Some more Super Six thoughts. Look how the first half of the page is Super Six threads. It's got boxing fans energised, it's definitely going to bring in new fans. Imagine how good it would be for boxing if they did one of these in every division. And it's affordable. The $50 million number Showtime were talking about was nonsense. That sounds like an estimate of how much all the first round of fights will gross. (HBO's entire sports budget for 2010 is $50-55 million and they dwarf Showtime.) Showtime have put this together by paying each fighter a million dollars TV money for three fights, plus the cost of advertising it.


HBO are contracted guarantee Golden Boy exclusive dates into 2011 despite all their prospects being wiped out and them mainly relying on pensioner power now. They piaid three million for the Dawson Tarver rematch and spent a bunch on advertising it, they could have had half a Super Six with that. Hopefully in 2011 HBO tell all the promoters to eff off, they're going to have to put their guys in Super Six-style tournaments throughout the weight divisions.