Why wasn't this past weekend's German fight card broadcast in the US? I know U.S. media outlets like Wealth TV and Pandafeed are licensing more overseas and/or non-prime events available to US viewers, but does anyone know enough about the monetization aspects of boxing to know why a lot of these good cards slip through? To my knowledge, UK fans miss a lot of fights as well - I don't think there was a UK broadcaster showing the Mares fight? U.S. fans aren't even allowed to subscribe to BoxNation. Not sure how Showtime and HBO work overseas. But it seems like it couldn't hurt the promoters to get some extra viewership of their fighters, or the extra money for purchases, so what's the deal?
You're probably right. But it's a really pertinent topic for boxing fans that have a deep interest in the sport and/or who want to see the sport promoted among a wider audience. Or, fans who simply want to watch fights that they're interested in. Mares-Gonzalez was an interesting fight, but I would have paid to watch Thompson-Pulev. It's like either A) there are some behind the scenes reasons why promotions and media outlets prevent these fights from being shown, or B) media outlets just assume that people don't want to see other fights and/or they're just not worth it. Like, who is being shorted of money by creating a Mansour-Harris, Abraham, Pulev-Thompson show available for die-hard fans in the U.S. who can't legally watch these fights?
