Comments Thread For: Hearn, Perform Group Reveal Details of '$1 Billion' Venture

[Sid-Knee]

You're the only person actually asking an intelligent question.

I've worked in the Media since 2002 and i can guarantee you that this is going to be a complete and utter Flop of massive proportions.

It also won't last longer then 24 months at the most and is not worth close to the 1 Billion thats been reported but people lap up Hearns BS in the same way they do with Trump.

DAZN isn't going to get enough Americans to subscribe with the likes of Spence, Charlo brothers, Wilder, Broner and Thurman...No one cares about them.

This isn't some speculative opinion...i know it won't work.

Oh look, Frank Warren's drone is angry. Haha.

[kafkod]

Here's the sell

Hearn knows wilder is gonna spark aj & he wants wilder signed to him.

This deal will be used as an excuse to duck wilder unless Hearn holds all the cards.
He won't put aj near wilder nor will he pay him a decent fee to fight without signing.
Hearn will look to keep aj safe with his fights for a few years if wilder doesn't sign.

Hearn will start to talk about the bigger picture and how everything's exciting and wilders not doing enough...

It's all smoke and mirrors to duck wilder or sign him up as Hearn knows wilder will take Joshua out...
Whoever has wilder will run the game. Hearn knows this..

So he's gonna try and shut wilder out to devalue him or sign himself, this deal will be his platform

He's already been foxed out of that, though. The moment that Wilder finally got pub, drew massive attention for the Ortiz fight, put forward the offer to make the fight that everyone wants to see, and the American sporting press picked up the story of Hearn confirming that the offer was indeed real, he's stuck.

The American/global public understands that the Povetkin fight is a possibility for being next, but after that, the only thing that anyone outside of the UK would even want to hear about Joshua would be when is he fighting Wilder.

No one cares about the Charr-Oquendo winner, no one cares about Dillian Whyte, no one cares about Jarell Miller, no one cares about Tyson Fury, etc.

Joe Calzaghe sets in

Nice story. But no one cares about Wilder either.

[Boxnation fan]

Oh look, Frank Warren's drone is angry. Haha.

You'd think that because you're ******.

This is actually brilliant news for Frank Warren.

I guarantee you that Frank is doing Cartwheels right now.

Do you know why this deal will actually end up being great for Frank Warren? I'm interested to know if you have the smarts to figure out why!

[Douglas Cohen]

Once this is up and running, I will be curious to see if Eddie Hearn distances himself from HBO. I know Daniel Jacobs is part of Matchroom Boxing USA and has signed a contract with HBO. That is probably the best move for him regardless of these new developments, because as long as HBO has both Canelo and GGG, all middleweight roads ultimately lead through HBO.

But outside of this, will Hearn forge on without them, only working with them occasionally ala Al Haymon? If so, it would be another big loss for HBO. In the past few years they've lost most of their business from Al Haymon's clients, and then Top Rank bailed on them when they jumped to ESPN. Even Oscar de la Hoya realizes that HBO is trending down--all his up and coming talent is on ESPN2, and some of his best talent like Jorge Linares and Lucas Matthysse are fighting outside the network because the HBO stable cannot provide them the big fights they need.

If they lose most of the potential business from Matchroom Boxing USA as well, you have to start wondering how much longer HBO will continue as a viable boxing entity once GGG and Canelo are no longer active superstars. They have other good fighters, sure, but these are their anchors, and their main roster of talent has been shrinking for years, as has their fight calendar.

Jarrell Miller is with Matchroom Boxing USA, and his appearance on HBO is clearly an indicator that HBO is trying to get in on the heavyweight sweepstakes. They already made one huge offer to Anthony Joshua that Showtime ended up matching. I won't be at all surprised if they make another much bigger offer to Joshua sometime soon in an effort to stablize their brand.

[kafkod]

Hearn has a $billion deal going on but you think it's a smoke screen to duck Wilder?

I think you should take some time away from the internet if you think that. That's way beyond crazy.

It's not crazy at all. Didn't you know .. Hearn's whole life now revolves around protecting AJ from Wilder. He will literally stop at nothing to prevent the fight from happening .. nothing!

[Chrismart]

[Brooklyn926]

This is great, this “news” got dudes feeling and acting like they making actually money off this.. maybe they like to count other people’s money.. and what is Dazn

[Sid-Knee]

As usual boxingscene will break this story into as many as possible.
It's already in print that Hearn is using this deal to lure wilder. If that's what he wants & he clearly does.
Who honestly believes he will let aj(his biggest fighter) face wilder without wilder signed to Hearn stable.
Now Hearn knows wilder can generate 50mil plus with "no real promotion " he also knows the risk with wilder....that's why he's far more cautious than the 4 fights AJ is built on.

Wilder doesn't generate $50 Mill you idiot. You know full well that the big money is due to AJ, not Wilder. Why else do you think Wilder gets paid peanuts and fights in arenas that aren't full?

Some people on this site are just TOO ****** for words. You're one of them.

[Tygshsu]

Once this is up and running, I will be curious to see if Eddie Hearn distances himself from HBO. I know Daniel Jacobs is part of Matchroom Boxing USA and has signed a contract with HBO. That is probably the best move for him regardless of these new developments, because as long as HBO has both Canelo and GGG, all middleweight roads ultimately lead through HBO.

But outside of this, will Hearn forge on without them, only working with them occasionally ala Al Haymon? If so, it would be another big loss for HBO. In the past few years they've lost most of their business from Al Haymon's clients, and then Top Rank bailed on them when they jumped to ESPN. Even Oscar de la Hoya realizes that HBO is trending down--all his up and coming talent is on ESPN2, and some of his best talent like Jorge Linares and Lucas Matthysse are fighting outside the network because the HBO stable cannot provide them the big fights they need.

If they lose most of the potential business from Matchroom Boxing USA as well, you have to start wondering how much longer HBO will continue as a viable boxing entity once GGG and Canelo are no longer active superstars. They have other good fighters, sure, but these are their anchors, and their main roster of talent has been shrinking for years, as has their fight calendar.

Jarrell Miller is with Matchroom Boxing USA, and his appearance on HBO is clearly an indicator that HBO is trying to get in on the heavyweight sweepstakes. They already made one huge offer to Anthony Joshua that Showtime ended up matching. I won't be at all surprised if they make another much bigger offer to Joshua sometime soon in an effort to stablize their brand.

HBO dont have the money.Even if they do get Joshua and somehow manage to outbid Showtime in a bloody battle, they would still have to share Joshua-Wilder with Showtime and that is the only meaningful fight for Joshua in America.Pumping Joshua's fights at 5pm in the Afternoon is not beneficial to HBO.HBO are realising Boxing is a dying one on Linear Tv and once Canelo is out, they will be done

[Sid-Knee]

You'd think that because you're ******.

This is actually brilliant news for Frank Warren.

I guarantee you that Frank is doing Cartwheels right now.

Do you know why this deal will actually end up being great for Frank Warren? I'm interested to know if you have the smarts to figure out why!

Go on, i'll bite. Why is Frank Warren doing cartwheels?