Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
I could give a shit about TMT, GBP, Top Rank, King, and even Cotto Promotions.
All I care about is... how is any of this going to translate into big boxing matches for us fans?
Is this going to make the big fights easier to make? Harder to make?
Once a big name fighter goes into promoting, which is all the rage nowadays, I lose interest... other than to know what's in it for me, the boxing fan.

Same reason I stay away from threads about how much "X" or "Y" boxer makes per fight.
I'd rather read up on advanced knitting techniques than read about boxers' economics.


My gut feeling is this (TMT) is an ill-fated adventure into something these guys know nothing about.
Thing is, it cant get any worse. I mean had we been in the mid eighties that fantasy fight that everyone still seems to drool for would have happened twice already. Both Oscar and Floyd kicked
Arum to the curb and the bad blood seems to be eternal. Arum has become the King of double-dipping and playing dice with legacies. He sits on fighters also like they are some kind of RRSP, Lets not forget HBO who is really the de facto promoter deciding who fights who when and where.

If anything TMT puts pressure on the good ole boys club. I remember Oscar saying he was going to clean up boxing and get the best fighting the best. My gut feeling is that HBO will lock onto this upstart
and maybe even a network like ABC. Oh how I have missed Wide World of Sports. Even if we get 5 or 10 meaningful more fights a year I will be happy. I don't expect to many drastic changes to the overall landscape with all these freakin belts floating around