Comments Thread For: Schaefer Frustrated By Lack of U.S. Television Deal for WBSS

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

The bout between George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr, which takes place on February17th at the Manchester Arena in the U.K. sold-out in seven minutes. This match-up is part of the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series super middleweight tournament. There's no questioning just how much interest there is in this event in Europe.
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[OgTripleOg]

bunch of no name boxers from uk thats why it wont get much views in america

[daggum]

what did he expect? none of those guys really fight on us television. think usyk had one fight on hbo. try using all that money to do a tournament at 175. all the top 8 guys are on us television. you failed again sir!

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Schaefer really can't understand why?
Then he's obviously not the brilliant mind that some people think he is.

[richardt]

what did he expect? none of those guys really fight on us television. think usyk had one fight on hbo. try using all that money to do a tournament at 175. all the top 8 guys are on us television. you failed again sir!

Very true. If these guys had more exposure on american TV when a buz was created earlier in their careers, they would have been more known now and that would have catapulted their acceptance to bigger networks covering them. I cant count how many times Usyk's name has come up on Boxing scene and other sites and I hadnt even seen him cause a number of his earlier fights were not televised. Along with other really good fighters who are very talented that I didnt see till later because of no real exposure in the US. So yeah, they need buildup from the get go and then that earlier exposure will pave way for bigger things on HBO and Showtime.

[OctoberRed]

Schaefer really can't understand why?
Then he's obviously not the brilliant mind that some people think he is.

Im sure the cost to pick these up is not high and likely draws better than some of these crap cards they are putting on HBO.

Are you telling me people in America know Machado? Seldin? Roberto Ortiz? O'Sullivan?

[Mammoth]

Are you telling me people in America know Machado? Seldin? Roberto Ortiz? O'Sullivan?

True enough...........

[rudy]

bunch of no name boxers from uk thats why it wont get much views in america

Check HBO last show - total garbarge main event a mismatch

HBO should pick up this great british grudge match

[wrecksracer]

I've been watching the Cruiserweights, but I'm not surprised at all that US TV hasn't picked up these fights. There are limited fight dates, and nobody is going to invest in a tournament featuring a bunch of guys nobody has heard of. Plus, you have to figure HBO isn't planning on working with Schaeffer. His only option was really Showtime.

[Snoop Frog]

I'd like to see the last fights of the tournament on TV, and I think these could be fun to watch for casuals to get them excited about boxing. I wonder if paying a media outlet $1M - $5M to show tournaments like this would be a good investment for building Schaefer's fighters.