Comments Thread For: White: I'll Never Work With Showtime, I Despise Those F***ing Guys

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

So why does he keep begging for the rematch w/ Floyd? Idiot

[jmrf4435]

how will he and his company do well in boxing without aligning themselves to some of the biggest boxing networks like showtime,espn or HBO..they got all the marquee fighters around.. let see how zuffa's venture plays out..hopefully not another roc nation

Screw the big networks. I feel they are part of the reason for boxings lack of exposure.

Dana white was a genius with the 'UFC on fox" stuff. We already affiliate fox with the NFL, it was easy to slip in UFC and get a similar audience.

He should push for ESPN, CBS, or fox

[Robbie Barrett]

So Dana is saying that showtime would choose to understate having the highest ppv of all time by 3 million buys just because one of the fighters involved was a ufc star?? Makes 0 sense.

Wouldn't White know exactly how many it sold being McGregors promoter and him getting paid a percentage of every PPV? Unless he's claiming Showtime robbed them.

[TheCell8]

Sounds like the most ****** thing to get mad over...

[Curt Henning]

Screw the big networks. I feel they are part of the reason for boxings lack of exposure.

Dana white was a genius with the 'UFC on fox" stuff. We already affiliate fox with the NFL, it was easy to slip in UFC and get a similar audience.

He should push for ESPN, CBS, or fox

pushing for CBS wont be so easy since he wont work with showtime...im not sure you where are you from...i certainly hope not america...cbs and showtime are the same company

[Scipio2009]

Showtime is likely right, and Dana White is likely right too.

The US number for the ppv was likely 4.3-4.4 million US homes, but the fight likely topped 1.5m PPV buys in UK/Ireland, with the fight being PPV in Australia, Canada, and few other PPV markets.

You figure that the technical difficulties ended up costing them a couple hundred thousand buys, and you're already well over 6m PPV buys (at different price points) on just the US/UK/Ireland.

[MisanthropicNY]

If Showtime is trying to stiff you on money, then show the proof, publicly destroy them and sue them. Seems like a spoiled rich guy crying over something silly. It's also dumb to eliminate CBS/Showtime as a potential entity bidding on your fights. You have to be a business man, and Dana did not handle this situation correctly. Totally disagree with his position here.

[german12johnson]

Hmmm, could Dana already be aligned with the guys across the way, HBO?

Most of the hype jobs are on hbo

[N/A]

so hell be in boxing and not work with top rank, goldenboy and sho. genius

What if he gets the exclusive on Haymon's stable and leverages the UFC to get UFC & PBC a monster TV deal on the same family of networks?

Checkmate.

[HanzGruber]

What if he gets the exclusive on Haymon's stable and leverages the UFC to get UFC & PBC a monster TV deal on the same family of networks?

Checkmate.

i dont see them getting a huge tv deal without having any fights, and al is very buddy buddy with sho