New PBC studio shows premier this afternoon.

[KTFOKING]

Jermell said he's goin for the KO in the first round. Is that a good plan? Tony can crack.

If Charlo tries to load up against Tony, he will get out boxed. Tony can really fight. Just seems to have bad stamina that hurts his chin late in fights. If he can pace himself and take advantage of Charlo loading up, then he can win this fight.

[Bardamu]

This is what PBC should have been doing since the beginning.


Why the f*^* was PBC on different channels, on different dates? Even hardcore fans didn't know when all the fights were on. Stick with a major free network. Have shows to allow new fans to get to know boxing. Boxing is kind of intimidating to get in to. For someone who has never really followed boxing, they don't know anyone or how good different guys are, or why their are so many different guys (in the same division!) that are called "champions" at the same time.


This is what boxing needs. To be truly successful, PBC is going to have to give Fox at least a couple top level, high quality fights a year. At least one card a month, a regular show covering the sport, and at least a couple top fights. If they do that, boxing will become more popular. Especially with espn giving more coverage to the sport and showing Top Rank fights. This will help DAZN too. More boxing fans= more potential subscribers.

I have yet to see boxing do the smart thing, to grow itself. I'm not too hopeful, but this seems to be moving in the right direction.

[MasterPlan]

If Charlo tries to load up against Tony, he will get out boxed. Tony can really fight. Just seems to have bad stamina that hurts his chin late in fights. If he can pace himself and take advantage of Charlo loading up, then he can win this fight.

Jermall even bought it up. On how to trouble Jermell. Cut the ring off and move. Like how Jackson boxed him. But Jermell has greatly improved since then. And Tony barley beat Ishe Smith last year.

[N/A]

This is what PBC should have been doing since the beginning.


Why the f*^* was PBC on different channels, on different dates?

to prove to all the networks that boxing has a core audience that will tune in, any time, anywhere.

NBC didn't end up being interested in paying for boxing. if PBC had put all their efforts into NBC, all the time buys would have been for nothing.

by spreading things around, PBC increased their chances of landing a paid network deal. things worked out well with FOX and that never would have happened if the time buys had only been on one channel.

[MasterPlan]

This is what PBC should have been doing since the beginning.


Why the f*^* was PBC on different channels, on different dates? Even hardcore fans didn't know when all the fights were on. Stick with a major free network. Have shows to allow new fans to get to know boxing. Boxing is kind of intimidating to get in to. For someone who has never really followed boxing, they don't know anyone or how good different guys are, or why their are so many different guys (in the same division!) that are called "champions" at the same time.


This is what boxing needs. To be truly successful, PBC is going to have to give Fox at least a couple top level, high quality fights a year. At least one card a month, a regular show covering the sport, and at least a couple top fights. If they do that, boxing will become more popular. Especially with espn giving more coverage to the sport and showing Top Rank fights. This will help DAZN too. More boxing fans= more potential subscribers.

I have yet to see boxing do the smart thing, to grow itself. I'm not too hopeful, but this seems to be moving in the right direction.

They did have show like this I remember on NBC when PBC first begin. But with it being time-buys, I guess they couldn't get a regular time slot.

Fox is producing these shows now as opposed to PBC. So far they have three shows, the 24/7 like show, PBC Face Off and Inside PBC Boxing.

And they will possibly be more with UFC ending be years end.

[KTFOKING]

Jermall even bought it up. On how to trouble Jermell. Cut the ring off and move. Like how Jackson boxed him. But Jermell has greatly improved since then. And Tony barley beat Ishe Smith last year.

Disagree big time. There was nothing barely about that win. In fact, Harrison beat Ishe much easier than JRock did a fight or two earlier.

Jermell seems to be a bit unsure of his style even to this day. First he was a pure boxer and now he is too power happy. If he can find the happy medium, then good luck beating him. Harrison hasn't been outclassed by anyone he has faced. Always starts out great but for him to win he has to pace himself well. If Jermell doesn't load up then he should win a clear competitive decision or get a late stoppage.

[KTFOKING]

to prove to all the networks that boxing has a core audience that will tune in, any time, anywhere.

