive ploy trying to hook fans with their product and then the change will happen. And if PBC doesn't change course how the hell are they going to continue to pay fighters like Paulie over $500,000 for that piece of 5hit fight the other night?

[HanzGruber]

Good to see Brian Kenny back

[Thutch2412]

Like I told a poster here yesterday. Got home at 9pm on Sat looking for the Garcia/Paulie card on CBC or NBC. Had no idea it was on ESPN. Took me another 5 minutes or so to figure out which channel on my Verizon Fios is ESPN as there's over 1000 damn channels.

Haymon needs to simplify it rather than spreading it out all over the place and confusing fans, mainly casuals who dont really keep up with boxing outside of the mega fights.

No offense because you're a fan, but it almost seems like you're complaining about more boxing being on free tv?

I usually read the posts here, rarely comment, but this is good for the sport, period. Boxing needs this exposure and over saturation. Where is boxing on tv without PBC? Rarely seen by the casual viewer.

I love the sport and love watching, if you're the same I don't understand how you are complaining about time slots and being able to find it on your DVR.

As a fan in general you should be happy. It's made HBO and others become more aggressive in their match making which in turn means better fights for fans to watch. It has also given good exposure to the sport overall. The sport can grow, if you continue to have boxing on television you eventually get people interested, younger kids, kids who can carry the sport, so we can continue to watch.

I do agree some of the match making can be improved, but as a fan, I really don't care, I'm glad I can watch as much boxing on tv as Al Haymon is willing to give me.

Eventually, imo it will get better. Even if Haymon monopolizes, it can still work out in the long run. More exposure will mean more fighters jumping ship. They can fight 3 or 4 times a year and be seen by hundreds of thousands vs maybe a fight on HBO on a non televised undercard.

With more fighters hopefully comes better matchmaking. At this point he's given us some decent fights already, you can't argue that. But if he's truly trying to push the sport he's got to expose as many stars who can attract fan bases as he can in the beginning.

Just be happy bruh, it's cool to disagree on other topics, but what negative outcome is there with more boxing? You not being able to find the channel it's on?

[Ray*]

Thanks Al.

[Thutch2412]

I just said it got the same rating it would have gotten on Showtime..so why are *****s who love Haymon because they think they are supposed to trying to spin it into something amazing for the sport?

Haymon is the worst thing for the sport...he gets the fighters too much money...Haymon is good for his fighters but not he sport and quality of boxing overall and long-term

How is it not good? You almost don't even sound like a fan. You act like every fight is supposed to be the most amazing superfight we've ever seen in our lifetime homie.

Do you still watch? If you do, why are you complaining?

It's more exposure for a sport you supposedly "love"!

In my business opinion, Haymon is greedy, any business is, or do we not live in America? Are you yourself not greedy when it comes to money? Or if you live check to check I'm sure you give a hundo of that to a bum on the street. Quit being a hypocrit

Haymon made crap fights to avoid Oscar making money before he jumped ship. He's also just begun on free tv, you act like this has been going on for years smh.

He's got to build fan bases and name recognition which he is already doing. More and more people are talking about Thurman, and Porter, and more will come. You can't call every fight a crap fight either.

Once he has his name recognition and brand, he'll make more exciting fights, he has to, he's smarter than you, he understands this. I guarantee Floyd will fight at least 1 more time on a PBC platform which will raise exposure to the sport tremendously.

So you'd rather be a fighter making 20k a fight fighting on HBO on a non televised undercard, vs fighting on free tv, where hundreds of thousands if not millions watch you and you're making 20 times that amt? I'm sure fighters will be jumping ship as well.

Even if he monopolizes, how can you call it bad? I'm sure he's not going to make the same mistakes that is about the put the UFC under.

What little kid wants to become a boxer these days? You may get more with more exposure, but in reality what it boils down to is your a sad lame ass fan who just wants to complain about something.