Comments Thread For: Jake Paul Breaks Away From Triller, Has Deal in Place With Showtime

[Ray*]

Andrade is promoted by Eddie Hearn! Saunders is promoted by Eddie Hearn! Golovkin is promoted by Eddie Hearn! Canelo is promoted by Eddie Hearn! Yet you have the audacity to be angry at Al Haymon because Andrade has not fought Jermall Charlo? Totally ridiculous! GTFOH!

GTFOH all of that has been mentioned for months on end here, where were you to cape for DAZN when I was going in on them? But I go in on PBC and here you and your cultists are defending them and deflecting like they are paying you… Terrible fans/cult.

[Ray*]

Whoa....this is how you choose to respond to the guys charges? Lol.....you can EXIT this conversation....you're not bringing anything to the table....you kinda sound like you're extremely soft anyways....so you GTFOH

Another cultists. Jumping in, zero knowledge of months of conversation. Cant be bothered with all you cultists. You see my post… Just walk on by and give each other “Likes”

[Bronx2245]

GTFOH all of that has been mentioned for months on end here, where were you to cape for DAZN when I was going in on them? But I go in on PBC and here you and your cultists are defending them and deflecting like they are paying you… Terrible fans/cult.

Again, you said PBC was "the worst!" That's my problem! Why? Because Dervy fought GGG on DAZN in 2019 (Andrade has yet to fight him), Ruiz fought Joshua on DAZN in 2019 TWICE, and Castano just fought Texieira on DAZN in 2021! Now you tell me which fighters from DAZN have fought on a PBC card? See the picture? Probably not! Let Eddie Hearn break it down for you...

A booming, divided boxing business in 2019
January 9, 2019

With an increasing number of networks and online platforms investing millions in boxing, the business of the sport has never been so robust and vibrant. It's also never been as divided as it is at this very moment.

There are more ways to watch fights and view boxing content than ever before, but it's easy to wonder how long this boxing boom can last given that the majority of the fights the public yearns for simply aren't realistic with the various alliances that exist within the industry...

The bottom line is that the best way to seek out a superfight at this moment is to go where the opponents are. Anyone that wants to fight Canelo Alvarez, for example, will have to do so on DAZN, as he inked an 11-fight, $365 million deal that kicked in on Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden. In that fight, Alvarez in three rounds.

Every network has the services of at least one marquee boxer, and with the investment they've made in that boxer, they will obviously frown upon them performing on any other stage but their own. Exclusive deals that have tied down boxers to a specific network have been around for years, and this isn't a new dynamic. What's new is that there are now more players involved, jockeying for their place in the pecking order.

"We've been around long enough to know the politics will always stop certain fights from happening when there's cross-network politics. So when you're talking about in the past, it was no different with HBO and Showtime. Now it might be DAZN, ESPN or ESPN+ or Fox," said Hearn, who in the past has been willing to do co-promotions, though that was before his association with DAZN.

"I do like to think that we have a reputation for making more fights with other promoters than anybody else," he continued. "But of course, everybody's strategy is the same: Deliver the biggest names and the biggest fights to your platform, your broadcaster. It's not just that one's nasty or vindictive, that's just the name of the game. If I've got Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua and I'm putting him on ESPN, well, what's the point in DAZN being with us and giving us a budget if we can't deliver our big names to their platform..."

Ultimately, there is a stark reality to the current marketplace. Promoters aren't just worried about protecting their boxers, but also protecting their broadcast partners.

"This is just the business, it will mean that certain fights are difficult to make," explained Hearn, who is under pressure himself to make a Joshua-Wilder fight sooner rather than later.

"If Golovkin comes to DAZN, I'm sure we'll get Canelo against Golovkin III," Hearn continued. "If he doesn't, then we'll probably never see that fight. So that would be a shame. Will you ever see Lomachenko against Mikey Garcia? I very much doubt it. It's a fight I'd love to see. Will you see Errol Spence against Terence Crawford? I very much doubt it. That's another fight I'd love to see."

That sound you hear? It's the collective groaning of boxing fans across the world.

"It's not that anyone's really trying to scuff up the sport or be difficult, it's just their jobs," Hearn went on to say. "Haymon's got to deliver for Showtime and Fox, I've got to deliver for DAZN, Bob's got to deliver for ESPN.

"So they won't move their talent, nor will we."



So there you have it dummy! Stop with the "PBC is the worst" BS! Don't hate the player, hate the game!

[Ray*]

Again, you said PBC was "the worst!" That's my problem! Why? Because Dervy fought GGG on DAZN in 2019 (Andrade has yet to fight him), Ruiz fought Joshua on DAZN in 2019 TWICE, and Castano just fought Texieira on DAZN in 2021! Now you tell me which fighters from DAZN have fought on a PBC card? See the picture?

The only picture that I see is the dumb one that they draw for you and your cultists. Where is the Charlo v Boo Boo? We ask for that but you getting Montiel...7ms, where is Spence v Crawford? Nah let’s give them Mikey, Where is AJ v Wilder? Nah let’s block it and give them an unfit Fury... Where is Tank v Lomachenko, Farmer 5ms...nah let’s bring up underweight guys for him..Where is offers from PBC for their top guys to fight other top guys from other networks or promotional outfits? Nah let them take less to fight in house fights..

We were in for Inoue v casemiro what happened? Signed to PBC and that’s over... But but Ruiz doe... What about Ortiz that we wanted for AJ? What about Kownacki? Nah... Let’s give them Ruiz who we only just signed and don’t give a s hit about...Again GTFOH with that cultists sheet.

Show us offers from PBC that was turn down by other network/Promoters for their bigger names...Please not the dumb phantom 50m offer

[A.B Counterhooks]

Showtime signing a 3-0 'boxer' who yet hasn't faced any legitimate boxer..no wonder there is folks out there claiming boxing is fading away which is not true, maybe this particular network just desperate for views i mean if mayweather had to get out of retirement to 'fight' couple YouTubers