is hearn really the saviour of british boxing?!

Nope ! Since the announcement of sky dates he seems to have completely taken his foot off the boil and is just going to accept average fights. There has only been one (Frampton/Martinez) Matchroom show since the dates that I think has produced good value. Tbh they really need to up their standard because it isn't good enough at the moment

 

Eddie Hearn's recent form:

Sept 2012 - Bellew vs Miranda, Purdy vs TTA(rgie)
Oct 2012 - Brook vs Saldivia, McDonnell vs Zamora, Anderson vs Reid
Nov 2012 - Froch vs Mack, Bellew vs Bolonti
Dec 2012 - Barker vs Hope
Jan 2013 - Yafai & the Prizefighters
Feb 2013 - Frampton vs Martinez, Stalker & the Prizefighters
March 2013 - Barker vs Italian, Purdy vs TTA(rgie), Groves vs TTA(rgie)

Oh he's the saviour alright #newagepromoting #sameagepromoting

It's like on 'The Wire' when they have a **** product but just give it a different name to deceive the buyers.

 

I made this point a few weeks ago. Hearn is basically putting a nice packing on his products and it all looks good but ultimately the product is extremely average. The Froch v Kessler fight is quality but we've got to pay 15 quid for the privilege of watching that.

 

Missed some quality Prizefighters:nut

 

Saviour of British Boxing?

Pretty big task for anyone.

I don't think British Boxing needs "saving". Since I started to follow the sport it's populairity in this country has had notable highs and lows. The Eubank/Benn/Watson/Collins era was followed by one which we produced some of the best Light-Middleweights we had done in many years which could have maintained the interest but none of them fought each other and most went down the IBO/WBU/WBF route meaning casual followers began to become confused and, as a consequence, lost interest.

However, take a look at the interest Degale vs Groves, Hatton vs Mayweather, Fury vs Chisora Haye vs Maccrinelli and Haye vs Audley generated. There is demand in this country for fights that capture the public's attention.

What Hearn has done is create the possibility of becoming the one to spark the next high point. Boxing will always be there but it's popularity depends on promotors giving us the fights we want.

 

This Saturday is a okay headliner? It's a 50/50 fight between two world level fighters it's a good main event and Crolla/Matthews is better then okay, just look at they're last fight! Also Dickens and Fenandes, two unbeaten fighters going at it, I think it's a good card.

The Barker card is a tricky one, the main card fights were shite, but there was 3 good undercard fights that should have been shown, standard needs to be higher for sure, he has delivered a lot of average cards.

The biggest show last year might have been Haye/Chisora, but it was an awful mismatch so I fail to see what your getting at?

I think Hearn is doing well considering he's only been promoting 2 years, now he's built a fairly big stable and has a lot of headline fighters he needs to deliver more consistently, Eddie has a long way to go before becoming the saviour of boxing.

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I don't dislike Hearn, far from it, he seems a sound fella but I refuse to believe his motives and matchmaking are particularly different from Frank. He's more willing to put his fighters in extremely difficult away day type scenarios, that's about it really.

 

A saviour of Boxing does not exist and won't ever exist, its like a new government coming into power, they feed you all this bull**** and it sounds different and good but all they are really saying is, ''Look I'm a different type of ****''.

 

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I believe we were promised 3 good fights on each show to make up for the lack of weekly boxing.

Out of all of those Frampton/Martinez was the closest matched fight, the rest say Eddie's fighters heavily favoured. Selby/Lindsay on that card was a good matchup as well.

The rest....well, the less said the better. Bellew/Miranda was acceptable but only if there were one or two other good fights on the card. There weren't.

 

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He's doing amazingly well after such a short time but he's aggressively gone after the long standing big boy in the game. He'll have to back it up, seems he's set himself up for a massive fall IMO.

Saying that though, when Froch-Kessler comes around he'll be a hero again.

 

I don't see how he can set himself up for a massive fall though, he's the only promoter in Britain breaking even, has the backing of Sky and isn't a grandad or severely obese like the rest of British promoters.

He needs to up his game though.

 

Thats a fair take on things.

 

I think a bit of perspective is needed in regards to Burns.

Hearn is a promoter, he has only just aquired Burns, he's not had him for years and still planning on putting him in with Liam Walsh, this is his first fight with him.

Of course we all want the biggest fights but if you're Hearn do you really put him in a 50-50 straight away without an easy payday in Scotland?

Hearn is now becoming a victim of his own success, some people can't wait to have a pop at his fights at the earliest opportunity.

The March 9th bill wasn't very good but the best fight on the card got shelved due to a late pullout.

The March 30th card is quality on paper, Bellew/Chilemba is not just an okay fight, its a quality fight. Matthews/Crolla is a genuine 50-50 and a guaranteed war and the undercard is packed with great prospects.

Rose facing Alcine is a step up, yeah he might have been done by Macklin in a round but Macklin is leagues above Rose.

The thing Hearn will deserve stick for is not putting on a quality undercard for the Froch/Kessler fight and seeing as Groves is chief support and waiting for Stieglitz I just can't see him in a meaningful fight.