Any guess why Frank Warren decided to join ESPN, not Showtime?

[rickJen]

My guess is he found himself groping in the dark dealing with mysterious people like Finkel and Haymon.
He probably found himself wondering who to trust,
and probably suspected getting lowballed behind his back.
Let's face it, the US market for a foreign promoter is an alien territory.
Hearn, OTOH, is backed by DAZN and can waste millions without his bank account getting hurt.

[Lopez_Boxing]

The safest bet is that wilder told Showtime/pbc to NOT sign fury so he can duck the fight. I don't see Any other reasonable explanation

[Bullrider]

When your last resort is sign with Arum, it just means the rest are even worse.

[Randall Cunning]

PBC are linked with ITV in the UK
DAZN is linked with Sky in the UK
ESPN doesnt hurt his relationship with BT

[Fabes88]

My guess is he found himself groping in the dark dealing with mysterious people like Finkel and Haymon.
He probably found himself wondering who to trust,
and probably suspected getting lowballed behind his back.
Let's face it, the US market for a foreign promoter is an alien territory.
Hearn, OTOH, is backed by DAZN and can waste millions without his bank account getting hurt.

I don’t think that’s true. Warren and Finkel have a great realationship. Don’t forget he helped him put together that sham offer for aj. I think it’s a case of fury getting that deal and him piggy backing on it similar to what Oscar did with Canelo and dazn.

[ΣNΣMY]

PBC are linked with ITV in the UK
DAZN is linked with Sky in the UK
ESPN doesnt hurt his relationship with BT

Good post.

[Idunnoshet]

The safest bet is that wilder told Showtime/pbc to NOT sign fury so he can duck the fight. I don't see Any other reasonable explanation

Fury had a 50/50 contract to rematch Wilder in front of him for a week .
Why would they offer him 50/50 ( which is a Good split ) if they were trying to Duck ?

Some of you guys on here are too quick to accuse fighters of Ducking .
Knowing the facts Before you criticize someone will help you keep from making silly comments.

[Curt Henning]

yeah haymon and finkel are so mysterious!!!....if you listen to arum! lol

arum acknowledges hes met face to face with haymon and dealt with him....then the next week he pretends like hes never met him and says "I think hes a figment of sam watsons imagination"

WTF

you guys eat the pile of sheet that anyone against a pbc fighter will sell you

[DaNeutral.]

Warren was getting nowhere with Finkel and the PBC. He went in with demands and he was laughed off, he is small time and was getting ganged up on and bullied by a number of managers and other people aswell as Showtime. He needed some muscle if he was going to get the best for Fury from now on and they went to Bob Arum.

[DuckAdonis]

ESPN has more money to offer Warren...Simple as that