It's a tough call. Boxing on regular TV is good if it is done correctly because it'll bring boxing to a wider audience. If it's done badly, it could be detrimental to boxing. What has been Haymon's pattern though so far? He builds a fighter up on one network fighting average competition, and then as soon as boxing fans begin demanding tougher fights, he sells the fighter to another network for more money. This is what he did with Floyd and what he did with the Golden Boy-affiliated fighters. He moved them to Showtime after HBO wouldn't play ball any longer. The question will be how he will be able to make enough money for his fighters to face tough competition if he doesn't have the option of moving them back and forth between networks? He's trending toward the UFC model, but that model works in part because it doesn't pay the fighters a lot at least relative to boxing. It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out.


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