Hauser makes himself look ******...

[hectari]

I think he might be gay as well, he turned on Pacquiao he wrote a piece on Huffington post slamming Pacquiao for his anti gay marriage comments and him being religious.

Hauser holds grudges according to STeve Kim or Dougie Fischer he sued them or something and took their website domain they said he doesnt play or something like that.

[Boxfan83]

hmmmm, im no Hauser fan, I really dont know who he is or care none the less but its funny I think there maybe something in common amongst his nay sayers on this thread lol!

[bballchump11]

His part 3 of the Haymon articles is really telling. He gives a bunch of 3rd person quotes and articles and just throws his opinion on top of that. He literally gets a quote from Schafer saying how it is impossible to burn through $400 million in 1 year on boxing and how the devaluation of the PBC isn't from them spending all that cash. With that being his only source, Hauser concludes that it is clear that the PBC is hemorrhaging money despite his only expert saying otherwise.

I was looking forward to his piece, but he isn't bringing really anything new. The only new parts are his biased opinion. Then he compared the PBC's numbers to that of Ninja Warrior which drew 6 million viewers as proof it is not getting good ratings. How about he compares it to the NBA and MLB that having similar ratings? The MLB averaged 2-3 million viewers on FOX.

[Lester Tutor]

His part 3 of the Haymon articles is really telling. He gives a bunch of 3rd person quotes and articles and just throws his opinion on top of that. He literally gets a quote from Schafer saying how it is impossible to burn through $400 million in 1 year on boxing and how the devaluation of the PBC isn't from them spending all that cash. With that being his only source, Hauser concludes that it is clear that the PBC is hemorrhaging money despite his only expert saying otherwise.

I was looking forward to his piece, but he isn't bringing really anything new. The only new parts are his biased opinion. Then he compared the PBC's numbers to that of Ninja Warrior which drew 6 million viewers as proof it is not getting good ratings. How about he compares it to the NBA and MLB that having similar ratings? The MLB averaged 2-3 million viewers on FOX.

As Kevin Iole stated, before anybody reads his crap, they should understand the circumstances that Top Rank (HBO) & GBP's (Ring Mag) are in a suit against Haymon Sports LLC. Because Hauser is a paid ''consultant'' for HBO somehow gives him this neutrality to report on objectivity which is what Kevin Iole states is a fail.

[bballchump11]

As Kevin Iole stated, before anybody reads his crap, they should understand the circumstances that Top Rank (HBO) & GBP's (Ring Mag) are in a suit against Haymon Sports LLC. Because Hauser is a paid ''consultant'' for HBO somehow gives him this neutrality to report on objectivity which is what Kevin Iole states is a fail.

Yeah I didn't have much problem with the first article. It made Haymon look like a sketchy and manipulative guy. I don't know him, but he probably is. Turns out most businessmen are in boxing. Instead of screwing over the fighters, he's screwing over other promoters though.

The next 2 articles are when is when Hauser started assuming and speculating too much. "Haymon is good to you until he doesn't need you anymore". Tell that to Paul Williams and the family of Prichard Colon. He is still helping both of them out.

[PKing]

His part 3 of the Haymon articles is really telling. He gives a bunch of 3rd person quotes and articles and just throws his opinion on top of that. He literally gets a quote from Schafer saying how it is impossible to burn through $400 million in 1 year on boxing and how the devaluation of the PBC isn't from them spending all that cash. With that being his only source, Hauser concludes that it is clear that the PBC is hemorrhaging money despite his only expert saying otherwise.

I was looking forward to his piece, but he isn't bringing really anything new. The only new parts are his biased opinion. Then he compared the PBC's numbers to that of Ninja Warrior which drew 6 million viewers as proof it is not getting good ratings. How about he compares it to the NBA and MLB that having similar ratings? The MLB averaged 2-3 million viewers on FOX.

I agree completely.

UFC is getting $100 million from FOX.

PBC is in line to get at least half of that amount across all the networks. $50 million total is realistic to start... double what HBOS boxing budget is.

[khal-d]

Yeah I didn't have much problem with the first article. It made Haymon look like a sketchy and manipulative guy. I don't know him, but he probably is. Turns out most businessmen are in boxing. Instead of screwing over the fighters, he's screwing over other promoters though.

The next 2 articles are when is when Hauser started assuming and speculating too much. "Haymon is good to you until he doesn't need you anymore". Tell that to Paul Williams and the family of Prichard Colon. He is still helping both of them out.

What are you talking about? Schaefer states the value for PBC dropped tremendously, that is, the value of the assets and what investors think it's worth is nowhere near where it was in early 2015. We all knew this from the infamous reddit thread, and now it's been CONFIRMED by Schaefer himself. Keep in mind how all the PBC nuthuggers defended PBC to death claiming that the reddit thread was complete crap.

Now, PBC spending tons of money was not stated by Schaefer, but that is an assumption we can all make pretty safely. We know they made 12.5 million from ad revenue, we know they are not selling tickets, we know the only company paying any license fees is Showtime, and we know that they went way overboard with the production costs and fighter purses, so how can they NOT be spending a lot of money?

Where does Schaefer say otherwise as you state? He says that valuations don't mean the money was spent, that's it. If PBC lost $150 million in year 1 that's still hemorrhaging money.

People in this thread go from "oh but they were expecting losses doe" to "oh how do you know they losing mad money doe" in the same page, it's disgusting.

The PBC is losing money, it's a fact, so what?

[Lester Tutor]

[big_james10]

His series on Haymon really hasn't answered the questions that we have but he has not been unfair to the man. It seems as though he just can't get anyone from Haymon's team to speak to him (not surprising).

His series on the whole USADA thing last year was excellent work. It is pathetic that many posters on this board bashed him relentlessly for it...and for what? to protect mayweather? usada? Haymon? the nevada commission? Which one of these idiots here actually benefits from the aforementioned parties?

Boxing writers in general are lazy..and most of them are bad writers. Hauser is actually a quality writer. With a sport as corrupt as we all acknowledge boxing is, why aren't more writers doing investigative pieces? There are all types of matters that should be looked into. Who else is actually trying besides this man?

Hauser is not a quality writer! He is a lazy, biased hack who takes whatever a promoter is willing to give him as fact -- just like 90 percent of the other boxing writers. As a former journalist, I know what an investigative piece SHOULD look like. No editor worth his salt would allow a writer to write an investigative story when that writer has a built-in bias like Hauser.

We will never see an unbiased, legitimate investigative story written by a boxing writer because none of them are neutral and unbiased. They all rely on promoters, managers and boxers to get their information, their press credentials (aka free tickets to big fights) and all the free food, drinks and gifts that come with a major fight promotion.

[Lester Tutor]

The PBC is losing money, it's a fact, so what?

because Schaeffer states it? It would be better for Hauser to ask Schaeffer on what he thinks are ideal profit margins. Haymon Sports LLC and its investors have what similar interests or assume the defacto standards of boxing should be on paid television? Does boxing have exclusivity to networks that have been running the game for long?

Of course a paid HBO consultant has practical opinions towards competitive en****** that don't respect him to begin with.