If Haymon by some weird chance kills all the sanctioning bodies, casual fans would find it possible to finally name a champ.
There is no silver bullet to making fans and fighters all happy.
But killing the ABC org belts is a good start.
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
Sounds like Al Haymon is implementing a project to completely change the boxing landscape.
Apparently PBC belts are currently under construction by some English firm.
I couldn't care less if Haymon, Arum, Fishnets or some rapper comes along and corners the market. If you had one guy with all the top boxers signed up who could make the fights people wanted to see knowing he had both guys under contract then I'd be all for it, doesn't matter who it is.
Can't see it happening though. I can see boxing getting more balkanised and purses going up for a while if Haymon and this rapper chappie get into competition but I don't think Haymon will dominate boxing to the extent that UFC dominate MMA.
He's got a ton of money backing him, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, but his backers can pull the plug on that cash at any time. If he can't show big and growing ratings/public interest in what he's doing then eventually the gentlemen backing him will pull the plug.
Well said.
Now bring on the no ppv fights!!!!!!!!!!!
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
Hold up. Stevenson ran from the Kovalev to sign with Haymon, who then steered him away from Kovalev and Pascal. It is true that Kovalev backed out of the purse bid because his team was afraid PBC would outbid HBO and then they would be in a situation where they would have to breach a contract to make the fight happen. But, the whole Stevenson-Kovalev snafu didn't start yesterday. Stevenson signed with Haymon who wouldn't let him face Kovalev in the first round.
So I'm not sure if this was posted on another thread or if any caught it but it is also the end of Friday Night Fights.
ESPN Reaches Multi-Year Agreement to Televise Premier Boxing Champions Series
PBC on ESPN to Air 12 Two-hour Live Shows Annually on ESPN and ABC
ESPN will televise Premier Boxing Champions, a series created for television by Haymon Boxing, featuring top-level fights between many of boxing’s biggest names. The multi-year agreement was announced today. The first of 12 two-hour annual live Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN (PBC on ESPN) telecasts is scheduled for Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
ESPN telecasts will air live in primetime. ABC broadcasts will air on Saturday afternoon, with further details to be announced at a later date. ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s Spanish-language network, will also televise all PBC on ESPN fights as part of its Noche de Combates series.
Live coverage will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, smartphones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One via an affiliated video provider. The agreement also includes worldwide rights via ESPN International.
Card details of the first PBC on ESPN telecast and subsequent shows will be announced at a later date. ESPN’s long-standing Friday Night Fights will celebrate its last show Friday, May 22 with the finals of the Boxcino 2015 tournament.
Really can't complain at the afternoon US shows. Hope Degale does the business.
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Haymon seems to have a microwave vision and has pulled a coup with buying independent voices. FNF and ESPN cards before it have done more for the sport and young careers than any overpriced PPV or "premiere network" stuffed with mere showcases have ever done. It was the point of beginning, growth and for many the comeback that you need in the big picture and miss with already established names. You have to have variety, journeymen in a hidden gem of a stand by 6 round scrap and they can't all be superstars. I think Haymon may have a short sighted view of the sport and fans lose here as will some very decent fighters without weekly exposure. Bad for the sport!
There is a Great article on boxingscene about Al Haymon
I especially praise the bible references in the end which may seem like as if I wrote this article
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