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Originally posted by Randall Cunning View PostPacquiao gunna go to Hearn, this Mayweather stuff bull****.
Although I'm not entirely confident Floyd vs Manny 2 don't go down as f#cking nuts as that might sound. I used to be a pro at calling Floyd's shots, but I never thought Floyd vs Manny 1 would go down or obviously Floyd vs Conor. Both those fights have come & gone doe.
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostShe knows if Kovalev wins more people will see it on ESPN than on DAZN. If he loses more people will see it on ESPN. She wants more eyeballs on her fighter.
To me that logic doesn't add up. Unless Kathy is ******ed which is in the ballpark of my opinion of her OR Hearn isn't offering as much money as his budget would have you thinking he would.
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostHis other win
But yea that was a W & I gotta say the Canelo vs GGG weigh in fell flat to me cuz Buffer wasn't there. Kinda crazy that with all that money the best US acqusition was the guy ANNOUNCING the fights vs the mfers fighting.
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Originally posted by Stinger1 View PostThe Fox deal was for 22 shows with a budget of $60m, 10 of those marquee fight nights. So even if the budget is $4m for the marquee fight nights, they're not going to be able to compete with what Hearn can offer on his smaller shows when he's splitting $125m over 16 shows.
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Originally posted by Stinger1 View PostMaybe Eddie is being smart and letting everyone shoot their load? I'm sure there's nothing in the DAZN deal that says he has to blow the full $125m a year. If it is truly an 8 year deal then he can afford to be patient and make the right deals for Matchroom and DAZN. When all the Haymon fighters realise the Fox deal won't do anything for them and I think we'll see a lot of them move to DAZN.
Make no mistake, Hearn has tried to go after Haymon guys hard, and went after this fight hard. He for one had no idea how much money Haymon fighters were making and then like I mentioned earlier underestimated proven fighters not wanting to fight on such a small platform.
Hearn obviously has a lot of money, but one thing that hasn't been made clear is if the $125 million per year is for the license fees or in totality? Like for example, he mentioned they will use up to $50 million in marketing. So is that separate from the $125 million?
Point blank, he is up against it and has thus far been humbled. He will need to adjust his plan a bit and wait until DAZN becomes proven. Problem with that? Only way it happens is if it picks up rights to other major sports leagues and those rights aren't open until 2021 or 2022.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostWhy do you want more eyes vs more money on a old guy who's lost 3 of his last 5 fights doe? Shouldn't old past prime guys be grabbing the bigger check today cuz tomorrow isn't guaranteed?
To me that logic doesn't add up. Unless Kathy is ******ed which is in the ballpark of my opinion of her OR Hearn isn't offering as much money as his budget would have you thinking he would.
And I'm not even sure how much money he was offered from DAZN. I'm starting to doubt all these numbers that came out. People were basically writing Eddie Hearn's press release. Nobody has actually put the effort into investigating those numbers
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostYea if Hearn doesn't get Pacquiao he's definitely dropping the ball too much.
Although I'm not entirely confident Floyd vs Manny 2 don't go down as f#cking nuts as that might sound. I used to be a pro at calling Floyd's shots, but I never thought Floyd vs Manny 1 would go down or obviously Floyd vs Conor. Both those fights have come & gone doe.
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I'm guessing Duva believes a Kovalev win gets him another two or so fight deal with good money and gives her a chance to get additional dates. But I legit have no idea who she has left in her stable that warrants dates on ESPN or any other network.
And as for the money? Again we have no idea what was offered by both parties. Just curious why Barry keeps having to make all the calls/e-mails though.
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