How on earth did pbc fail?

[lightsoutrome]

How did they fail? They still have cards coming up and I never got into the fan boy mode like many do. I can careless if it’s PBC, Top Rank, Golden Boy? Hearn etc long as it’s a fight I would like to see I will watch and support

[sugarsmosley]

Because fighters like peter quillin were being treated as if they were actually good

[Vasyl’s dad]

Paid too much to fight infrequently.

[Scipio2009]

What makes you think PBC failed?

-Showtime significantly increased it's boxing budget, with the vast majority of that going to PBC fighters.

-The time buy phase proved that boxing was a viable sport property off of premium cable (he seemingly got short money on it, but Bob Arum was able to get a content deal with ESPN and to help build ESPN+).

-PBC still has a great relationship with FOX/FS1, and with the UFC taking everything to ESPN and WWE SmackDown being set to feature Friday night on FOX (Thursday Night Football is also set for FOX), FS1 is without a ton of content for 2019 and beyond (with Showtime/CBS maxing out at ~20 dates for Showtime Championship Boxing/SHO International and another ~15 dates for ShoBox, and BounceTV getting their 4 shows a year, PBC has more than enough fights to deliver the 4 dates for FOX and however many FS1 dates that Fox Sports wants to have filled).

[daggum]

it didn't fail at all. failing is the new winning. just look at the president. times are changing folks. get with it

[rudy]

PBC failed because Mayweather made money and wiped out the budget for anything for the next 10 years when all the mugs brought Mcgregor vs Mayweather

[kafkod]

PBC failed because of racism. Them white investors gave Al fake money and sent the real money to Eddie Hearn. Smh.

[Thraxox]

PBC failed because of racism. Them white investors gave Al fake money and sent the real money to Eddie Hearn. Smh.

I am not surprised that some would actually believe that...... I mean it'd boxingscene.

[Holler]

its still going I believe so this conversation may be premature?

That said, the model looks flawed to me. Content is king but you need the right platform to distribute it. DAZN may fail but the model looks far better suited to the modern broadcast landscape than the PBC format, at least as I understand it from the outside.

[MDPopescu]

its still going I believe so this conversation may be premature?

That said, the model looks flawed to me. Content is king but you need the right platform to distribute it. DAZN may fail but the model looks far better suited to the modern broadcast landscape than the PBC format, at least as I understand it from the outside.

... it's not about DAZN "per se", or ESPN+ or any other streaming platform... it's about paid streaming services vs big TV channels...