Comments Thread For: Arum: We'll Do Four-Fight ESPN Cards Two, Three Times A Week Starting In Early June

[sicko]

After UFC Card on Saturday...yes Events without a Crowd can indeed work I really enjoyed their Card despite not having a Crowd so yeah it is time for some boxing. Showcase, Mismatch Fights I will take anything right now. Would be a good time to put some of the Top Fighters on Free TV for a Showcase/Warm Up fight because a Big fight is not making money right now so trying to get back and just right into big fights really don't make sense. Every fighter should be allowed at least 1 Soft Touch/Showcase fight after this Pandemic

[Mister Wolf]

We need that Crawford vs Ugas fight.

[Dasmius Shinobi]

I hope we get more officials updates with dates.

I am curious who main promoter going to set the first boxing cards. Sound like Bob Arum is going to be the first, but we never know, that is #1. Also, I am curious who main promoter is going to make a decent, big or high profile fights, that is #2.

[Larry the boss]

I doubt it'll happen but Arum should be putting guys like Stevenson, Beterbiev, Ramirez, Berchelt, and Lomachenko in real fights on these cards because the exposure they'll get by being one of the only live sports on tv will be worth the loss of the gate revenue

how will he pay them without the gate money

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

how will he pay them without the gate money

Not to mention there's going to be travel and training issues. I think it's unrealistic to expect great fights at this time with so many obstacles.

And I'll save anyone the time in replying that the UFC done it. Khabib vs Ferguson was a mega fight, whereby Khabib couldn't make it because of travel issues.

[Oldskoolg]

Well done ***ish brother well done

[Tbone27]

how will he pay them without the gate money

Arum would probably take a bit of a loss if he had Ramirez or Lomachenko fight behind closed doors because they both sell a decent amount of tickets but the increased exposure could be worth it since he's planning to put them big unification fights later this year. Also, Beterbiev vs his mandatory and voluntary defenses for Stevenson and Berchelt wouldn't generate big gates under normal circumstances so Arum should be able to at least break-even on those fights just from the fees he gets from ESPN.