I don't think people want to see them fail, I think people want to see their top fighters fight each other. Thurman, Garcia, and Broner should have fought each other already at this point. We don't wanna see these guys fight Robert Guerrero and John Molina.
My only real problem with them is that they have a tendency to hoover up talent and put them on lock down, which makes competitive fights, especially with guys outside their stable, that much more difficult to make. I don't ask for megafights every time out, but too many of their matchups are horrible one sided to the point where it's not even entertaining to watch as a beat down, just disturbing.
I see so many posters rooting for them to bad ratings, go broke, lose in their court battles...
I know that the easy answer is because it fractures the boxing game more, and in the process there are some fights that cant be made, but then why not blame all the parties responsible for refusing to work with each other?
Whats become painfully obvious to me that there are too many fighters/fights out there for just ONE network. HBO has a tight/shrinking budget. They only have so many dates to give. The math doesnt add up.
So unless we want all the big name fighters to start taking paycuts and the undercard fighters fight for peanuts, the fact is that there needs to be more then one successful boxing outlet.
What say you?
PBC succeeding would lead to the end of boxing on HBO, cutting to the quick; basically an end to the way boxing has been presented in the US for the last 30 years.
"One network" having all of the fights isn't as impossible as one would think; just look at how HBO handled things post Tyson-Lewis. It's just going to require the budget being there, and likely tiered-channels.
Just imagine: CBS/Showtime gets the full PBC deal, with no shows anywhere else
-10 primetime fight cards on CBS(biggest showdowns/marketable fighters)
-20 Saturday afternoon fight cards on CBS(solid fight cards)
-10 fight cards on CBS Sports/support programming for all PBC fights
-10 fight cards on SHO (schedule when football starts/1-2 PPV fights)
-another 10-15 ShoBox cards
With Floyd/Pacquiao/Cotto/Klitschko on their way out, you might be looking at 2-3 fighters who command over $2m to fight; adding the expanded sponsorship opportunities by being on terrestrial TV, the side money deals are likely to be more.
a boxing fan's dream, tbh (for the cost of shelling out for maybe 1-2 PPVs a year, and the cost of carrying Showtime, a fight fan could have a big night of fights every month, most weekends with quality fights on, and enough straight-up fights to satiate any hardcore fan.
Al haymon, who has pretty much never did an interview and is paying fighters well (they all say it) is somehow ruining boxing and is g@y, Ive never understood the logic. al gaymon??????? how tacky n lame!
SIMPLE...Because their favorite fighter is not with them, they favorite fighter is on HBO
This is what the Mayweather vs Pacquiao ERA produced, these new "Pick A Side And Bash The Other Side" type of fans. Then you have grown Men within the Boxing Media who placate to those Simple Minded Fans causing even more of a Division between Boxing Fans.
I Support all formats regardless if it is HBO or PBC and I watch and support all Promotions Events because I am a BOXING FAN!
Comment