ESPN has made a big bet on boxing will it pay off ?

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  1. OvidsExile

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

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    I don't know. Did it work the last twenty years they did it with Friday Night Fights or when they killed that to get into bed with Al Haymon's PBC?
     
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  2. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Right now they appear to be doing much better than HBO or Showtime!
     
    Farmboxer, Dec 21, 2017
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  3. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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  4. trinibbq

    trinibbq New Member Full Member

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    ESPN doesn't even make their host and television personalities promote good match ups. They deserve everything they get
     
    trinibbq, Dec 21, 2017
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  5. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    2017 was a special year for boxing and fighter trading could serve it
    well in 2018 in order to keep the momentum going . Trading will always
    help but having the public interest peaking could produce some great
    fights that lots of the public will want to see in 18.
    WW under Al Haymon control.
    Keith Thurman , Danny Garcia , Shawn Porter , Errol Spence Jr, Lamon
    Peterson , Andre Berto , Omar Figueroa Jr.
     
    juppity, Dec 21, 2017
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  6. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't honestly give a damn. First to give me a netflix style product gets my money.
     
    GlaukosTheHammer, Dec 21, 2017
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  7. qwertyblahblah

    qwertyblahblah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A trading concept for boxing actually sounds... really cool! A new promoter might have to accept a contract, but if the boxer thinks he would have better matchups and opportunities with another promoter he should have the freedom to pursue a path with that promoter. When a boxer isn't happy with a promotional situation currently he's forced into inactivity or taking fights he'd rather not.

    Oh, I read the article beyond the headline now. It's not trading rights to a guy to another promoter completely, just trading him for a single fight, so a fight could be made, and aired on the network the other promoter's airing it on. Sounds great too, it would allow fights that should be made to be made more easily. But promoters won't be so willing to rent out their guy if they had still have a stake in his future. Not as good as what I hoped.
     
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  8. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Isally is a lying cuck. No way HBO and Showtime have more subscribers than ESPN like he claimed.
     
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  9. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    ESPN picking up the best fighter in the world can only help. Stupid how HBO cut Lomachenko free so they could keep all the guys at SFW who will not fight him and showcase their fights instead.

    Real shrewd! LOL
     
    Kevin Willis, Dec 21, 2017
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