Realistically, what happens if Haymon's plan to get a network deal doesn't come?

[Jsmooth9876]

If you honestly think that Wilder-Joshua, Thurman-Garcia, Stevenson-Ward, and a host of other possible fights aren't going to draw a larger viewing audience (due to having had fights/faces on terrestrial TV for almost two years), you're delusional.

Well you just named 3 great fights, of course they will get viewers. More than normal? Who knows. What do the numbers show now? Have showtimes numbers grown since the birth of PBC? I don't think so. And it's not a knock on PBC, it's just the state boxing is in right now

[Scipio2009]

Well you just named 3 great fights, of course they will get viewers. More than normal? Who knows. What do the numbers show now? Have showtimes numbers grown since the birth of PBC? I don't think so. And it's not a knock on PBC, it's just the state boxing is in right now

Showtime, in essence, basically gave up the primetime terrestrial cards to PBC for 2016 (Garcia-Guerrero, Spence-Algieri, Ortiz-Berto, Fonfara-Smith, Thurman-Porter, Wilder-Arreola, Spence-Bundu, Stevenson-Williams, Jacobs-Mora II).

You add those dates (and likely a couple of the shows that ended up on SpikeTV/ESPN) to the dates that Showtime did get this year, and you're looking at nearly 20 cards that would've been more than welcome for Showtime Championship Boxing. You add at least another 10 ShoBox: The Next Generation cards, and you've got things back to when a boxing fan can expect to be presented with a fight card on Showtime at least every other week.

With the drought being what it is on HBO, is a fan who has premium cable for boxing really not going pick up a Showtime channel that's giving them fights every week.