Quote Originally Posted by fan johnny View Post
What many posters fail to realize here is that the Promoters put boxing on HBO and Showtime not the public or sport's governing bodies.

It is the Promoters that sell their products exclusively to these to cable networks.

Here's a sample of what Airtime rates cost. please follow the link.

When a fighter starts doing well with his career that's when Top Rank, GBP and other big name promoters look at signing them. On occasion they can go after top armatures. Two of the ways unknown fighters get known outside of local fight exposure.

1. Through sports boxing news coverage. (mainstream media)
2. Through TV broadcast of fights. (fights on Cable or over-the-Air Networks)

When a fighter wins over other sports news writers, he becomes known as what promoters term as a crossover star. When a fighters get written and reported about by non-sports news outlets he is known as even as an even bigger cross-over star. Promoters don't have to work for their fighter to become known. The fighters sell themselves.

It is a "Myth" to think that state boxing is where it is today, related to being aired on regular TV because of how society treats Boxing. Boxing is where it is because of how Promoters market their products.
I actually knew that it was the promotors and the boxers fault for moving to premium cable channel. Network tv never left boxing, it was the other way around. For short term financial gain it hurt the sport overall.

I think there was only 1 person in this thread that belive the tv networks left boxing, while it was the other way around.

Whatever, I think boxing really needs to hit rock bottom for some changes to be made.