Haymon doesn't care about titles?

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  1. BoxingfanLV

    BoxingfanLV New Member Full Member

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    It caught my attention that even when the winner was announced they didn't mention the title he had, let alone the introduction parts. Is he going to create his own version of World Championship? Thurman still paid the WBA fees though I'm assuming so I wonder how this is going to go down...
     
  2. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It wasn't a sanctioned fight, so that's probably why they omitted that info. I suppose its more of an exhibition, which totally blows. It devalues the whole concept.
     
  3. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    i think they are testing the waters
     
  4. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you start talking about titles, you start talking about non-Haymon fighters.
     
  5. BoxingfanLV

    BoxingfanLV New Member Full Member

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    Boxrec has it as a title fight, plus I did see one of Thurman's man holding the belt in the corner of the screen. I guess they are indeed testing the waters, we'll see on the Lee-Quillin fight if they announce it. I think the Garcia-Peterson fight will be non-title, which really does kill the concept of unification...
     
  6. TinFoilHat

    TinFoilHat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They are trying to make their own belt... It will be a closed system like the UFC. This will be terrible for boxing.
     
  7. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Wasnt UFC good for MMA?
     
  8. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Really? You think another belt? Just what we need!
     
  9. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    You sure about that?, I can't find a single source confirming that they're planning for a new title.
     
  10. str1

    str1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think Haymon will say it out loud that he is planning that. I guess only time will tell but if he wants full control of his fighters than having his own titles ala UFC is the way to go for him. That way no sanctioning body or any other promoter can dictate to him who his fighters need to fight next.
     
  11. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    You aren't going to yet........Haymon is testing the waters to see if it can work. I don't see how he is going to turn a profit doing time buys. He wants to have the PBC be like the UFC.
     
  12. finalfight

    finalfight Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It looked at one point that in ring 'security' stopped Thurman's corner from putting the belt on him post match. My guess is that if the concept is successful we will be looking at a new belt.
     
  13. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    Well actually there isnt that degree of history in boxing.

    Im older than the WBO, and just slightly younger that the IBF.

    Ive no idea if Haymon is trying for a unifying belt, but if he could get enough guys on board,id have no issue with it.

    UFC and Pride competed for about a decade before UFC totally took over
     
  14. michaeldokes

    michaeldokes Member Full Member

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    Haymon boxing is a reality show. He will manipulate every situation for his benefit, to protect the fighters he wants to win and to adhere to his master plans which appear to be to build up Thurman, Broner and Wilder into super champions.

    Al Haymon = Vince McMahon / Simon Cowell.
     
  15. Vysotskyy

    Vysotskyy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    It was terrible when UFC and PRIDE existed the elite talent pool was pretty much split in half, fighting in different, and orgs never faced eachother.

    That said Boxing isn't MMA it's fighter pool is truly global along with the markets like Germany and Japan which can exists on their own. The larger promoters in US, Europe, Asia aren't going anywhere and if all the Haymon boxers exists in their own PBC world creating a UFC/PRIDE situation it would be dreadful.

    The Stevenson/Kovalev, Golovkin/Quillin, Rigo/LSC situations are going to become the norm for the next few years at least. Haymon can't control everything if his boxers have to face ABC mandatories so i can definitely see him trying to create his own Championship to assert total control. Boxing succeeding on Network TV would be good for the sport but the inevitable fracture under the Haymon monopoly model will be more damaging overall imo.