ESPN and PBC in discussions for network deal

This PBC stuff needs to die. Awful platform

 

The PBC is like a parasite looking for a host to destroy.

 

PBC are cooked. Hearn was right with his DAZN vision and caught everyone out early.

Goodness knows what will happen with Top Rank.

 

I'm not even sure who the PBC top fighters are anymore.

 

Eddie, Frank, and Oscar are all playing 3D chess on DAZN while PBC is stuck in 2003.

 

This.
I used to be a big fan when they first started. Great roster with fantastic cards, spread over several networks which meant a lot of cards. But then the network deals ended 1 by 1 until they had just Fox and Showtime. PBC then used SHO to pay for fighters and fights they could not afford/want, and it ruined SHO. Stephen Espinoza ran that program to the ground to appease Haymon.
Then the Fox deal ended too, and now they barely put on any cards.

Edit: I will never understand why SHO did an exclusive deal with PBC. I guess they wanted to model their 2012 to 2014 success, but overlooked the fact that PBC had now spread that concentration of talent to other networks.
It´s like ESPN now doing an exclusive deal with Top Rank and only working with them, but also allowing TR to work with other networks. Thats just dumb.