Mismatch! How long will FOX hang around?

[sicko]

FOX is all in with this boxing stuff, just seen an INCREDIBLE Commercial/Promo for Mikey Garcia vs Errol Spence Jr.

��This Spence Garcia Commercial by FOX‼️Mar 16 FOX PPV #SpenceGarcia
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— CHAMPSIDE (@theCHAMPSIDE) February 17, 2019

After this current contracts are up I can See FOX going all in to get PBC all to themselves and getting rid of Showtime

What is mismatches to us Hardcore Boxing fans is not to the Casual Sports fan who don't even know these guys so those are the fans they're trying to get on board. We the Hardcore fans although we complain the most, they know we're not going to stop watching! The bigger fights are going to happen...and when they do it is going to be some boxing fans still finding something to B#TCH about!

[The Problem Child]

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But I get you OP, Haymon has to tighten things up BUT THIS has been going on for years now. PBC is killing boxing slowly.

[bballchump11]

To be fair to them, Charlo vs Korobov, Thurman vs Lopez and Plant vs Uzcategui were all competitive.

[KTFOKING]

FOX is all in with this boxing stuff, just seen an INCREDIBLE Commercial/Promo for Mikey Garcia vs Errol Spence Jr.

Nah, FOX won't have enough dates for the amount of fighters PBC has. SHO isn't going anywhere anytime soon. If FOX wants the PBC itself, it will need to have the type of deal they had with the UFC.

[just the facts]

Uhh Loma vs Marriaga and Rigo were mismatches 2 Weeks ago they main evented with a mismatch with Valdez taking on Italian can driver hell on Friday they main evented with a mismatch Brant vs unknown Russian dude

On ESPN not basic network television.

[just the facts]

its the same formula as ever, mismatches. its not just exclusive to pbc but its just slop served up one after another, showcase fights to make stars look good and protect an 0. every few months there might be a decent fight but you think of all the top level boxers there are and all the different weight classes and there should be decent fights most weekends

There's truth in all of this but the difference is that FOX is a basic network channel not a cable option.

[just the facts]

Long term, no one's going to turn in to watch the New England Patriots play the New York Jets twice a month.

PBC has the stable, now deliver a quality product on a regular basis. The success of boxing in the US could easily depend on it.

[sicko]

Nah, FOX won't have enough dates for the amount of fighters PBC has. SHO isn't going anywhere anytime soon. If FOX wants the PBC itself, it will need to have the type of deal they had with the UFC.

Yeah that is very true, it is so many boxers in the sport of boxing that I don't think one Networks can ever just cover the sport by themselves. So yeah I hope Showtime doesn't go away even if the ratings are lower over on Showtime

[Randall Cunning]

Nah, FOX won't have enough dates for the amount of fighters PBC has. SHO isn't going anywhere anytime soon. If FOX wants the PBC itself, it will need to have the type of deal they had with the UFC.

I wonder who chose the length of the deals PBC chose. How much do you see the landscape changing if this were to happen? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-2...r/?published=t

[rwyatt05]

I keep hearing that stated (that Fox is paying about half what they were paying UFC) but that’s not technically true when you really look at it. UFC deal averaged around $120 per year over the life of that 7 year deal. PBC’s deal with Fox is supposedly $50 million per year. But UFC provided close to 40 live events and/or prelims. PBC is offering 21, I think. So on a per event basis PBC is a little more affordable than UFC, but not much.