Comments Thread For: Golden Boy Promotions, ESPN Announce Multi-Year TV Deal

[bigdunny1]

Drastically cut? Is that why they have...TWELVE ESPN cards scheduled for 2017?

They had 12 scheduled in 2016 too. Lol ended up canceling or pushing back all those dates. Then scraping it going with a summer series. We don't know if any of those dates come to fruition and neither does ESPN which is why they went out and got boxing content from someone else.

[The Big Dunn]

So who is going to be the broadcast team? I hope Doug Fischer gets to provide some commentary!

If he takes a break from posting as bigdunny1 he might nail the audition.

[BoxingPugilist]

I'll be curious if Max Kellerman becomes one of the commentators. As one of ESPN's rising stars (co-host of First Take) - and a man who ESPN and their on air personality go out of their way to emphasis how his boxing knowledge is "second to none" - one would assume they intend to use him in this capacity. I am just not sure if he would want to, seeing as how he's becoming one of their more valuable on air personalities, he might see getting pigeon held into boxing as a hinderance.

[The Big Dunn]

They had 12 scheduled in 2016 too. Lol ended up canceling or pushing back all those dates. Then scraping it going with a summer series. We don't know if any of those dates come to fruition and neither does ESPN which is why they went out and got boxing content from someone else.

dude, ESPN didn't get any more programming, ESPN2 and ESPN deportes did. You do understand that while they are under the same parent company they are separate, distinct networks.

[The Gambler1981]

So who is going to be the broadcast team? I hope Doug Fischer gets to provide some commentary!

Dougie better watch out, because then Larryx would know where he would be on a given Thursday. He could catch them hands~

[IMDAZED]

They had 12 scheduled in 2016 too. Lol ended up canceling or pushing back all those dates. Then scraping it going with a summer series. We don't know if any of those dates come to fruition and neither does ESPN which is why they went out and got boxing content from someone else.

I don't think ESPN needs you to speak for them 😂

Whether you like it or not, the dates have been moved to this year. If it pleases you, you can pretend to be Nostradamus and declare there will be no PBC this year and GBP is the replacement.

[Mitchell Kane]

Drastically cut? Is that why they have...TWELVE ESPN cards scheduled for 2017?

Yeah, they drastically reduced the number of shows they had in previous years.

12 shows this year, if they actually do 12 shows, is what they were supposed to be doing since the start.

[bigdunny1]

You are mistaken dude.

ESPN is still doing cards with PBC. ESPN2 and ESPN deportes are doing cards with GBP.

You are acting as if GBP is replacing PBC on ESPN, which isn't the case. GBP will not air on ESPN and PBC will not air on ESPN2/Deportes.

GB isnt replacing pbc on espn they replacing fnf which pbc should of easily been able to. But after year 1 they can't so espn found someone who could. Espn will let pbc drag out their time buy as long as haymon wants. Once haymon gets enough money to actually put on shows and deliver the remaining cards they owe espn will move on and you wont see pbc again on espn. Why did the man who made the deal get fired last year from espn? Why hire another promoter to give you fights if you happy with pbc?

[The Big Dunn]

GB isnt replacing pbc on espn they replacing fnf which pbc should of easily been able to. But after year 1 they can't so espn found someone who could. Espn will let pbc drag out their time buy as long as haymon wants. Once haymon gets enough money to actually put on shows and deliver the remaining cards they owe espn will move on and you wont see pbc again on espn. Why did the man who made the deal get fired last year from espn? Why hire another promoter to give you fights if you happy with pbc?

NO it isn't replacing FNF. It is a new series predominantly on ESPN Deportes (check the dates) and going to ESPN2 on certain dates

I don't know why that guy got fired. My guess-his salary was high and he got let go like other highly paid former ESPN employees that have been downsized recently.

In this case GBP is a big player in the Latino/Hispanic community/market. Seeing as most of the shows are on ESPN deportes, it appears that GBP, being a Hispanic owned company that deals primarily with Meixcan/hipanic fighters, is why they went with him.

Similar to why PBC is on Bounce-its a network aimed toward African Americans

[youbeight]

GB isnt replacing pbc on espn they replacing fnf which pbc should of easily been able to. But after year 1 they can't so espn found someone who could. Espn will let pbc drag out their time buy as long as haymon wants. Once haymon gets enough money to actually put on shows and deliver the remaining cards they owe espn will move on and you wont see pbc again on espn. Why did the man who made the deal get fired last year from espn? Why hire another promoter to give you fights if you happy with pbc?

if espn was looking to replace pbc they would have just put gbp series on espn and not espn2 or espn deportes. or even better they would have given gbp full capability of choosing which of their networks to air on it. its different compared to fs1 who ditched gbp for pbc bc pbc offered them more money in the time buy. espn is looking at pbc and gbp as a way they can get paid by both while not having to see them have pissing contest on who gets what dates. and with gbp having heinekin as a sponsor, i doubt level of their shows will be different compared to what is already on ring tv or estrella.