Comments Thread For: Photos: Top Rank, ESPN Announce Long Term TV Deal

[Pigeons]

It will be nice to see Pacquiao, Crawford, Lomachenko, etc. on ESPN from now on.

[hectari]

manny vs horn 2 and loma vsd marriaga 2 lmfao.. No one cares about those bum fights

Actually the Pacquaio vs Horn 2 fight will sell big it was a action packed fight

[Sweet Jones]

I'll just repost what I said in the other thread:

I keep hearing fans trumpeting this deal, but I have yet to see anyone explain how this is any different from Top Ranks previous deal with HBO as far as how it impacts their ability to put together non in-house fights nor how it impacts fighters getting their proper cut for the revenue they generate.

Seems like all we're getting is boxing's old 'promoter-controls-my-career' business model circa 2009, with ESPN replacing HBO as the network muscle.

You can already see in the near future a Bob Arum turning down the Spences and Thurmans of the world for Crawford because 'ESPN won't pay those guys what they are demanding' and 'this fight MUST be on ESPN'.

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I get it from Top Ranks perspective, as this model keeps the promoter in the power position. But what does Bud Crawford or Loma get out of this if they are still limited to same-pay inhouse fights due to network ties?

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