SPIKE TV not renewing with PBC, to focus more on MMA

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  1. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    Well I think that sucks.
     
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  3. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Imo I think part of it is cuz of the constant mismatches, garbage fights and serious overpayment of fighters like Berto to fight complete bums. Also none of the top fighters fighting each other had something to do with it.
     
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  4. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Americans don't want to watch the aristocratic sport of boxing, they want plebeian garbage entertainment (MMA).
     
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  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Anyone who's a fan of boxing and not boxers will not be surprised by this.

    For a neutral the match making has been **** poor for a few years now.

    Take MMA, Bisping is like Canelo, Romero is like Golovkin. (Not fighting wise but a champ who isn't well respected) let's see how long it takes them to make the fight compared with the two divas we have hogging the MW limelight.
     
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  6. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Bisping is a club fighter.
     
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  7. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    I still support PBC but....
    Good, PBC needs to be consolidated to 2 or 3 channels anyway. Haymon and his ego are stuck in the 90s when networks had money to blow. With the internet sucking up those advertising dollars networks can't afford to goof around with revenue loss on vanity projects.
    I know he pays for time but the network still wants that sponsor driven dollars. Hopefully he just goes to NBC ,FS1, and Showtime. BounceTV and all that other **** is him having a b***h fit about being in control, nobody cares just make the fights.
     
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  8. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not surprised. Why would Spike pay for PBC now when PBC was the one paying them to air mismatches?
     
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  9. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    They need better matches and lower purses.
     
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  10. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good, plus spike is not the only outlet and not the biggest. PBC is going prime time. One ****** don't stop no show.
     
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  11. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I don't get Spike with my cable package. But my understanding is that Spike only got one decent fight out of the deal with PBC. All the best fights went to their competitors on CBS and Showtime.
     
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  12. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What were some recent big fights on PBC?
     
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  13. K.D

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    Boxing is full of people who have no business sense...

    And no, do not tell me Haymon is smart. Didn't PBC get $500 million invested and they blew it all?
     
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  14. radupidu

    radupidu Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yea EXACTLY

    When I hear that Haymon is such a genius I just shake my head. Can't be. Not in this boxing business.

    He still has money left, and I hope he learned from his mistakes, but I have to wonder what's the future like for his company.
     
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  15. dantedlane

    dantedlane Active Member banned Full Member

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    Theyres more to this the arrival says its because of the matchmaking that spike thought pbc would make,they thought pbc would matchmake,instead they tried building stars on a 2 year contract which didn't help boxing at all spike just got nothing in return and lost money
     
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