Comments Thread For: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Inks Multi-Fight Deal With Hearn, DAZN

[Yodpayak]

Everyone saying fight Inoue, he was going to before Inoue left the division scared. Superfly is the best division, Inoue could have had 2 mega fights in Srisaket and Cocolotito but went to fight some guys with small names.

[MC Hammer]

Talent wise DAZN>PBC. And who are these big stars in the American market anyway? Nobody in the greater sports world gives a **** about 99% of these guys. How many fans did Keith Thurman have at his last fight, or the Charlo Brothers?

Both had over 2 million views, something every DAZN fight has not had combined

[Scipio2009]

DAZN has plenty of other great fighters. Bivol, Smith, Usyk, Jacobs and now Rungvsiai just to name a few. PBC has a good stable but DAZN's is just better. And I think Vergil Ortiz is a better prospect than anybody PBC has.

Usyk versus who? Bivol vs who? Rungvisiai vs Estrada 2 is a good fight for fans of guys at 115, but even if he wins that Rungvisiai vs who?

Canelo-Jacobs and Jacobs-Golovkin 2 are both good matchups, but are folks really clamoring for a ticket to go and see Jacobs-Andrade? Maybe, but I doubt it.

I've never seen Vergil Ortiz fight, so I've got no opinion of him; still, if he's as good as you say he is, where are the features on him and the promotional push?

[Chrismart]

That's a good signing.

I'm down for the Estrada rematch

[Kezzer]

This is true. But it wasn't DAZN original plan. Their original plan was to go after top US boxers, hence the DAZN-Matchroom USA moto.
Other than Canelo non of the names push a needle in the US market.

To some extent yes but go back and listen to the DAZN business plan. There aim in the US market at this stage was about hardcore fans , not casuals. Therefore going p4p makes perfect sense. Casuals will come more likely when other sports come on board too.

[Phenom]

DAZN has plenty of other great fighters. Bivol, Smith, Usyk, Jacobs and now Rungvsiai just to name a few. PBC has a good stable but DAZN's is just better. And I think Vergil Ortiz is a better prospect than anybody PBC has.

DAZN going the HBO route by the looks of it and it didn't work out for HBO

All you need to do is look at recent cards and compare it what DAZN card has been better than PBC card so far?

[pillowfists98]

Usyk versus who? Bivol vs who? Rungvisiai vs Estrada 2 is a good fight for fans of guys at 115, but even if he wins that Rungvisiai vs who?

Canelo-Jacobs and Jacobs-Golovkin 2 are both good matchups, but are folks really clamoring for a ticket to go and see Jacobs-Andrade? Maybe, but I doubt it.

I've never seen Vergil Ortiz fight, so I've got no opinion of him; still, if he's as good as you say he is, where are the features on him and the promotional push?

Usyk will definitely fight Joshua at some point. I'll bet Bivol fights Callum Smith in 2019 and if Rungvisai wins he can fight Yafai. But you spend 90% of your time on this forum shilling for PBC so i'm not surprised you can't see that there are plenty of good fights to make.

[Mooshashi]

Can we just call him SSR now? Way too many letters in that mans name.

[Kezzer]

DAZN going the HBO route by the looks of it and it didn't work out for HBO

All you need to do is look at recent cards and compare it what DAZN card has been better than PBC card so far?

That’s probably an unfair comparison given DAZN have been in the game less than six months?

The big difference for me is that PBC have headline fights but generally there is a weak undercard, often no fights or interest - sometimes one.

DAZN fights (mainly matchroom as opposed to golden Boy) have a much deeper undercard and personally I generally want to watch a couple of them. There headline fights have not been as strong yet though although it appears to be improving and obviously Canelo Jacobs is huge.

I always said the best time to start judging DAZN fairly is after 18 months; I think Eddie in particular has struggled with the growth; committing too many shows and not having the stable to support it - but signings (and further rumours of signings) gives confidence this is starting to change.

WBSS is still an important factor though and will be interesting what happens next week with next round fights announcements given conversations about potential pull outs

[Scipio2009]

Usyk will definitely fight Joshua at some point. I'll bet Bivol fights Callum Smith in 2019 and if Rungvisai wins he can fight Yafai. But you spend 90% of your time on this forum shilling for PBC so i'm not surprised you can't see that there are plenty of good fights to make.

I trust my eyes; take that as you will.

Usyk isn't fighting Joshua in his next fight, and he's not fighting Joshua in the fight after that either. Joshua-Usyk is a great fight, but that matchup, at the earliest, is likely coming after 3 Usyk fights that hardly anyone will give a **** about.

Callum Smith is a really good fighter imo, and Bivol is a good fighter too (not as good yet as folks want to project, tbh), Smith-Bivol will likely be a really good fight when it happens, but that's an easy two years away from now. What for are there for either guy before then?

Beyond that, are you honestly excited for Rungvisiai vs Yafai? lol

No one is shilling for anything; the Haymon-affiliated effort, across all of the platforms, has consistently delivered 50+ fight nights a year since 2015, with mostly competitive fights to boot.

As a boxing junkie, so to speak, PBC has been putting out the best supply for the last 4 years, and will likely have the best 2019 too (36 guaranteed shows across Showtime/FOX/FS1, the Pacquiao-Broner PPV was what it was, Spence-Mikey in March, Wilder-Fury 2 in April/May, likely Pacquio-Thurman in July, at least another 10 shows from the ShoBox schedule, and any other PPV that gets added to the schedule with SHO/FOX).

When Golden Boy or Top Rank or even DAZN delivers a three-fight bill of fights actually worth watching, let me know.