Comments Thread For: Arum: Lomachenko-Lopez Could Air On ESPN, Not Necessarily Pay-Per-View

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

Neither of those guys are considered p4p top 10 tho. Even with all the overhype loma has gotten the media hasn’t been able to sell the fans on dude. Tank and the Charlos probably get just as much if not more money. Go figure.

Loma is obviously not American or Mexican ....Like Ggg, Kov, Wlad, Vitali, Lewis...hard to sell on Ppv despite being top 10 p4p. Loma overhyped?? Only gave top rated champions Rigo, Walters, and Russell their 1st and only losses!! In just 15 pro fights! Hype/top rating is deserved!!

[Goldie]

Loma is obviously not American or Mexican ....Like Ggg, Kov, Wlad, Vitali, Lewis...hard to sell on Ppv despite being top 10 p4p. Loma overhyped?? Only gave top rated champions Rigo, Walters, and Russell their 1st and only losses!! In just 15 pro fights! Hype/top rating is deserved!!

Lewis was a star in America. Pacquiao has been a star.

If rigo, Walters, and Russell end up being the best wins on his resume then he will have been extremely overrated.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Even though this fight is a great match up, regular ESPN is the only way to go. Loma is not a PPV draw and Lopez might be one day, but he's not there yet. A big win for Lopez against Loma will put him on the right track to be a PPV draw but at this particular moment I don't see this fight selling more than maybe 150k, 200k on PPV. That being said 200k at $75 bucks might be more than enough to pay their purses, so we will see what happens.

I'd be surprised if it does 50K.

Loma is far from PPV, casuals find him boring, unless they price it at $29.99. Even then, it might flop big. This fight won't happen without ESPN intervention to put it on their main network.

War Lopez!

[BoxingIsGreat]

neither r Tank Davis or the Charlos ....go figure!

With Davis, look at his gate and venue capacity at 25 or much younger, and then look at Loma's at the tail end of his career or whole career.

In Ukraine, how much would a full stadium full of Loma's homies and mommies pay? I'd bet not even half of his purse as in the US. Tickets will be like 5 dollars in Kiev, no PPV, free on all main Russian sports channels?

Lopez will carry this event. Even he, IS unknown for the most part.

Be real.

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

Lewis was a star in America. Pacquiao has been a star.

If rigo, Walters, and Russell end up being the best wins on his resume then he will have been extremely overrated.

no other fighter has a better “1st 15 pro fight resume than Loma”....and He’s taking on another undefeated powerhouse in Lopez! Reason why He is ranked #1 or #2 p4p by Ring Magazine/ESPN/CBS Sports/Boxingscene...etc. U r definitely in the extremely small minority Bro!

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

With Davis, look at his gate and venue capacity at 25 or much younger, and then look at Loma's at the tail end of his career or whole career.

In Ukraine, how much would a full stadium full of Loma's homies and mommies pay? I'd bet not even half of his purse as in the US. Tickets will be like 5 dollars in Kiev, no PPV, free on all main Russian sports channels?

Lopez will carry this event. Even he, IS unknown for the most part.

Be real.

Davis has fought on the east coast or his hometown for the most part, He needed a big west coast name with a huge Hispanic fan base like Lsc to get his 1st Ppv. Still a mismatch - Davis should b a huge favorite against the older, slower, smaller, past it, pillow-fisted Lsc.

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

With Davis, look at his gate and venue capacity at 25 or much younger, and then look at Loma's at the tail end of his career or whole career.

In Ukraine, how much would a full stadium full of Loma's homies and mommies pay? I'd bet not even half of his purse as in the US. Tickets will be like 5 dollars in Kiev, no PPV, free on all main Russian sports channels?

Lopez will carry this event. Even he, IS unknown for the most part.

Be real.

ur stating the OBVIOUS Bro when comparing boxing $ in the US and Russia. And Davis is obviously American, of course He is more popular and marketable!

[Boxing Logic]

They should just stick it on regular ESPN they are killing me with the ESPN+ thing. I was a subscriber but I canceled it because it's terrible really. I'd like to see the fight but I'm not subscribing just to see it.

Streaming was cool when there were just a few companies. Now every channel wants to have a streaming service, and it's like you have to pay double, streaming + cable, just to get the same content that used to be included in cable.

There are a few, like netflix, that are decent value. But the rest are like the biggest ripoff in entertainment history. I hope the business dies soon and goes back to how it was. Cancel all your streaming services is my advice, except for 1 maybe that you watch the most and includes lots of offerings from other channels, like netflix.

[Get em up]

Streaming was cool when there were just a few companies. Now every channel wants to have a streaming service, and it's like you have to pay double, streaming + cable, just to get the same content that used to be included in cable.

There are a few, like netflix, that are decent value. But the rest are like the biggest ripoff in entertainment history. I hope the business dies soon and goes back to how it was. Cancel all your streaming services is my advice, except for 1 maybe that you watch the most and includes lots of offerings from other channels, like netflix.

I've done that so far I kept Netflix and Vudu but Vudu only charges if you rent or buy a movie. The exception is Dazn which I've kept because it's the only platform I can see Nelo and GG and AJ ect. Which blows ass cause when they aren't fight the platform sucks ass.

[Cypocryphy]

Lol he’s also no spring chicken.

At 33 it’s seems to have passed him by most guys that reach ppv level are doing it by they’re mid to late 20’s.

He's actually 32 years old. And he's in the lightweight division. I mean, I'm not going to try to change anyone's mind about this, and I'm not really trying to do that. However, the WBC made him a franchise champion and that's not done to someone who can't sell out arenas.

Fact is, aside from the heavyweight division and the middle weight division, Loma is arguably in the top 5 of most popular boxers right now.