NBC didn't end up being interested in paying for boxing. if PBC had put all their efforts into NBC, all the time buys would have been for nothing.

by spreading things around, PBC increased their chances of landing a paid network deal. things worked out well with FOX and that never would have happened if the time buys had only been on one channel.

Yes, but they still should have limited the networks and explained their schedule better. They didn't have a front man like they have in Smith now which will help them. You didn't need just one network, I don't believe in that, but maybe only three networks instead of five or six. Could have also had a bit more of a stronger string of fights, were inconsistent in that regard as well. But that goes for pretty much every promoter/network. Look at DAZN/ESPN, not like every card they put on has competitive main events or anything.

[MasterPlan]

Yes, but they still should have limited the networks and explained their schedule better. They didn't have a front man like they have in Smith now which will help them. You didn't need just one network, I don't believe in that, but maybe only three networks instead of five or six. Could have also had a bit more of a stronger string of fights, were inconsistent in that regard as well. But that goes for pretty much every promoter/network. Look at DAZN/ESPN, not like every card they put on has competitive main events or anything.

NBC, Spike, ESPN, Fox, NBC Sports, CBS, Bounce TV, Showtime, FS1.

That was a lot of networks. But it needed to be done. Imagine if Boxing was currently on 9 networks today. Football is on that many and is the most popular sport in America.

Hell no one knows the College Football Network schedule. One night a team may be on Fox afternoon. Next week NBC midday and later in the month ESPN primetime. It's never a problem with NCAA but only boxing.

It's on four networks currently and two apps.

[KTFOKING]

NBC, Spike, ESPN, Fox, NBC Sports, CBS, Bounce TV, Showtime, FS1.

That was a lot of networks. But it needed to be done. Imagine if Boxing was currently on 9 networks today. Football is on that many and is the most popular sport in America.

Hell no one knows the College Football Network schedule. One night a team may be on Fox afternoon. Next week NBC midday and later in the month ESPN primetime. It's never a problem with NCAA but only boxing.

It's on four networks currently and two apps.

College football isn't a good comparison as boxing is a niche sport with not nearly as big of a fan base. Football is the most popular sport in America, boxing is well, not close to being the biggest sport.

But they definitely needed to get on multiple networks. Time will tell if boxing on four or five different networks ends up being a good thing or not.

[Bardamu]

to prove to all the networks that boxing has a core audience that will tune in, any time, anywhere.

NBC didn't end up being interested in paying for boxing. if PBC had put all their efforts into NBC, all the time buys would have been for nothing.

by spreading things around, PBC increased their chances of landing a paid network deal. things worked out well with FOX and that never would have happened if the time buys had only been on one channel.

There is no way to know what would have happened if PBC did things differently. It wasn't so much being on different channels, but there was no schedule at all. No one knew when it was on. I think PBC would have had more exposure with some kind of set schedule. Then people would actually tune in to watch boxing, instead of just seeing it on as they flip through the channels. At PBC's beginning, they aired fights on FS1 on Tuesday nights. It wasn't ever two top level, elite guys fighting each other, but had good fights between prospects and good showcase fights. Then they just did away with it.

Top Rank got a big deal from espn. They didn't have fights on random days, on random networks. DAZN gave Matchroom a billion dollar deal, and they don't even have any big names in the U.S.

Why the f did PBC pay espn to show their fights?!? espn pays crazy money for crap fights right now. To say PBC couldn't have, wouldn't have gotten a deal with a network if not for fighting on random channels, on random nights, at random times doesn't even make sense. Another valid point, is that was YEARS ago! PBC has been on Showtime almost exclusively for the past two years. I like PBC, and regularly point out the idiocy and hypocrisy of Haymon haters, but I'm a pretty hardcore boxing fan, and not even I knew when all their fights were on.

All the money PBC blew through at the beginning could have bought the cards and shows that Fox is now paying for. Fox believes having boxing on regularly will work, but PBC didn't.

Fox in now investing in the exact opposite of early PBC. I guess, PBC on Fox will bomb. Being on the same channel and all. I mean having fights no one knew was on was what made PBC. Right? Or was the past two years of PBC fighting only on Showtime that led to a deal with Fox. I guess if Haymon had been on hbo instead of Showtime he could have had espn paying to show PBC fights. To think, Arum didn't even need to spend hundreds of millions televising his fights. How'd he do that?