Comments Thread For: CBS Sports/PBC Deal Revealed: Stevenson-Bika, More

[The Big Dunn]

One guy does control all the talent, Haymon. Why hasn't there been a quality fight on Showtime in over a year then?

Stivernne v wilder was a quality fight, come on.

Anyway this is great news, and on May 9th we get non competing shows to watch.

More boxing during the day is cool because that's how i got hooked on the sport when I was young.

Let's just hope Al uses this for great fights as well as building fighters.

[TBear]

I am loving this! When you add all this to existing shows, it is fight fan heaven!

Reminder to self; Clear some DVR space!

[Hougigo]

I thought Chavez was under TR for one more fight. If so, no way he's fighting under Haymon.

Chavez Jnr's actively working on that. If he fights, they have nothing. If he doesn't then it's because of them.

[ea22]

Not sure about this, while boxing on network tv can be a good thing, if the product isn't any good, people won't buy it(watch it in this case). So if Haymon doesn't put on good matchups(and it doesn't seem like he is for the exception of Thurman v. Guerrero), people will simply not tune in, and if they tune in and the fights aren't any good or end controversially, they will not watch again. This could be a really good thing for boxing or an equally bad thing, with more eyes on boxing, the match-ups have to start delivering. Stevenson vs Bika is a goddamn joke but Chavez v. Fonfora is not too bad.

[bojangles1987]

Those are some solid fights.

[Pigeons]

They're still going to be putting fights on regular Showtime, which is premium cable, just like HBO.

And frankly, a lot of this reads like it's way for them to advertise for Showtime Boxing and Showtime PPV than anything else...which, considering how much Showtime Boxing lags behind HBO in ratings, makes some sense.

Yeah I wish SHO would go away too but I am more likely to support a premium channel if they are giving us good fights on broadcast and cable TV as well, which they are doing on CBS and eventually CBS Sports Network.

HBO gives us Top Rank rematches and Arum's marinade recipes. They better hold on to GGG and Kovalev because they are really thin over there.

[Mr. Miyagi]

From my understanding Top Rank would have to get a special court injunction to stop the Chavez fight which would be difficult to get...and if they want Haymon to sign off on the Pacquaio fight, then they probably won't go for it anyway.

But the court case will proceed and Top Rank will probably win a lot of money from Chavez next year....but haymon could care less about a couple million dollars if it means making a power move against top rank and taking chavez from hbo.

It's not a "special court injunction." They can apply for a temporary restraining order to stay any fight until the law suit is resolved. Then they would apply for preliminary/permanent injunction.

Chavez Jnr's actively working on that. If he fights, they have nothing. If he doesn't then it's because of them.

This post is incomprehensible. Doesn't make even a little sense.

[AgainstTheRopes]

Not sure about this, while boxing on network tv can be a good thing, if the product isn't any good, people won't buy it(watch it in this case). So if Haymon doesn't put on good matchups(and it doesn't seem like he is for the exception of Thurman v. Guerrero), people will simply not tune in, and if they tune in and the fights aren't any good or end controversially, they will not watch again. This could be a really good thing for boxing or an equally bad thing, with more eyes on boxing, the match-ups have to start delivering. Stevenson vs Bika is a goddamn joke but Chavez v. Fonfora is not too bad.

Haymon's ultimate goal is to probably work out a deal similar to the one UFC has with FOX. I see him putting together great fights until he gets his deal hoping it will get ratings high to the point this networks will bid big bucks.

What he does after remains to be seen but for the near future we should get some great fights

[Levity]

Bika-Stevenson is a solid or a good fight? Bika has never even beat a fringe contender at 175, has only campaigned at 160/168 and will be significantly out-sized (still makes 168 relatively easily), lost his last fight widely and looked very poor in doing so, looked mediocre in the first Dirrell fight, and only sc****d past a limited Periban who was blown out by Degale, clearly lost to Love, and arguably lost to Jack.

Not very interested in that fight. I wish Stevenson would be fighting good LHW's rather than a SMW who will be winless in nearly two years entering the bout.

[The Big Dunn]

Haymon's ultimate goal is to probably work out a deal similar to the one UFC has with FOX. I see him putting together great fights until he gets his deal hoping it will get ratings high to the point this networks will bid big bucks.

What he does after remains to be seen but for the near future we should get some great fights

Its going to be no different than HBO. There will be great fights and there will be matches like GGG has where he is "featured".

They will develop young boxers, like HBO has done, and they will try and turn the very best into PPV attractions.

The model wont change just the people in power. So why anyone would have a complaint at this point is ridiculous.