Comments Thread For: Daniel Jacobs Signs Multi-Fight Agreements With HBO, Eddie Hearn

[Boxfan83]

The priority should be:

1. Jacobs vs GGG - unfinished business

2. Jacobs vs Saunders - Saunders has been ducking for years

3. Jacobs vs Canelo/Charlo - Canelo would obviously provide more money, but skillfully, these fighters are interchangeable in the threat level the pose to Danny

No way man. Charlo and Jacobs need to fight for U.S. American supremacy @160.

[spenz]

All good we should see him more often. Gone are the days where we see fighters fighting often, I know it's to maximize promotion, health and stuff like that, but, damn I just want to see them fight often. I wish there would be a business model where it's super profitable if you fight more often, rather than 2-3 times a year only.

[Jsmooth9876]

this wrong.

First off wilder doesn't have a promoter. Dibella has been his de facto promoter last few fights but wilder has never signed a contract with dibella. He could use a different promoter whenever he wants. Haymon doesn't have his guys sign with promoters.

Haymon has guys with pelleted but those are guys who were already with promoters when al signed them. Adonis Stevenson Jose pedraza are examples. Frampton and beterbiev were examples of this.

Al never has his guys sign. Now he can't use Jacobs on pbc. Use your Brain

PBC is basically a defunct business at this point anyway. Showtime is gobbling up all their fights. Degale was with Matchroom and fought on a PBC card so no issues working with Haymon I'm guessing. HBO I'm sure would be willing to use Haymon guys as well. Not sure how willing Haymon would be to let a guy like Charlo fight on HBO though? Probably have a handshake deal with Espinoza to keep good names exclusive to showtime

[Butch.McRae]

Wilder is promoted by DiBella. Tweet him and ask for a signed contract since you need proof or will blindly continue your idiocy.

http://www.dbe1.com/fighters/

It's crazy sometimes, but I appreciate this community, so I be trying to breakdown the game for some of these guys. Their bias is too much at times though.

[NahMean]

You're the only guy here talking sense.

Sky is the reason he's been successful in the UK...it's really that simple.

Sky are the de facto Promoter of Matchroom Boxing and without Sky, he wouldn't be half the promoter he is.

When Warren was with exclusively with Sky, he was the Number 1 in the UK but he know the Boxing game much better then Hearn does in terms of nurturing young Talent.

That's not entirely true. While sky is a massive platform and has undoubtedly helped him. Boxing wasn't huge in the UK until Hearn took it to another level.

I'm from the UK and I only use to follow US fighters and fights.. I didn't even know many British fighters because the boxing scene here was rubbish. Plus if you go to a Eddie Hearn show.. The difference is day an night compared to Frank Warren shows.. The atmosphere just makes it a much better night.

Many people don't realise that Matchroom is more than just boxing.. They took Darts, fishing and other unpopular sports in the UK and blew them up.. Darts and Fishing is now huge in the UK now and that's thanks to Matchroom. Hearn just knows how to sell and you have to give him that.

[Butch.McRae]

All good we should see him more often. Gone are the days where we see fighters fighting often, I know it's to maximize promotion, health and stuff like that, but, damn I just want to see them fight often. I wish there would be a business model where it's super profitable if you fight more often, rather than 2-3 times a year only.

More than profit I think health is the biggest factor after they get to a certain level of competition. These camps be trying to extend careers which I think is smart. Look at GGG lately, it's clear the step up is taking on him despite how good he is. It's a brutal profession.

[Boxnation fan]

That's not entirely true. While sky is a massive platform and has undoubtedly helped him. Boxing wasn't huge in the UK until Hearn took it to another level.

I'm from the UK and I only use to follow US fighters and fights.. I didn't even know many British fighters because the boxing scene here was rubbish. Plus if you go to a Eddie Hearn show.. The difference is day an night compared to Frank Warren shows.. The atmosphere just makes it a much better night.

Many people don't realise that Matchroom is more than just boxing.. They took Darts, fishing and other unpopular sports in the UK and blew them up.. Darts and Fishing is now huge in the UK now and that's thanks to Matchroom. Hearn just knows how to sell and you have to give him that.

Are you kidding? The atmosphere and crowd at the Callum Smith fight was the worst i've ever seem! There must have been like 100 people in there and it was like a Morgue. Lots of Hearn shows are duds in terms of crowds.

Most of Hearn's Current fighters were built up by Warren too. Guys like Anthony Crolla, Bellew, Degale, Ricky Burns.

The Number 1 thing that has happened to UK Boxing is Sky and the Internet.

Boxing was thriving 10 years ago too in the UK...20 Years ago.

Warren was doing stadiums too, filling them for Joe Calzaghe fights that drew 30-40,000. He was packing the M.E.N with 20,000 on a regular basis for the Hatton Fights

[satiev1]

**** yah *****es hbo is back taking over again.

[landotter]

I hope it works out. Would be extra nice if he could secure the GGG rematch

I think he will, but Trip G needs to beat Alvarez first and then he would want that unification with Saunders. He has ALWAYS said unifying the MW division and beating everyone great was his goal.

After that? So long as he survives all that unblemished, Golovkin would rematch him. If he loses to Alvarez (he won't lose to Saunders), he may take a Jacobs fight right after. And by that time I might even favor Jacobs.

[maguirre]

I hope it works out. Would be extra nice if he could secure the GGG rematch

Jacobs heaved a huge sigh of relief at the end of the GGG fight, "Thank God it's over." Are you sure he wants the rematch? Why would he want to go through hell again?