does Al Haymon really need PBC?

[mathed]

It's not good to have to many boxers in your stable....it gets to big to manage and it ends up a McDonald's of boxing....quantity over quality ..... The fighters think it's a good idea that there gonna get mega money but they don't really.....look at danny Garcia and how his career has stalled, Deontay wilder,Santa cruz,broner, the only person I know who has done well with haymon is mayweather...who else really is gonna be the next big thing...even thurman is going back...HBO like it or not knocks PBC and showtime out the water....they always have ..better build up and better coverage

200+ boxers? That's a lot of mouths to feed. Hymen has now seen that the wisdom of the NSB forum reigns supreme. Now drain that hedge fund dry and do your thing.

[Scipio2009]

Scipio -

And Haymon hasn't cut out PPV yet either, but it's pretty clear where this is heading. If PBC takes off in a few years and they can find a network willing to give them a big TV deal, I don't see how Showtime will fit into the picture anymore.

This is my conspiracy theory, but I believe that the network that ends up securing the big TV deal will be Showtime/CBS (NBC/NBCSN, to me, is the wildcard in the whole thing, largely because they have rights to the Olympics and their sports network is available in far more homes that CBS Sports Network is).

During football season, the feature content will likely be shifted to Showtime (CBS being the home to SEC Football on most Saturdays limits the potential Saturday dates available to PBC). When football season is over, outside of the NCAA Tournament, CBS doesn't have much content currently booked up for those Saturdays.

CBS Sports becomes the home for prospect fights (non-TV fights for full PBC shows), CBS becomes the the home for the vast majority of the PBC shows, and Showtime Championship Boxing becomes the stage for the massive PBC-related showdowns (Wilder-Joshua, Beterbiev-Ward, JRock-Charlos, Spence Jr, etc; thinking ahead) and international fights, with CBS's online presence utilized to unify all of that.

Showtime still gives Haymon a platform to take his PPV-quality showdowns to. With CBS stepping up, Showtime's position in CBS/Showtime changes but is still a major one, especially in terms of the boxing content.

6-10 major shows each year, 1-3 PPV fights (if the showdowns merit), and enough ShoBox content to keep the out-and-out boxing junkies satisfied.

[Scipio2009]

This is the bottom line, but you can still ***** about the ride I'd add doe.

If it's not your car, and no one has asked to you put up any gas money, *****ing about the ride is a touch rude.