Are We Seeing the End Times For Boxing? (worst take of 2018)

[Motorcity Cobra]

For keeping boxing alive and showing the other promoters that there were other avenues away from HBO/SHO? Definitely.

Big facts...

[STREET CLEANER]

2017 was a great year for boxing. Almost every meaningful fight got done.

Now it is time to for new highly anticipated fights to start brewing.

[-DSG-]

Not at all boxing on ESPN and fox is way bigger than HBO. If top rank and pbc can give us great fights on those two Channels boxing will be ok.

[-DSG-]

For keeping boxing alive and showing the other promoters that there were other avenues away from HBO/SHO? Definitely.

Al Haymon doesn't do that if it wasn't for Kathy duva getting that deal she had with NBC. She actually brought boxing back to network tv on NBC.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Their casual fans at the most. I'm sure they have no idea about the 100's of millions of dollars that ESPN, FOX, Showtime and DAZN are putting into the sport.

You can put a gazillion dollars into the sport, but if the best guys choose not to fight eachother, nobody cares. Fans dont tune in to see who cashes the biggest paychecks. Floyd fans do, but not sports fans in general.

[Vasyl’s dad]

For keeping boxing alive and showing the other promoters that there were other avenues away from HBO/SHO? Definitely.

What exactly were these other avenues that had never been traveled before? Boxing on cable tv? Been done before. Boxing on network tv? Been done before. All in the 80s and 90s. So what exacty are these other avenues?

[bballchump11]

You can put a gazillion dollars into the sport, but if the best guys choose not to fight eachother, nobody cares. Fans dont tune in to see who cashes the biggest paychecks. Floyd fans do, but not sports fans in general.

True but i doubt all these networks want to throw cash at a dying sport. Plus the extra money might make these fights happen

[Kagami Taiga]

What exactly were these other avenues that had never been traveled before? Boxing on cable tv? Been done before. Boxing on network tv? Been done before. All in the 80s and 90s. So what exacty are these other avenues?

Yeah it was done before. But no1 was doing it were they? Everyone was stuck on SHO and HBO.