Comments Thread For: Arum Explains Why Crawford is Being Featured on ESPN+

[lanker rom]

But we are not there yet to completely abandon TV. Sure we have seen big fights on TV and in addition they have streaming options for the consumer. Here they just shut out Traditional TV consumers. And remember boxing already has a older demographic then most other top sports. Older folks who have not yet moved away from traditional TV and they literally have no way to watch this fight now. You just alienated a huge population of boxing fans. I can see this working in a year or 2 if the app takes off but right now it just leaves a bad taste in people's mouth for a brand new app that nobody is using today and so far everything I read isn't about people wanting to run and get this it's folks sticking their middle finger up saying well then I'm not watching this fight.

Crawford isn't a big name to young casual fans so they are just going to move on to something else and hard core fans and older fans are the ones suffering. Lost opportunity to grow the sport to casuals, lost opportunity for Crawford because less people will see or talk about this fight now.

Hmmm I wonder how Crawford feels about this. Bobs statement seems to indicate he felt the need to explain why. Is this the direction Terrance wants to go with his career?

[lanker rom]

But we are not there yet to completely abandon TV. Sure we have seen big fights on TV and in addition they have streaming options for the consumer. Here they just shut out Traditional TV consumers. And remember boxing already has a older demographic then most other top sports. Older folks who have not yet moved away from traditional TV and they literally have no way to watch this fight now. You just alienated a huge population of boxing fans. I can see this working in a year or 2 if the app takes off but right now it just leaves a bad taste in people's mouth for a brand new app that nobody is using today and so far everything I read isn't about people wanting to run and get this it's folks sticking their middle finger up saying well then I'm not watching this fight.

Crawford isn't a big name to young casual fans so they are just going to move on to something else and hard core fans and older fans are the ones suffering. Lost opportunity to grow the sport to casuals, lost opportunity for Crawford because less people will see or talk about this fight now.

I wonder what terrance Crawford thinks about this. Bob arums statement seems to indicate he got seconded guess by someone?

[Fists_of_Fury]

I would rather watch Showtime than pay for this trash app from Libtard minded ESPN. I can use the Showtime app and watch anywhere or watch Showtime on my tv. 2 good fights on Showtime too compared to a Crawford showcase fight against a guy that home cooked his way to a decision over Pacquiao.

[Scipio2009]

I think you guys don't seems to understand that TV is slowly dying and ESPN knows about it ; that's why they are the pionneer of a new way to watch boxing. It's not anymore about people sitting on a couch in their living room, it's about anyone with the app will be able to watch the fight, wherever they are, as long they have a wifi signal.. It might actually seems dumb but i'm sure the futur is not on TV and this app will be the precurser of something new, something better than TV.
Wait and see.

If that was earnestly the move, ESPN picked the wrong fight to do it with; eyeballs or not, the folks who tuned in saw a crude, rugged guy in an ugly fight, before then having anyone on the network tied with combat sports ****ting on the result as being indicative of the ugliness in boxing. You add the ****, foul-filled performance in the Australia fight, and folks aren't checking for Horn like that.

If anything, you go with Lomachenko vs Linares for ESPN+; much better fight, both guys are seen as being top level, and ESPN wouldn't be embarrassed to actually market the fight.

[Removed Now]

I think it was a poor decision to place bud on an ESPN app. I highly doubt that the viewership will even match what it could have done if it were broadcasted on regular ESPN. Also, I know it costs 4.99 a month but if your paying for hbo, showtime, cable, and PPV then a person may not want to dish out an extra 5 bucks a month and who knows if the price will go up. Just a very poor decision IMO and I know many that agree.

I ain't paying for it. And you know others aren't either. The greed of this sports is insane they think we got money falling out of azz.

[Cadet Bonespurs]

ESPN wants to sell the app! They don’t really care about boxing.

Just pay the 5 bucks and stop whining

[Scipio2009]

I would rather watch Showtime than pay for this trash app from Libtard minded ESPN. I can use the Showtime app and watch anywhere or watch Showtime on my tv. 2 good fights on Showtime too compared to a Crawford showcase fight against a guy that home cooked his way to a decision over Pacquiao.

Add in a good fight in Flanagan-Hooker to start the afternoon off, plus the Fury showcase (both fights, basically for free in the US, to hype the evening show), and it's looking like a terrible weekend to try and debut any pay wall.

[hitking]

I’m not very tech savvy. If I get the app, will it be on television? Or will I have to watch on some other electronic device?

[johnnyblazz]

**** Top Rank for making this fight

This isn’t worth $5. This is only worth a morning YouTube watch

[BestPR]

...fellas, fellas...it's a win/Big, Lose/little stakes here...if Crawford wins, ESPN wins Big, and if he loses, ESPN loses little!!! I hope Horn beats that ass!!