Is Showtime heading the HBO way?

[bballchump11]

PBC can do the same with FOX or Showtime stack the cards! No need for Tuneups as main events! That’s one of the main reason UFC is popular the best fight the best!

UFC fights end quicker than boxing matches. The last big UFC card ended in 30 seconds. That's why their cards are bigger. UFC 234 has 5 fights on the main event, and it starts at 10 EST. Boxing can't do that. That's not including the 4 fights that'll be on ESPN leading into the ppv.

[Thuglife Nelo]

What ever makes you happy!

Exactly! Showtime PPV, Fox, PBC, DAZN etc

[jas]

Showtime just had 2 successful ppvs in the past 2 months.

Lol what

Pac Broner was actually a failure

And off the 325k wilder fury did showtime get 10% which probably barely covers their cost of creating the all access shows

[Thuglife Nelo]

which probably barely covers their cost of creating the all access shows

those cheap productions don't cost much. Those are all inhouse Showtime producers with interns being told when to hold cameras and place lights

[jas]

those cheap productions don't cost much. Those are all inhouse Showtime producers with interns being told when to hold cameras and place lights

.And more significantly, in considering whether 24/7 is programming or/and marketing, it should be noted that each series cost $1,400,000 to produce.

https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/24-7-and-countdown-docudrama-or-infomercial_sto1434302/story.shtml

[Thuglife Nelo]

https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/24-...02/story.shtml

to assume Showtime's investment in productions is identical to HBO 24/7 is innacurate. Weren't we referring to All Access? 24/7 De La Hoya vs Mayweather article from which you are referring to is the same production investment as Pac Broner? cmon mate

[jas]

to assume Showtime's investment in productions is identical to HBO 24/7 is innacurate. Weren't we referring to All Access? 24/7 De La Hoya vs Mayweather article from which you are referring to is the same production investment as Pac Broner? cmon mate

Say it's half....proves my original point

[bballchump11]

Lol what

Pac Broner was actually a failure

And off the 325k wilder fury did showtime get 10% which probably barely covers their cost of creating the all access shows

They were hoping for 350K and got 400K. And those fighters will be in additional ppvs in the future that'll generate more.

[Thuglife Nelo]

Say it's half....proves my original point

Even if we say its half. What is the point of these fantasies to assume Showtime will fail?

A simple graph chart shows Showtime elevating vs HBO's graph in recent years, since Ward Kovalev declining. Canelo and GGG alone couldn't save HBO boxing. Showtime has a pool of fighters, and unless FOX invests in a bigger team to handle combat sports or boxing from any PBC plan, then Showtime would lose some noise. Truth is Fox can only allocate a certain amount. Let's see what the Fox execs think about boxing. They could do a 180 and say we prefer to invest The Voice vs Big Chef garbage instead. It's hard to say who's a ****sexual on that board. Personally I blame it on cheap coffee and donuts during those meetings.

[rickJen]

If it is, then Hearn is right.