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this sport is about to under go some rapid changes. It's already starting and all of you can see this. We see a man leading us in the direction we wanted it to go, but many of us are unsure of his over all plans.
We see him throwing money into investing in the sport, but if it fails we're afraid boxing might be left out in the dark with no home to go to. Like it or not PBC could be the end game for us, this could be our final era. If Al Haymon fails in his marketing plan this could be the end as we know it. The push he is making now is the future of our sport and we need to ensure he moves it in the right direction. We need to back Al Haymon.
Many of us don't agree with his current trajectory, this is why we need to influence him, speak our minds so we make sure boxing is around when all that investor money is dried up. I'm very serious. Boxing has been around for a long time, but it's been here because of the fans. You are the fans. If we don't influence Al Haymon and change this course then this could be the end. Boxing lives forever, but it survives through its fan base.
You need to know that Al Haymon is not working against you. He is trying to help this sport as much as the rest of us, but he is a fan with money. He enjoys our sport but doesn't fully understand it. This is why we need to speak our minds and let him know the faults of throwing such a large amount of money at the wall and hoping it sticks. It's not the money that needs to stick, it's the impression. He's willing to throw the money but he needs to make the impression now. The networks won't listen to echoes of the past, and if it fails HBO and Showtime won't have the respect for the sport they used to have. At the end of the day they're networks. These two networks won't back us forever and if this plan of Haymon's falls through then this could be the wire that tricks us.
Boxing has survived for so long because of the fan base that protects it. For every bad decision the promoters make there's a fan base that speaks its mind. There are no two fighters who will save boxing, you are the fight to save boxing, so long as you speak it will never die. Don't stop speaking. You can say boxing has been around forever and it always will be, but maybe you won't be - your sport needs you now. Help it now.
We see him throwing money into investing in the sport, but if it fails we're afraid boxing might be left out in the dark with no home to go to. Like it or not PBC could be the end game for us, this could be our final era. If Al Haymon fails in his marketing plan this could be the end as we know it. The push he is making now is the future of our sport and we need to ensure he moves it in the right direction. We need to back Al Haymon.
Many of us don't agree with his current trajectory, this is why we need to influence him, speak our minds so we make sure boxing is around when all that investor money is dried up. I'm very serious. Boxing has been around for a long time, but it's been here because of the fans. You are the fans. If we don't influence Al Haymon and change this course then this could be the end. Boxing lives forever, but it survives through its fan base.
You need to know that Al Haymon is not working against you. He is trying to help this sport as much as the rest of us, but he is a fan with money. He enjoys our sport but doesn't fully understand it. This is why we need to speak our minds and let him know the faults of throwing such a large amount of money at the wall and hoping it sticks. It's not the money that needs to stick, it's the impression. He's willing to throw the money but he needs to make the impression now. The networks won't listen to echoes of the past, and if it fails HBO and Showtime won't have the respect for the sport they used to have. At the end of the day they're networks. These two networks won't back us forever and if this plan of Haymon's falls through then this could be the wire that tricks us.
Boxing has survived for so long because of the fan base that protects it. For every bad decision the promoters make there's a fan base that speaks its mind. There are no two fighters who will save boxing, you are the fight to save boxing, so long as you speak it will never die. Don't stop speaking. You can say boxing has been around forever and it always will be, but maybe you won't be - your sport needs you now. Help it now.
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