Anti-Matchroom sentiment in boxers

Exactly this, do you think if AJ decides to carry on fighting and badly declines on an Audley type level or if he struggles to the point MR makes a loss regularly on him that EH will remain loyal ? Of course not nor should he be expected to he runs a business not a charity. Its why what is happening now is best for everyone, boxers need to realise promoters are not their family and make best decision for themselves. Like anyone in any workplace should, i used to love the place i worked at for 4 years had a change of circumstances and needed to earn more money, i knew i could get paid elsewhere and get a better a deal so got an offer went back to my work and said can you match that ? They said no so we both said thank you but its the end of the line now no hard feelings. Why should boxing be any different.

 

So we are gonna celebrate the bloke for doing the bare minimum that should be done.

 

But none of those fighters are matchroom fighters though are they?

 

They all are. He is involved in promoting all of them.

 

I always got the impression Mick Hennessey was a decent guy? Then he sold half the company is to a DK front so I'm guessing not. He seems to get shafted by boxers, anyone know more regarding him?

 

I read Froch's autobiography once and he doesnt paint him in a bad light but got the feeling he was somebody that wasnt really respected much by the boxers, just playground stuff like they would chase him with towells on the gym and whip him , couldnt imagine anyone doing that to Hearn or Warren tbh.

 

Hearn is the best in the business, UK wise at least, but I do apportion the majority of blame to him for the football level tribalism we see with UK Boxing in some quarters. I cant fathom being Anti-Matchroom/Anti Queensbury etc, I just want to see fighters fight

 

Good post and talking sense.

 

Matchroom has dozens of fighters at a similar level fighters have egos and want to be the big fish. Dazn isn't sky sports so is lower profile platform. Boxer can say to one of these dozen "join us you can be one of the big fish"

Fighters complain.

 

Seems to me that, as far as British boxing goes, the DAZN model was dependent on them buying the rights to some Premiership football and they haven't. Resultingly, Hearn has overpromised his British stable who are now upset whilst he pursues overseas promotions that make some money.

 

As much as they claim otherwise, I think it was dependent on buying BT Sport. This is why it took them so long to sort a Sky channel out, because they thought they'd get it through the BT purchase.

 

The timeline doesn't add up.

The EPL rights have never been up for grabs since DAZN launched in the UK.

It's only now that we are approaching the next rights deal going to tender.

Even the BT buyout wasn't something DAZN would have been targeting when they launch as it was a long time after launch that BT made the decision to sell BT Sport.

If it was dependent on buying epl rights it would have cost a lot less money to not launch in the UK until the next EPL rights deal was over.

It was more likely that the UK launch was driven by Matchrooms deal with Sky being up. If they wanted matchroom they couldn't wait until EPL rights were at tender as the timelines didn't match. Waiting would have meant matchroom resigned with Sky.

 

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Come on anyone with half a brain cell could have promoted AJ successfully after the 2012 Olympics. He was already a house hold name before he turned pro. All the women loved him. He had cross over appeal already.