Comments Thread For: Hearn Fires Back at Arum Over Comments on Sky Sports, PPV

[Ray*]

Again, I'm talking about people who consider themselves true boxing fans, not casuals.

I didn't say, I'd watch it for free the next day, I'd pay for the fight, and record it, if I couldn't stay up. As for AJ-Ruiz, I ordered Dazn the month before, and got Prograis-Taylor as well. Americans will pay for great fights, we just won't pay for Usyk-Chisora, and Whyte-Povetkin.

If you're telling me there's no market for Loma-Lopez in the UK, then I feel there are more casuals then you guys care to admit. You can't complain about a lack of good fights, then not support one when it happens. If it comes on at an inopportune time, then support the fight and hit the record button.

Again, Hearn is not using the time thing as an excuse, he said nobody knows Teofemo Lopez over in the UK. So you guys will pay for a bum fight because it comes on at a good time, rather than support a great fight that doesn't. I stand by my original statement, it says more about the UK fans than anything else.

I don’t care what Hearn says, am telling you what we the boxing fans do.

We are more of a boxing fan than where you are from, no one “Buys” a fight and record it to watch it the next day lol.

You are straight up telling us BS, American fans are the most ignorant fans in boxing.

And that is by data, if the timing doesn’t suit them then nothing else matters, that is what is known in boxing.

This is why promoters tries to cater to American fans. Because the most view would come from there at prime time.

British fans are the more loyal fans, but no one is going to stay up at 4am in the morning to watch a non Uk fight on PPV.

It’s not a viable option, all that BS that you are ranting about makes zero sense (Pay for a fight live but record it to watch it another time - By the time when the fight is already free lol)... You trying too hard mate.

[Ray*]

I kind of agree, but only if the fight is in another country. Then, they really don't care, but get big and do it in Vegas. Party time. Canelo, Pac man, Loma, Fury, the list goes on. Non Americans Big in America. So far.

Of course, boxing is still big in America. I left the UK to meet my bro in Scottsdale Arizona to fly to Vegas to watch Fury destroy Wilder.

How many American boxing fan do that. I stay up at 4am in the morning to watch non British boxers over the last 15 years (How many American boxing fans do that?).

Am not calling out all American boxing fan, but that fella there chatting rubbish about British boxing fans, trying to pretend like he pays for fights at then record it to watch it later, later when the fight is free and on most social media lol.

Trying to sell himself as a boxing fan and anyone else as a causal lol.

Fact is America posters on here cry about fights that isn’t happening in America at primetime. We literally have to educate them about what we and other countries have to go through to watch fights that are staged in America LIVE (Not recorded and watching it later like a “Casual”) but staying up when you are meant to be sleeping etc.

[Angeljuice]

THIS!........I've said it long ago that the UK boxing fan doesn't know $hat about boxing....that's why they are entertained by guys like Nathan Gorman and Ted Cheeseman..😆😂 Listening to a UK fan talk boxing is like listening to pee wee herman talk weightlifting

Just as you are clueless about anything outside the states? **** on about nobodies like Hunter and hail Wilder as an all time great despite the fact that until Fury he hadn't fought anybody of note at all.

Any American talking about American heavyweights is talking about nobodies on the world stage.

[Ray*]

Speak for yourself mate, im a real boxing fan and I wabt to see the best fights irrespective of whether a UK fighter is in them.

Loma Lopez and Davis LSC are both great fights abd we are being fed utter ****e on SKY by Hearn and that gimp Mr Bean.

Am speaking for most people, you can, I can but most wouldn’t. So it’s not a fight that is financially viable. Not one is questioning what is a great fight or which one isn’t.

We are talking about timing, if you don’t understand that then I don’t know how else to break down to you. Real boxing fan lol.. like that’s an award. We are all boxing fan, that doesn’t mean a fight at 4am would do more than a fight at 10pm lol gimp

[Angeljuice]

Yea the Brits are weird they only like to watch themselves instead elite boxing which has been the tradition in the USA for years. Even if it's a journeyman they out it on ppv and watch

B.S. Americans watch American nobodies fight all the time (every heavyweight fight involving Americans in the last few years for example).
Did you stop watching American HW's 3 or 4 years ago and only start watching British heavyweights and a few Europeans?
That's what someone who was interested in the elite fighters only would have done.

An awful lot of American fighters who are household names there are completely unknown in the real world.

[Angeljuice]

american marketing for boxing is pretty horrendous as well tbh

but brits seem to pay out the nose for terrible fight cards.

Iv heard that about skysports. but why?

We pay £10-£25 for PPV fights. You idiots allow your arse to get ****d and hand over $75 a time.

We pay through the nose? You just present your naked ********s to the networks pre-lubed.

[Angeljuice]

If the UK was offering a fight as marquee as Loma-Lopez, I'd gladly pay $25 for it. If I couldn't stay up from 2-4 Am, I'd dvr it, and watch when I woke up.

That's pretty dumb as it will be free on YouTube when you wake up.

You must love giving money away for nothing.

[Ray*]

That's pretty dumb as it will be free on YouTube when you wake up.

He is trying too hard lol, apparently you are a “Casual” if you can’t stay up late at 4am to watch a fight, if you cannot do that then you need to buy it, record it and watch it later.... That’s what qualifies you are a boxing fan.

I don’t blame him though, when you have British posters like another one in this thread chatting BS about what is meant to be a marquee fight or not.

When the discussion is about timing. These idiots act like jilted girls, trying to take shots at sky sports and Hearn, am not even claiming that they don’t deserve taking shots at.

But when it comes to reading and taking in articles then read and take it in.

A Loma/Lopez fight at 10pm UK time on PPV like Arum wants would sell 4 times than if it happens at 4am UK time.

And BT sports are associated with Arum through Fury, so why don’t they pick it up? These network aren’t in it to lose money... Just like showtime refused to pick up Wilder/Ortiz 2.

[Oldskoolg]

Yea the Brits are weird they only like to watch themselves instead elite boxing which has been the tradition in the USA for years. Even if it's a journeyman they out it on ppv and watch

Oh stop!!!! Cheeseman vs Eggington for the undisputed brunch title was world class “British boxing!”

[observer]

For the Lomo v Lopez fight i'd stay up all week to watch it.Any networks who say the are committed to boxing are telling lies if they don't have an interest in this .Never mind the ****** talk of two foreign fighters and the fight being at 4am absolute bollocks .I remember my tabs being pressed up to the radio at 4am for the Ali v Norton fight.I couldn't wait to watch the fights at 4am .It sounds like a new weak breed of fans here. Get a life ...or better still an alarm clock ffs.

Ali v Norton fights were in 1973-1976! Respect!

I am a bit younger than you, but can't stay up for fights anymore. I watch them if I happen to wake up at night. Staying up to watch a fight ruins your Sunday... I always wished I lived in California, then no fight would be too late for me