Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn Reflects On His First Year With DAZN

[DaNeutral.]

First year can be summed up in 3 words - Whyte B sample

Doesnt make sense. What has that got to do with DAZN? And i cant keep saying this, you sad turds hoping and praying that Dillian Whyte is guna get banned for life are wasting your time. You have followed idiots on Youtube, you need to follow the real story of what is really happening. You Hearn/Whyte/AJ haters are going to be sorely disappointed when you find out and figure out nothing ever came of it.

[rolshans]

i like how he slipped in there that “dazn got canelo” instead of trying to take credit for it as he’s done in the past. he made sure to differentiate there.

the goal was to break into the us market and hearn hasn’t done the job. from the looks of it, that won’t change. this just isn’t his forte. that’s why his his big signings are euros like saunders and usyk. he’s never signing any of the pbc guys and i doubt any of arum’s guys go there long term either.

so what did he bring? tevin farmer? demetrius andrade? jesse vargas? blah.

Yes, there's Andrade, Farmer, and Vargas.

You also forgot Daniel Jacobs, Devin Haney, Michael Hunter, Daniel Roman, Maurice Hooker, and Amanda Serrano.

And then there's his stable of US prospects. Otha Jones, Nikita Ababiy, Raymond Ford, and Anthony Sims Jr.

Pretty incredible for a 'lacklustre' American stable.

[2ndroundko]

Yes, there's Andrade, Farmer, and Vargas.

You also forgot Daniel Jacobs, Devin Haney, Michael Hunter, Daniel Roman, Maurice Hooker, and Amanda Serrano.

And then there's his stable of US prospects. Otha Jones, Nikita Ababiy, Raymond Ford, and Anthony Sims Jr.

Pretty incredible for a 'lacklustre' American stable.

not incredible at all. haney has potential to be a star. the rest don’t move the needle at all.

[Buggy bear]

Sounds a bit desperate when you have to put BJS ( a world champion ) as chief support to a 6 Rr between 2 YouTube doughnuts trying to extract jam from each other .. 21st century business I guess, let them fight for a vacant WBF title ? ... at least if they decline that they have some industry standards.

[Adamsc151]

One of DAZN's execs has already come out and said they will be spending money a lot more careful going forward. I don't think boxing at DAZN is going anywhere either, but they will just adjust the boxing budget.

They simply haven't attracted subscribers from anyone but Canelo. So why continue pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars when only one guy brings in subscribers? They will get more subscribers for the KSI/Paul fight than ANY other fight they have put on DAZN this year, possibly even more than any Canelo fight. If not, will be close.

I'm conflicted on that Youtuber fight myself. If it converts more fans to the sport it has to be a good thing; I just find it hard to square in my mind that the headline act of a show that will attract so many viewers is basically a "pro debut" for both fighters.

[KTFOKING]

I'm conflicted on that Youtuber fight myself. If it converts more fans to the sport it has to be a good thing; I just find it hard to square in my mind that the headline act of a show that will attract so many viewers is basically a "pro debut" for both fighters.

Nah, it's not going to convert fans to becoming boxing fans. Don't look at it from that perspective. Did the Mayweather/McGregor fight convert MMA fans to becoming boxing fans? Not really, and this won't either. Take this fight for what it is. They will be bringing in a lot of attention and it will do good numbers.

For one particular night there will be a lot of eyeballs on that boxing card. Hopefully it does help someone like Haney raise his profile.

[rolshans]

not incredible at all. haney has potential to be a star. the rest don’t move the needle at all.

You don't even think it's possible Andrade whoops GGG and becomes a star? Or that Jacobs becomes the top dog at SMW?

[KTFOKING]

You don't even think it's possible Andrade whoops GGG and becomes a star? Or that Jacobs becomes the top dog at SMW?

Jacobs becoming the top dog at 168? Unlikely.

Andrade can beat GGG 12-0 and still won't be a star. Sometimes it is just like that. And GGG isn't a big enough superstar where you beat him and your name value takes off or anything. You think Derevyanchenko would have become a star if he got the decision this past Saturday? No way, but he would have gotten himself another big showdown or two from the win.

[2ndroundko]

You don't even think it's possible Andrade whoops GGG and becomes a star? Or that Jacobs becomes the top dog at SMW?

jacobs? that ship has sailed. andrade beating ggg wont make him a star. these guys just dont sell. they never did.

[R_Walken]

1 Year in , DAZn has done Ok

First 6 months was sh.it but the next 2 months are heating up and I’m finally going to purchase the App , originally was going to sign up for the GGg/Sevre fight but I was out of town and a relative had it on his tablet , hope it’s overall better then the quality of that fight because it was constantly buffering throughout the fight

Golovkin/ Devre
Prograis / Taylor
Canelo / Kov
Donaire/ Inoue
Aj/ Ruiz

That’s a solid 2 months, best of the platforms to end the year hope they can keep it
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They signed the 3 What was thought of as the 3 most marketable names in the sport , yet only 1 of them seems to move the needle and have people buying subscriptions

Hearns contributions has been nothing short of failure of the 5 fights I listed he’s respond for only 1 of them , Only Notable US names he could sign were fighters with no fans and has them fighting Opponets no one gives a f.uck about , his cards have been overall sh.it

If anything he’s hurt DAZn more then he’s helped them , his arrogance thinking he could come in throw a bunch of $ at figuters and they’d grovel just sign with him kiss his ring backfired and when it did basically resorted to mocking them insinuating that they’re just of dumb black nigs , A Person with a better Roster or Better Connections it in the US Marketplace or wasn’t a Rival Promoter would have probably been able to sign better fighters or at least make better fights

The fact he was originally supposed to be the Grand Czar Of the Platform and has resorted to promoting A Gimmick fight between 2 YouTubers that will be far and away his most successful event on the Platform should tell you everything you need to know about the job he is doing