Comments Thread For: Joshua-Povetkin Likely for 9/22, To Be Streamed By DAZN in U.S.

[Randall Cunning]

Yeah, and this shows Hearn didn't have Joshua's best interest at heart because the fighter is being used to promote the promoter's platform instead of Hearn getting his guy's name out there.

Joshua has the power to put his foot down, but he didn't in this instance.

We dont know what Joshua's getting out of this though, must be incentives.

[EnglishOxide]

Yeah, and this shows Hearn didn't have Joshua's best interest at heart because the fighter is being used to promote the promoter's platform instead of Hearn getting his guy's name out there.

Joshua has the power to put his foot down, but he didn't in this instance.

Joshua is getting shares in Matchroom son. It benefits him to do this business.

[MC Hammer]

Joshua is getting shares in Matchroom son. It benefits him to do this business.

Says who? Either way he's gonna get shares in a failed app, cause DAZN might be successful elsewhere, but that **** ain't gonna pop in the States. And after this negotiation(seeing a fighter give up 50million or 50% because the promoter wanted something else is not a big motivator to sign with a promoter), I don't see any of Haymon's guys coming over to sign with him, so how are they gonna build this?

[Randall Cunning]

Says who? Either way he's gonna get shares in a failed app, cause DAZN might be successful elsewhere, but that **** ain't gonna pop in the States. And after this negotiation(seeing a fighter give up 50million or 50% because the promoter wanted something else is not a big motivator to sign with a promoter), I don't see any of Haymon's guys coming over to sign with him, so how are they gonna build this?

Joshua said about shares in Matchroom, with Hearn present, in an Ifl interview talking about his new contract.

We dont know what DAZN are offering Joshua yet, could be getting $50mil anyway.

[bigjavi973]

Sounds like Hearn wanted to put Joshua/Wilder on DAZN in this slot but team Wilder lost their pen.

why the hell would this fight be on dazn?



a fight of this magnitude shouldn't be regulated to a streaming service thats just fuggin dumb

[IMDAZED]

why the hell would this fight be on dazn?



a fight of this magnitude shouldn't be regulated to a streaming service thats just fuggin dumb

I don’t think Hearn has a choice.

[EnglishOxide]

I don’t think Hearn has a choice.

He does.

Once the purse he offered is accepted he can put the fight on whichever channel he chooses.

That was in the contract which Wilder agreed to but didn't want to sign.

[Reverb]

You should check out streaming subs for the services out there in entertainment. Last reported figure for Showtime was 4 million subs. I'm not too familar with DAZN but if they want to get serious subs in the US they'll need more than sports to do it imo. The leaders out there offer original content that pulls the vast majority of their paid users.

Here's a cool little source...
http://www.nscreenmedia.com/hbo-now-adds-5m-subs/

Interesting indeed. Streaming is the way it seems and HBO are on that path.
How is Netflix faring?
Is there room for sports to join the party?

[MC Hammer]

Joshua said about shares in Matchroom, with Hearn present, in an Ifl interview talking about his new contract.

We dont know what DAZN are offering Joshua yet, could be getting $50mil anyway.

If that's the case Joshua leveraged the hell out of his position; good on him for that. He's still a ***** for this whole Wilder situation, and I still wish him failure in his future endeavors because of it, but good on him for being an owner

[Butch.McRae]

Interesting indeed. Streaming is the way it seems and HBO are on that path.
How is Netflix faring?
Is there room for sports to join the party?

To my knowledge, Netflix has only focused on original programming (TV & film). Their name hasn't been involved in any sports rights bidding conversations. Out of all the players in the space, they're the only truly hardcore tech company. Which obviously gives them a true advantage. 125 million global subscribers lol