Are GYM fighters contractually obligated to Showtime?

[Pigeons]

Adonis has fought on CBS, NBC, Spike as well as Showtime in the past few years. He's free to fight wherever the fight we be broadcasts.

Pimp has never fought on NBC.

He has fought on CBS which owns Showtime and Spike which is owned by Viacom. CBS and Viacom are owned by National Amusements, Inc. They're all interconnected. It's a f**kng conspiracy, man. Pimp has been under the control of National Amusements, Inc. since he ducked Kovalev and jumped ship in 2014.

[Scipio2009]

The simple answer is no, but kinda.

Adonis Stevenson is with Showtime, full stop (along with his situation in Canada).

The Stevenson relationship gave GYM the chance to showcase their other fighters to Showtime, some of whom Showtime has liked, but not liked enough to commit dates too.

Beterbiev was able to get some kind of committment from Eddie Hearn for his DAZN project (without any rumors about the actual deal, and Eddie Hearn's fighter also being mandatory, if this was a 1 and 1 deal), and Alvarez still owes Kovalev an option that he may exercise (I sincerely doubt that Alvarez would ever sign anything that would give Kovalev a callable rematch whenever he wants, lol).

Stevenson will have his mandatory on Showtime, and if he gets by that, GYM will shop Stevenson-Alvarez to Showtime, who will almost certainly buy the fight.

Beterbiev get his fights out of the way with Eddie Hearn, and then we likely get a WBC/IBF/WBO unification fight on Showtime.