Comments Thread For: Al Haymon, PBC Target TV Invasion in The UK

[Scipio2009]

You're thinking too small. If PBC is successful, Hearn might be CEO of PBC UK or something crazy like that. Boxing is a worldwide sport. You can't just "take over" in just the US. There are billions of dollars at stake all over the globe. Haymon can't run boxing on every continent while peeking from behind his curtains. He's gonna need partners who are smart & can get **** done. Hearn seems like a smart & get **** done type mfer.

Haymon is assembling an impressive team. People are acting like DiBella is some dummy promoter. DiBella used to run f#cking HBO. Tom Brown (TGB Promotions) was Goosen's matchmaker for 30yrs. There's actually small rumblings that Ken Hershman might be taking a gig with PBC despite him being behind Haymon fighters banishment from HBO. Idk how true that is, but Haymon seems like a forgive & forget kinda cat & Hershman flipped from Showtime to HBO already so he's pretty f#cking good at shifting his alliances.

^^^ pretty much this (though not as far along with the Haymon-Hershman idea as you are; Espinoza/Schaefer basically covering what could potentially be there for Hershman).

[Scipio2009]

Exactly!

This is my whole point, hard core fans aren't excited about any of this PBC nonsense. Casual fans barely know PBC exists. Even the posters here who defend PBC the most here, you never see any if them in any PBC fight threads. Because they don't care either, they just sweat Haymon.

Ratings are plummeting, there Hemorrhaging money in ways we've never seen before.

How does PBC really expect to turn this sinking ship around? because there upcoming schedule ain't gonna do it.

.... Or maybe people would rather sit and watch a fight card, rather than feeding play-by-play (on a site whose posters have been so virolently anti-Haymon, let alone anti-PBC).

Not saying that I've caught every PBC show this year, but I tuned into the PBC on BounceTV card and never, not for one moment, felt the urge to hop on this site and feed folks only hoping for failure.

spin the story however you want

[Scipio2009]

You do realize that no one is going to give them a tv deal until they secure long term sponsors right? 7 months later, no sponsors, and ratings are plummeting.

Who would be ****** enough to give then a long term tv deal?

Nobody...

That's why boxing went to Showtime/hbo in the first place, genius....

... Corona, 1800 Tequila, Applebees, and at least 3-4 other companies are already doing big business with PBC.

try again.

[AddiX]

... Corona, 1800 Tequila, Applebees, and at least 3-4 other companies are already doing big business with PBC.

try again.

None of those are long term, and all of them but Carona were Pre existing network deals.

Try again...

Go look at UFC cage during fight night. That's what locked in long term sponsors looks like. That's what tv networks want to see.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

None of those are long term, and all of them but Carona were Pre existing network deals.

Try again...

Go look at UFC cage during fight night. That's what locked in long term sponsors looks like. That's what tv networks want to see.

Dude,,,, no offense but you are the biggest anti-haymon/pbc

Why do you care so much.. Is he burning your money? did you invest?
If not, then just relax and watch some free fights

[AddiX]

Dude,,,, no offense but you are the biggest anti-haymon/pbc

Why do you care so much.. Is he burning your money? did you invest?
If not, then just relax and watch some free fights

This is a thread about the business of PBC, if you don't like it go somewhere else.

[Ham Porter]

More televised dreck - just what British boxing needs!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

This is a thread about the business of PBC, if you don't like it go somewhere else.

I know what its about.... I like have open minded discussions..

PBC has its positives and negatives...

But you constantly belittle PBC, with no objectivity, in every PBC thread..
your a better poster than that..

[AddiX]

I know what its about.... I like have open minded discussions..

PBC has its positives and negatives...

But you constantly belittle PBC, with no objectivity, in every PBC thread..
your a better poster than that..

Not true, I just said something positive about there FS1 cards.

But most of it is ****.

PBC is going to burn millions of dollars today to headline Charlo vs a nobody.

There's nothing positive to say about that.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Not true, I just said something positive about there FS1 cards.

But most of it is ****.

PBC is going to burn millions of dollars today to headline Charlo vs a nobody.

There's nothing positive to say about that.

proof of concept... network/cable tv won't touch major boxing... Haymon has to prove to them that people will tune in and be a better draw than the crap they usually have on those timeslots... To prove your concept, the only way is to buy time

If haymon is doing it wrong,, what do you propose would be a better avenue to get back on NBC, CBS, Fox??????