What has happened to Premier Boxing Champions? Dan Rafael Article

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  • Mitchell Kane
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    #51
    Gonna assume this is also directed at Haymon/PBC:

    Steve Kim ‏@steveucnlive · 58m58 minutes ago
    Sooo, not only arent you giving them their minimum number of contracted fights, then u offer them half of their minimums per fight, lol ....

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    • bigdunny1
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      #52
      Originally posted by Mitchell Kane
      That's my assumption.

      Haymon signed a lot of boxers but they've had far fewer shows this year than originally planned and some of them have been inactive or taken non-PBC/SHO fights.

      His roster seemed a bit unweildy even when they were putting on shows regularly...and now they aren't doing that, with fewer shows and some postponements to next year.
      Report early this year in either Jan or Feb that PBC was going to scale back and were asking investors to double down and give influx of cash. Also a report that said if things don't turn around and they don't get more cash Haymon would sell off some of his fighters. He went on a signing spree a few years ago because he needed fighters for all the dates he bought on these PBC networks. If he is putting on less shows and can't afford to pay these guys the domino effect of all his fighters under contract will be interesting.

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      • Mitchell Kane
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        #53
        This from Rafael's chat:

        Mike (DC)
        Any grumblings from PBC fighters about their lack of activity?

        Dan Rafael, King Fight Freak (12:51 PM)
        I have heard from a few about it. Many not happy at all.
        http://www.espn.com/sportsnation/cha...ith-dan-rafael

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        • Zaryu
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          #54
          I don't think I ever bad mouth PBC. I certainly liked free boxing on TV, but It was a matter of time in my mind befor this happened.

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          • BM dnobagaV
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            #55
            How many of those names mentioned could he match up against each other in 4 fights on a card on CBS or something? But wait... He made them all spoiled with how much they originally made... So nobody is willing to fight for peanuts anymore, let alone an actual challenge.

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            • al-Xander
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              #56
              Originally posted by BM dnobagaV
              How many of those names mentioned could he match up against each other in 4 fights on a card on CBS or something? But wait... He made them all spoiled with how much they originally made... So nobody is willing to fight for peanuts anymore, let alone an actual challenge.
              Garcia vs Thurman
              Garcia vs Berto
              Garcia vs Spence
              Garcia vs Broner
              Garcia vs Khan 2

              Thurman vs Spence
              Thurman vs Broner
              Thurman vs Khan
              Thurman vs Peterson

              Broner vs Berto
              Broner vs Peterson
              Broner vs Khan
              Broner vs Alexander
              Broner vs Spence

              Lara vs Andrade
              Lara vs Charlo 1
              Lara vs Charlo 2
              Lara vs Williams
              Lara vs Quillin

              ...etc., etc., etc...

              How many of these fights will become reality in 3 years? Probably 2-3 out of many. By the 3rd year most of these people would be thinking of retirement...

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                • MrRolltide91
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                  #58
                  It's over.....

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                  • brettWall
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                    #59
                    I'm not into this "shows too scattered" thing. It's a minor issue for me. The major one is the lack of continuity. Wins don't lead to anything big. All they produce are random fights here and there with top fighters with their respective individual fights and want nothing to do with each other.

                    I can always watch fights that I missed on youtube or just read news articles about the outcome. Most important is hearing top fighter A fought top fighter B. And I don't have to wonder who won such fight. All we have now are fantasy fights.

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                    • Mitchell Kane
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                      #60
                      Dan Rafael ‏@danrafaelespn
                      Been hearing about top level PBC fighters promised bouts/purses who are inactive/disgruntled & calling non-PBC promoters looking for fights.

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