Waddell+Reed's PBC investment has lost 59% of it's value.

[ИATAS]

I'd say they've made as many great fights, if not more, than any other platform this year. Just compare them to HBO or Showtime.

This isn't Showtime or HBO though, and that was the point, to do something different than the subscription networks and expand boxings market. If they are trying to do more of the same, but with time buys, that's a disastrous plan. You have to offer something better, or at least different enough to create something really interesting.

PBC isn't over, not by a long shot, but if it ends as those are predicting, I can't help but think it would have been a huge missed opportunity. I understand not every fight can be made and sometimes it gets complicated, but Haymon certainly has a large enough stable to make good fights consistently. I've thought that their matchmaking has been really bizarre up to this point and I hoped it would gradually get better, and maybe there still is enough time to do that, maybe not.

[Boxtime]

Al Haymon failed to understand that people who want to watch boxing are willing to pay a subscription to HBO & Showtime.

[IMDAZED]

There was a time where the only source of basic TV boxing we had was FNF on ESPN. Now we have from NBC, Spike TV, Bounce, etc all these basic channels/antenna channels showing boxing frequently. People had no issue with the showcase fights on FNF, and occasional good tests for upcoming fighters, with some upsets. But all of a sudden fights like Thurman-Guerrero, DeGale-Dirrell, Cleverly-Fonfora, Santa Cruz-Mares, Broner-Porter, Dirrell-Jack, etc. on basic/antenna tv is very problematic to them. So okay, let's get these fights off air and go back to just seeing these same caliber fights on HBO/Sho only.

But we're so insecure about the situation doe. Why doe?

[Vasyl’s dad]

As I said, I don't care. I'm watching more boxing now then I have in years. I'll enjoy it while it lasts

That's because you choose to watch it now, not because it's availability has increased.

[boxinghead530]

Why would we even make this comparison? Apples and oranges.

Because all the Floyd fanboys were SH itting on the GGG PPV as a flop. But those same fanboys can't admit this venture has been flopping so far.

[AddiX]

This isn't Showtime or HBO though, and that was the point, to do something different than the subscription networks and expand boxings market. If they are trying to do more of the same, but with time buys, that's a disastrous plan. You have to offer something better, or at least different enough to create something really interesting.

PBC isn't over, not by a long shot, but if it ends as those are predicting, I can't help but think it would have been a huge missed opportunity. I understand not every fight can be made and sometimes it gets complicated, but Haymon certainly has a large enough stable to make good fights consistently. I've thought that their matchmaking has been really bizarre up to this point and I hoped it would gradually get better, and maybe there still is enough time to do that, maybe not.

It kind of is though.

There is no signs of improvement. And PBC doesn't really have much to offer to look forward to.

Its not as if there is any reason for sponsors to suddenly want to spend there money with pbc, or for fans to suddenly give a crap about it.

I think two weeks ago PBC had like 4-5 events in one week. Nobody gave a ****...

[sugarsmosley]

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[IMDAZED]

This isn't Showtime or HBO though, and that was the point, to do something different than the subscription networks and expand boxings market. If they are trying to do more of the same, but with time buys, that's a disastrous plan. You have to offer something better, or at least different enough to create something really interesting.

PBC isn't over, not by a long shot, but if it ends as those are predicting, I can't help but think it would have been a huge missed opportunity. I understand not every fight can be made and sometimes it gets complicated, but Haymon certainly has a large enough stable to make good fights consistently. I've thought that their matchmaking has been really bizarre up to this point and I hoped it would gradually get better, and maybe there still is enough time to do that, maybe not.

What are you saying? You said they need to put on consistently great fights. I said that's not possible. For anyone. Heck, you can't even predict that. You then said they haven't put on any great fights. I said they've put on more than any other platform. Now I'm hearing, yeah but they aren't other networks and it needs to be "different." Whatever that means. It already is different btw but we're just going to keep moving the goalpost, I assume.

[IMDAZED]

Because all the Floyd fanboys were SH itting on the GGG PPV as a flop. But those same fanboys can't admit this venture has been flopping so far.

Oh I see. So you wanted to get into a fanboy debate. It's a boxing forum so that's cool but you're comparing apples to oranges. So even a fanboy debate wouldn't work here. Besides, I thought you were genuinely trying to understand their release

[-Kev-]

But we're so insecure about the situation doe. Why doe?

They became accountants now. When it was FNF, they were just normal boxing fans. When it's Haymon with his "mismatches", he is ruining boxing.

PBC fights in under 8 months:

Thurman-Guerrero
Broner-Molina
DSG-Peterson
Quillin-Lee
Dirrell-Jack
Figueroa-Burns
Dirrell-DeGale
Khan-Algieri
Fortuna-Vasquez
Broner-Porter
Thurman-Collazo
Frampton-Gonzalez
Shumenov-Flores
Payano-Warren
Tarver-Cunningham
Santa Cruz-Mares
Fonfora-Cleverly
Kono-Kameda

An countless other lower qaulity, but free to watch matchups.

Bad for boxing doe, destroying boxing doe. Fight the power doe, they black doe.