Comments Thread For: Report: New PBC, FOX Deal Finalized For FOX, FS1 Broadcasts

[champion4ever]

Yep. And with them passing on that Kovalev vs Alvarez II fight that could be a sign of that Main Events relationship coming to an end or certainly no Kovalev on HBO makes HBO Boxing drop down another level. Granted it seems like maybe Kov's career has run its course, but the main point is HBO aren't finding the new guys to take the old guys spots like they used to do.

In addition to HBO downsizing its boxing programming budget, they don't make a lot of money from distributing Pay per view events either. The promoters are the ones who rake in all the dough from those cards, since they are the ones who are assuming all of the financial obligations and risks from those Pay per view events.

[Pennsauken1]

Eddie Deep Pockets Hearn, taking boxing over in America

[R_Walken]

Good news for boxing fans this past week

Sh.itty For lames like Big Dunny and co. Who hated non stop and Who swore that the PBC was going bankrupt and folding as soon as it was set up

Funny these f.aggots are nowhere to be found now

[Eff Pandas]

Eddie Deep Pockets Hearn, taking boxing over in America

Not when Tevin Farmer is one of your big signings.

Respect to Hearn on getting this deal & trying to make the most of this deal however it ends up cuz I'm all for more boxing in w/e country, but he's for sure gonna need a better roster if he's gonna take over America.

[Pennsauken1]

Not when Tevin Farmer is one of your big signings.

Respect to Hearn on getting this deal & trying to make the most of this deal however it ends up cuz I'm all for more boxing in w/e country, but he's for sure gonna need a better roster if he's gonna take over America.

He’s taking over the boxing trash in America

[slu]

The deal is for four years with an annual budget of $60 million.

Once you figure in the Showtime deal (which is probably in the $60 million range), it's safe to assume Haymon/PBC is working with about $120 million annually over the next 4 years (With a total of 24 Saturday primetime cards annually.), and content deals worth over $500 million over the next 4 years.

It amazes me how people doubted a man who's already sold several $50 - $100 million dollar properties and has created multiple syndicated TV shows. Not to mention his work that led to Floyd becoming the first and it billion $ boxer.

I don't like to pull the race card, but that was the only logical explanation here. The guys is a successful businessman by any objective measure.

Super interesting deal. So 22 shows? I was way off but at least close on the big fox channel at 10. Agree here, Al is not a dumb guy and I'd agree looks like he's in the neighborhood of $100mln ish per year. For the haters, the UFC's first deal with Fox started at $109 mln per year and exited at $150 per year. Then obviously they just had a massive jump. Al is on the way. Now will be ratings and ad loadings which will determine the rest. Your right, Al has been in TV for decades. I read an article that he was one of the co-founders of Bounce TV which just sold to Sinclair. He's crushed it. He has put PBC is a great position now, question is can you drive real ratings and build these guys. Time will tell.

[MasterPlan]

Super interesting deal. So 22 shows? I was way off but at least close on the big fox channel at 10. Agree here, Al is not a dumb guy and I'd agree looks like he's in the neighborhood of $100mln ish per year. For the haters, the UFC's first deal with Fox started at $109 mln per year and exited at $150 per year. Then obviously they just had a massive jump. Al is on the way. Now will be ratings and ad loadings which will determine the rest. Your right, Al has been in TV for decades. I read an article that he was one of the co-founders of Bounce TV which just sold to Sinclair. He's crushed it. He has put PBC is a great position now, question is can you drive real ratings and build these guys. Time will tell.

Al was also one of the biggest concert promoters if the 1980s.

[bballchump11]

Super interesting deal. So 22 shows? I was way off but at least close on the big fox channel at 10. Agree here, Al is not a dumb guy and I'd agree looks like he's in the neighborhood of $100mln ish per year. For the haters, the UFC's first deal with Fox started at $109 mln per year and exited at $150 per year. Then obviously they just had a massive jump. Al is on the way. Now will be ratings and ad loadings which will determine the rest. Your right, Al has been in TV for decades. I read an article that he was one of the co-founders of Bounce TV which just sold to Sinclair. He's crushed it. He has put PBC is a great position now, question is can you drive real ratings and build these guys. Time will tell.

There were rumors that he was a billionaire, but he's so secretive that nobody really knows his net worth.

[BWC]

Eddie Deep Pockets Hearn, taking boxing over in America

MR USA is dead in the water. Why would any fighter sign on a platform no one has ever heard of when they can be on Showtime/Fox or ESPN?

[slu]

Al was also one of the biggest concert promoters if the 1980s.

Absolutely. I think he has something like 1000 hours of TV producer credits too.