Comments Thread For: U.S. TV for 'World Boxing Super Series' in Play, Says Schaefer

[bigdunny1]

Virtually no Americans in the tourney, are there any Haymon guys? When it was first announced I thought because of Schaefer relationship with Haymon all those guys would be involved and PBC would air it on one of their networks. But looking at the names and where these fights likely will be staged it could be all out in Europe. That means early start times and Football is coming back in the fall. Makes it tough to find a network willing to pay big for this.

[MasterPlan]

I dont have CBS Sports Network so that would suck as I'd have to stream it. AWE picks up a lot of boxing cards but I don't get that channel either. ESPN is already in bed with PBC, GBP, and TR. If no HBO or Showtime, they're not gonna make too much money from US TV revenue.

Oh yeah, AWE does cards too. Even beIN Network.

[Eff Pandas]

I dont have CBS Sports Network so that would suck as I'd have to stream it. AWE picks up a lot of boxing cards but I don't get that channel either. ESPN is already in bed with PBC, GBP, and TR. If no HBO or Showtime, they're not gonna make too much money from US TV revenue.

Its not really surprising doe. The SMW tournament has 1 US guy in it. The CW tournament has 1 US guy (by way of Cuba) in it. They weren't going to have a bidding war for US coverage with that roster. Granted its tip top guys in the CW tournament & really good guys in the SMW tournament, but the appeal is always gonna be less for any country if you don't have many fighters from your particular country in the tournament.

[asgarth]

I really hope some of the fights will be staged in germany.
Usyk vs huck seems likely. Briedis is also now a little bit better known in Germany after beating huck and knocking out charr.

[Eff Pandas]

I don't think anything is stopping ESPN from picking it up....but it's right during football season, which means if they picked it up they might only stream it live on ESPN3 and then maybe a tape-delay airing on TV.

LOL I'm the only guy who forgets about football. So yea ESPN probably doesn't make any sense.

Hell I keep talking about streaming networks & I believe that to be the future. An Amazon or Hulu might not be a bad partner for this series if they can snag a deal quick enough. I honestly suspected Showtime would be all over this so surprised to learn they aren't according to Fat Dan. And HBO gots one foot in boxing & one foot out so I'd be surprised if they were able to afford this with their budget + even wanted to put in the time to put on 4-8 shows in a 2 month period for the initial round.

[Mammoth]

Hopefully not Bounce. Nobody has that channel.

[BlakBread904]

IDC where it airs, i'll find a way to see the fights

[Eff Pandas]

are there any Haymon guys? When it was first announced I thought because of Schaefer relationship with Haymon all those guys would be involved and PBC would air it on one of their networks.

Agree on the Haymon/Schaefer connection.

As for Haymon guys in the tournament I believe only Gassiev & Huck have Haymon as an advisor iirc. Andrew Tabiti, a Haymon guy, applied to be in the tournament but got denied apparently. And with the caliber of guys in the CW tournament was the right decision for the tournament & for Tabiti I tend to believe.

[NEETzsche]

Part of the issue seems to be the timing...this series starts right during football season.

Plus, there are a lot of fights....it's a big TV time commitment....for an event that is pretty eurocentric.

I think that's the crux of it. Even Sky Sports seems to be wavering on pulling the trigger on it because they can only purchase the whole thing or nothing at all and eight straight weeks of quarter-finals is as you say a big commitment. I tend to think they should have just squeezed all eight of the QF bouts into two or three shows

[Chrismart]

A few dates starting to take shape now :

Sep 9th (Germany) : Usyk Vs Huck
Sep 16th (England) : Smith Vs Skoglund
Sep 23rd :
Sep 30th (Latvia) : Briedis Vs Perez
7th Oct :
14th Oct (England) : Groves Vs Cox
21st Oct :
28th Oct :