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

[StephenM]

Whether you like Hearn or not..US fans should be loving this.

A promoter known to put on live crowd pleasing events, with the backing of a massive wod of cash, offering you the opportunity to have 16 shows, with all the provisions to have some of those as PPV and/or noteworthy quality.

You can have all of this, all 16 shows for the price of 4 PPV shows at your current rates.. with the option to just buy the service as and when a fight you wana see is on and then cancel it or not bother with it when there isnt something to your liking?

And some in here are STILL being negative towards it..

" i dont see how it'll work"
" they wont compete with x or y "

no.. it wont and no they wont, if the above continues because fans like you preaching the above will gladly sit and pay exorbitant prices for what you know, even though its a ****ing rip-off.

I haven't paid for a PPV in a long time. If DAZN is as easy to get for free as everything else I'm all for it.

[Boxnation fan]

Not sure why they paid a billion, 99% of Hearns fighters unknown in the US, and even the Americans are not superstars.

He does not have the talent to put on 16 cards that will matter, he will have the money, he will have the TV time, but he won't have any fighters Americans care about, and that includes AJ, who registers piss poor numbers on Showtime.

This deal is a big nothing, doubt the agreement sees year 3

This deal won't go past 24 months...hell i'd be surprised if it lasts 12 months.

[Randall Cunning]

Not sure why they paid a billion, 99% of Hearns fighters unknown in the US, and even the Americans are not superstars.

He does not have the talent to put on 16 cards that will matter, he will have the money, he will have the TV time, but he won't have any fighters Americans care about, and that includes AJ, who registers piss poor numbers on Showtime.

This deal is a big nothing, doubt the agreement sees year 3

Hes announcing 30 fighters hes signed next month, this is just stage 1.

[Szef]

Interesting...

[filup79]

I imagine they'll be hearing of it soon.

And cord cutters are gonna love a all sports channel that streams for $20 I would think.

Plus I still contend the real value in streaming is barely being touched upon yet from the things I've seen. Streaming will allow customization of the viewing experience for live sports on a level we've never seen before. Streaming will ultimately revolutionize what the viewing of a game, fight or what have you looks like.

I ain't paying another 20 bucks a month for a channel I won't be seeing everyday. Just like a refuse to pay $5 dollars for the ESPN+ app. I'm sure there's plenty of other who won't either. It doesn't matter if they're cord cutters, many won't pay at $20. People are already paying for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Sling and other premium channel apps. That adds up.

[yammy25]

This deal won't go past 24 months...hell i'd be surprised if it lasts 12 months.

Bet you all my points they'll still be doing absolutely fine in 12 months time.. SIG this so you know i'll never go back on my word.

[TheBigLug]

Not sure why they paid a billion, 99% of Hearns fighters unknown in the US, and even the Americans are not superstars.

He does not have the talent to put on 16 cards that will matter, he will have the money, he will have the TV time, but he won't have any fighters Americans care about, and that includes AJ, who registers piss poor numbers on Showtime.

This deal is a big nothing, doubt the agreement sees year 3

The money will attract the talent..

Also, although it's a new market for Hearn, if you look at Matchrooms track record in sports and deals, they are pretty much always successful. They're not just in the boxing game, they have a big stake in Darts, Snooker, European PGA golf etc. . It isn't just Eddie Hearn, they have some very smart business men behind the scenes, including his old man.

As i say, it's a new and different market but their track record with sports and TV deals show that they know what they're doing. No reason to believe it won't be a success.

[sportbuddha]

Good Questions.

Japanese Baseball means nothing in America.

Americans only want the BEST, they don't want inferior quality. Thats why the XFL never worked because Americans knew it wasn't up to the quality of NFL.

Brands like HBO are built via quality programming and loyalty to the brand.

The American market is an absolute monster to get a piece of the pie in and many companies have spent Billions trying and failing to do that.

DAZN won't be around in the American Market for longer then 24 months...i'd be surprised if they last longer then 12 months before they abandon it and go back to the Markets they know.

They are not looking to win massive market share in the US, this deal is about content creation for distribution. Hearn is commiting to creating a certain amount of content they can distribute. It doesn’t matter too much how much consumption they get in the country they create the content, it’s the other 5.5bn people they want to market too outside of the US.

Having said that, if they are smart enough they will pick up US customers along the way, after all, Tidal is home grown, Apple Music home grown and yet Spotify has more users in the US, so its possible DAZN could pick up a following, but less likely I think.

[Boksfan]

You're missing the point & it's clear so question is why?

Other than mayweather(there won't be another) the biggest purses, the highest earners, the biggest crowds have been heavyweight boxing that can be sold to the US market.

Aj & Hearn claim to want all the belts.
The admit they overpaid to get the belts they have. Charles Martin, Joseph Parker.. who were these guys? Real threats?
Klitschko..who'd been inactive & beaten in his last fight..hardly threw a punch & looked beatable.

Now there's wilder. The final piece that they claim to want.
Suddenly they don't want to overpay.

There's no denying wilder is the most dangerous fight for aj..he poses a bigger threat than any of the other 3 guys they "overpaid" I think the word they meant was "bought".

They've created aj for the casuals..selling him against overmatched fighters. They took a calculated risk with klit...they won't do it with wilder.

Wilder will ko aj....once that happens wilder will be the new Tyson...Mike Tyson, that's how he'll sell

The only other threat will be Fury...Hearn won't put aj in with either unless they sign

A heavyweight paper champ will sell more than 3 lower weight classes together

Wilder with all the belts will earn more than all the fighters you mentioned combined. It's heavyweight boxing

Oh boy you are painfully deluded

[Deus]

Interesting but it's only relevant with a decent stable... let's see who he signs with this money.