Hopefully it gets thrown out it is a Bull**** Lawsuit sounds like something filed out of SPITE and Jealousy only for GBP to have their own dirt exposed. Arum was smart enough to settle before getting his dirt exposed. But it makes GBP look bad regardless! As well as certain members of the Boxing Media!
Comments Thread For: Black Hitler - Boxing And The Anti-PBC Effect
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Schaefer/Golden Boy controlled the TV; with Haymon being blackballed by HBO, and his stable of fighters being as deep as it was, Haymon and Schaefer were basically exclusive to each other, with or without the formal contract.Comment
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Again, it was part of a larger ban that included all of GBP and Schaefer.2015 When Herschman retired. Dan likes to blow with the wind. Iole is consistent
Hershman also made the controversial decision to banish all the fighters involved with manager/adviser Al Haymon from the network because of Haymon's unwillingness to set up tough matches for his fighters.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...es-resignation
HBO did in fact let a non-GBP Haymon fighter on their network later that year.Comment
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It was good for GBP not to have fighters signed to them?Comment
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And that was good for Haymon and Schaefer.
Was it good for GBP?Comment
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But it doesn't say that. It specifically says Haymon. Just like the Iole article specifically says Haymon. Even if it were part of a wider ban that's still not a good thing. Business is business. Promoters and fighters have switched between Showtime and HBO since they both started carrying boxing. Pacquiao has even fought on Showtime, and Holyfield and Tyson and many others. Why does this guy get a pass? That's the reason he was fired and the reason HBO doesn't have money in their boxing budget. He fucked up. And Floyd didn't even have an HBO contract. He was on a fight by fight basis and he took the Showtime offer to HBO to match and they refused. All that money Showtime made could've been HBO's.Comment
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no actually thats the problem they dont anymore by the same ones who make it their life mission to help gbp anti pbc propaganda cause thats what it is propagandaComment
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Schaefer couldn't force Haymon to make his fighters sign. And if Schaefer refused to put on their shows Haymon would've taken his business elsewhere, which included Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather has only promoted one of his own fights, Pac/May. The other tens of millions of PPV views had the Golden Boy banner up top and Golden Boy logo on the mat. Go to a Floyd show in Vegas and all you see is Golden Boy. That's how you build a brand. Brand building is almost as important as making money. Why do you think McDonalds and Coke still run commericals? They don't need advertising to get people to buy their products. It's about the brand. It gets hard for me discussing this topic with people who punch a clock for a living. Ya'll just don't understand how business works.Comment
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Again, at the time, it was very much a ban of GBP/Schaefer.But it doesn't say that. It specifically says Haymon. Just like the Iole article specifically says Haymon. Even if it were part of a wider ban that's still not a good thing. Business is business. Promoters and fighters have switched between Showtime and HBO since they both started carrying boxing. Pacquiao has even fought on Showtime, and Holyfield and Tyson and many others. Why does this guy get a pass? That's the reason he was fired and the reason HBO doesn't have money in their boxing budget. He fucked up. And Floyd didn't even have an HBO contract. He was on a fight by fight basis and he took the Showtime offer to HBO to match and they refused. All that money Showtime made could've been HBO's.
The reason the GBP/Schaefer aspect aren't talked about more is because Schaefer is long gone from GBP and GBP is back on HBO, while Haymon is not.
Furthermore, it wasn't known at the time how many "GBP fighters" were signed to Haymon AND NOT GBP.
That's the reason I quoted the article written AT THE TIME.Comment
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