Comments Thread For: White: I Can Promote Boxing Better, Arum's TV Deal is Not Great

[CoachMac34]

Dana's ideas about leveling the pay scale will be to offer bonuses for knockouts like in his mma shows. This won't work in boxing because those guys want ALL their money up front, knockout or not. Also in boxing no-one wants to watch the #8 guy vs the #11 fighter. Most boxing fans can't name the #17 fighter in a weight class off the top of their head and really don't want to watch those no-name guys on TV.

[Scipio2009]

It's good competition for him to come to boxing, but what network is his boxing going to be shown on?

HBO.

With Game of Thrones coming to an end, HBO would likely need another property to drive viewership/subscribers.

HBO says to hell with boxing, runs 8 HBOPPV events for the UFC, and 15-20 UFC events on HBO, and another 15-20 events on TNT/TruTV.

Feature Saul Alvarez on PPV, and settle out whatever contracted dates that they have fighters signed to (Golovkin, Kovalev, Jacobs, Andrade), and simply move on.

Showtime becomes the home of top-flight boxing, HBO becomes the home of MMA and Canelo Alvarez on PPV, and any other HBO fighter who can't sell PPV can kick rocks.

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I welcome Dan White to boxing, but it's an uphill battle for him as all the big players won't ever grant him a seat at the table. He'd have to start very small and I don't see him having the time/investments to build from the ground up. this isn't MMA where it was completely unorganized and begging for somebody to take it over. A guy like Arum has been freakin' promoting since Ali was the top guy in sports.

[kushking]

This guy is a delusional scumbag. He thinks that his supposed pos ufc formula will work in boxing.

[Eff Pandas]

Dana's ideas about leveling the pay scale will be to offer bonuses for knockouts like in his mma shows. This won't work in boxing because those guys want ALL their money up front, knockout or not.

I'm curious how he'll do this myself, but I think it definitely can work. Its all in the details doe.

I could easily see a duplicate situation as in MMA where there are "of the night" awards. So its not like you are hemming up a bunch of money. Guys get what they get, BUT they also get $50K on top of that with a performance of the night award. Lets not bs & act like there aren't boxers NOT making $50K or guys who would be mad at an extra $50K.

Idk about the show/win money situation in boxing like they do with a lot of guys in MMA. They are moving away from that in the UFC with the bigger names in fairness, but anyone just entering the UFC is gonna be on a show/win contract til they've become someone who can headline an event & sell tickets.

So I suppose you could do what they are seemingly moving to & if you got a Charlo brother headlining a Zuffa boxing card he's getting what he's getting win or lose, but maybe the guy he's fighting is on a show/win contract. And the undercard guys get a show/win deal.

Its more doable than people think cuz everyone thinks they are gonna win. And if you aren't in it to win I wish you'd get out of it anyway.

[Eff Pandas]

It's good competition for him to come to boxing, but what network is his boxing going to be shown on?

I'd bet he'll freelance with whoever he can work out a short term deal with. Plenty of usually suspects to guessimate on there. Then I think the new UFC deal could be the favorite to secure the Zuffa boxing rights as well.

And if this starts off as small as some people say it will (I don't think that will be the case, but time will tell) I could see him doing these early low level events on his own platform Fight Pass. Or they could try to rope in as many people as possible & just have it be shown for free on Twitter, Youtube or FB or something along those lines.

[Eff Pandas]

The ufc has a pretty good system and I think one governing body is better than whatever is happening in the sport as of now.

Don't get it twisted just cuz the UFC is coming to boxing that they'll be able to get past the Ali Act or change the game THAT much.

I think there is TOO much competition in boxing due to all of that IBC sh^t back in the day. If the IBC hadn't been corrupt pro boxing today might look more like every other sport where all the best fighters are fighting week in, week out cuz every sport people watch in bigger numbers than boxing gots a monopoly going on I believe, but a monopoly in boxing like all these other sports have okay'd is illegal in boxing.

So a "takeover" or anything like that isn't really in the cards. Coming in & doing things a lil different can cuz short & long term ripples doe that have a positive impact on the sport.

[Kiowhatta]

All White and Arum are interested in is money. As Tony Soprano said, you could throw krugerands overboard and both these bums would dive into the ocean to retrieve it.

[N/A]

It's good competition for him to come to boxing, but what network is his boxing going to be shown on?

Whatever networks get the rights to UFC. It'll all be one package.

[Manic Shot]

Don't expect to see McGregor in boxing again.