If Hearn Can't Sign Some Name PBC Free Agents Who Does He Sign For This DAZN Project?

[Eff Pandas]

LOL, Bradley Skeete, nah hes with Warren. Sky cards wont be affected, just the same things as its always been.

If DAZN does have the WBSS its not to do with Hearn, its a separate deal. Id imagine there could be situations when you get competing cards. That whole thing you've always brought up about the US and WBSS, how it isn't really possible logistically to have it all on the same channel. Streaming platform is ideal for the WBSS, eliminates the problem.

Okay so my premise stands. IF Hearn CAN'T sign PBC/Haymon free agents who is he gonna put on this DAZN platform for his 16 US shows a year???

[Eff Pandas]

He can sign the best amateur fighters like Daniyar Yeleussinov.

You think a guy in Norfolk, VA or Milwaukee, WI is gonna spend $20(?) a month to watch Daniyar Yeleussinov?

And isn't that guy signed with the UK end of Hearn's promotion anyway?

[Stinger1]

Okay so my premise stands. IF Hearn CAN'T sign PBC/Haymon free agents who is he gonna put on this DAZN platform for his 16 US shows a year???

Its a false premise though. He has a bigger budget than Showtime and HBO combined. So he has $65m+. If he is struggling to sign fighters he can just up the offer. He could offer 4 guys, 2 fights a year deal and still have $25m leftover. He will sign fighters its just a question of how many.

[Randall Cunning]

Okay so my premise stands. IF Hearn CAN'T sign PBC/Haymon free agents who is he gonna put on this DAZN platform for his 16 US shows a year???

Did answer that a few posts back, will have to pick up things like Andrade/Derevyanchenko that HBO weren't willing to pay the purses on.

I don't really think theres going to be a problem though, moneys a hell of a thing.

[MDPopescu]

... It's not clear what actual business model this Matchroom US / DAZN deal is about...

[Outworn]

You think a guy in Norfolk, VA or Milwaukee, WI is gonna spend $20(?) a month to watch Daniyar Yeleussinov?

And isn't that guy signed with the UK end of Hearn's promotion anyway?

Dang you caught off guard. I can't even answer that. I don't even know if his Matchroom stables can't be on DAZN.

[Randall Cunning]

Eddie has already said the first show is in September and the first "monster" (i.e PPV worthy) in November.

Yeah, seen that, pretty sure I linked the video to Pandas where he said it. Think his thread though is saying, hypothetically, what if he doesnt have anyone to put on the cards.

[Eff Pandas]

Did answer that a few posts back, will have to pick up things like Andrade/Derevyanchenko that HBO weren't willing to pay the purses on.

I don't really think theres going to be a problem though, moneys a hell of a thing.

Fair play.

... It's not clear what actual business model this Matchroom US / DAZN deal is about...

Isn't it Netflix for Sports more or less?

DAZN would be Netflix. And Hearn would be like whoever goes out to find shows worth Netflix's investment with the quality Netflix wants or a director signed to Netflix directing his own films for Netflix.

[Eff Pandas]

Dang you caught off guard. I can't even answer that. I don't even know if his Matchroom stables can't be on DAZN.

I would assume there can be some flipping guys to & fro, but you gotta get people on board with this US product first & idk if Yeleussinov sells in the US.

[NEETzsche]

PBC/Showtime have been putting on the best shows for 2 years. Why would any boxing fan want to see them go to Hearn so they can fight the Jo Jo Dans 3 fights a year is beyond me.

And HBO were putting on the best shows before Haymon's PBC gambit pretty much squeezed them out of the sport. PBC hasn't been a net improvement to boxing, it's just been an improvement of Haymon and Showtime's position. The hope is that this DAZN venture can actually improve the sport as a whole rather than just being another power reshuffle like the PBC deal. I was optimistic at the start of the PBC thing and I choose to be optimistic again now

Contrary to what you Americans have gotten into your heads, Hearn is actually one of lesser evils when it comes to boxing promotion. His positives are that he delivers big events, he takes risks with his match-making, he is more willing than most to do business with rival promoters, he doesn't trap his fighters in slave contracts or get into legal battles with them and his shows attract casuals. The downsides are that he maybe appeals too much to casuals at the expense of hardcores sometimes and I don't think he has as full an understanding of the levels in boxing as old school guys like Warren and Arum so his fighters' schedules sometimes vacillate between overly easy fights and overly risky fights rather than following a steady curve, and he also doesn't have the best knack of finding exciting "industry fights" for his undercards