Comments Thread For: How Top Rank's Deal With ESPN Changes Boxing

[p4ptbe]

hbo might lose boxing all together & cinemax might pick it up....lmao

they can call haymon and get some of his fighters back on their network im sure! Haymon isnt a bitter grudge holding type of dude....

[Vasyl’s dad]

now every week we will be told this is greattttt for boxing because its freeeeeee! Lmfao! These same scumbags bashed fights like danny vs guerrero and kid chocolate vs andy levy on nbc! Now they are praising loma vs marrriaga and manny vs horn!

Is free boxing good or not?

[jas]

Seriously HBO is in the worst trouble that I've seen them in since I've been following boxing. Granted they do have who is arguably the most profitable star in the sport now outside of Floyd (Canelo), but who else do they got? Ward & Kovalev? Those two were a box office bomb. Together at that. GGG is what, 36? Who the hell else do they got left?

They dont care. They make tons of money off their shows.

[jas]

Gotta laugh

Sure this deal is good for boxing

But where was the praise for pbc?

Pbc actually has strength in depth.

Top Rank doesnt have a deep stable...so its gonna be mismatch central and Recycle Rank

Sure this top rank espn partnership will stay around for longer because the way the deal is structured top rank is probably making money whereas pbc totally screwed up and lost huge money and was no longer sustainable

[j.razor]

they can call haymon and get some of his fighters back on their network im sure! Haymon isnt a bitter grudge holding type of dude....

True, let's see what happens within the year.

[p4ptbe]

is free boxing good or not?

to some people free boxing is bad when a black promoter does it! But when a mexican and ***ish promoter does it its awesome! For me personally anything free is good!

[p4ptbe]

true, let's see what happens within the year.

jacobs fighting on canelos undercard is something new! I wasnt expecting that! I wonder what that means for the future! Maybe mikey vs linares on showtime/pbc in 2018

[The Big Dunn]

Good thing Ward is no idiot.....

I hear he is going to TR. remember he manages/works with shakur Stevenson and he took him to TR.

[HarvardBlue]

Gotta laugh

Sure this deal is good for boxing

But where was the praise for pbc?

Pbc actually has strength in depth.

Top Rank doesnt have a deep stable...so its gonna be mismatch central and Recycle Rank

Sure this top rank espn partnership will stay around for longer because the way the deal is structured top rank is probably making money whereas pbc totally screwed up and lost huge money and was no longer sustainable

I was just about to say the same thing. PBC has been doing it a few years with some good fights (and bad ones) but Arum put on a **** show with his biggest star against a school teacher and gets all the credit. The only reason we're still talking about the Pacquiao fight is because of the horrible decision. Lomachenko upcoming fight is a joke and if Crawford is fighting Indongo it will be a lot easier than expected.

[al-Xander]

People in the business should by now take boxing seriously. The fight with an aging Pacquiao vs an unknown Horn getting massive numbers in the wee hours of the night, not to mention a last minute decision what network to place it in, is testament that boxing can be big if it wants to be big. This is not even sandwiched between wrapping up of the olympics and the closing ceremony. People still chose to view it.

That's why it's mind-boggling to me why PBC chooses to put their stars on the shelf for long periods of time. Thurman vs Garcia did good numbers as well. And these are not even PPV stars. Where in Neptune are they now? When are they going to fight next? These are just samples.