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Originally posted by The Big Dunn View PostHow do you know how a fight will play out before seeing it?
Most boxing fans want Al to put on either the best possible fights or want to see the fights turn out better than they appear on paper.
You want him to put on bad matches so this fails or you want the fights to suck solely because you have made up in your mind that he is plotting a takeover to form a monopoly, even though there is no evidence to support this.
Its beginning to look like you are trying to hide the real reasons you want this to fail.
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Originally posted by bigdunny1 View PostThis is basically a expensive infomercial for Haymon's fighters. I don't see how this is going to work. He's paying insane money for the air time and he's also responsible for paying the fighter purses. And so far his first 2 cards didn't pull great ratings. Damn his investors are losing money. Kathy Duva said it best
“I did a show on NBC two, three years ago. I had a $150,000 rights fee. I had to live in that,” she said. “At the peak of my show, I had 3.2 (million watching), they had 4.2. He went out and spent $8 million on marketing, production, the time buy and only got a million more people to watch than I did. My marketing budget on that show was $5,000.”
The model just can't sustain itself. He just spent millions and millions for his Spike TV card and it did less ratings then a Rerun of Cops that aired on Spike immediately before the PBC show. Yet the license to re-air Cops is a mere fraction of what he just spent for less ratings. Either his investors will get tired of losing money or he will have to drastically cut costs. To do that he will need to pay his fighters peanuts like MMA does or lower the quality of fights similar to a Friday Night Fights quality.
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Originally posted by Barcham View PostDid anyone have any doubts in the results of any of the fights from the first two shows? No, I don't think so.
Haymon cannot put on the best possible fights unless he deals with other promoters such as Roc Nation, Golden Boy, Top Rank, K2 and others. He will not do so. Therefore he cannot put on the best fights.
I would love to see him put on fights that I want to see. Kovalev-Stevenson, GGG-Quillin are two that come to mind. Even Cotto-GGG or Canelo-GGG. What chance do you think I have of seeing those fights on PBC at any time in the future? Yeah, I thought so.
I want it to fail because I think having one person with too much power over boxing, or over any sport or business, is a bad thing and history has proven time and time again that absolute power corrupts absolutely. With Haymon, we are already starting with some who is corrupt so more power will only make things worse, not better, for boxing.
PBC will build the stars, and these three will be forgotten. Instead of being happy about the growth, these guys are hating. If this was Arum's creation, he would be a god to them
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Originally posted by The Big Dunn View Postyou don't know that and will not answer the question because it in no way affected the quality of the fight, a fact that doesn't fit your agenda.
I ask again, have you seen the ceo of your bank do interviews?
You are losing credibility with each post.
Haymon isn't selling a generic service, he's selling a *product*. And his product is unique, new, different, etc. than that of his competitors. He should be talking about it.
Maybe Al's not good on camera? OK, then give a print interview.
Either way, his product would be an even bigger hit with fans if he just let fans know he's listening to them, and communicated that (even just once in awhile) through the press.
A better question might be, do you see the CEO of Apple or Microsoft or GE or Ford Motor give interviews (answer: "yes, all the damn time!"). Why? Because they're always "pitching" their product to let the public know that the company listens to customers and will continue to strive for excellence, meet their needs, and satisfy their demands.
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Originally posted by jjsmyth87 View PostAl haymon isn't the CEO of a bank, but legitimate businessmen will usually grant an interview here or there, yet he refuses to even want to be video taped or interviewed or anything. Its so that he doesn't have to answer questions as to all the shameful things that he has masterminded in boxing. These pbc matches so far are a joke. No belts? That's funny because the majority of the real top p4p fighters in the sport aren't even signed to haymon, so his practice of only dealing with his own fighters is making for the best possible matchups in boxing not take place as he has been responsible for already for doing for years.
Dirrell vs DeGale, belt on the line
Garcia v Peterson, belt may be on the line
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Originally posted by The Big Dunn View PostI think its 12 rounds.
Originally posted by MC Hammer View PostQuillen Lee, belt on the line
Dirrell vs DeGale, belt on the line
Garcia v Peterson, belt may be on the line
Dirrell - DeGale will not be a PBC fight. DeGale is not a Haymon fighter.
Garcia - Peterson is a 10 round catchweight with no titles on the line.
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