Comments Thread For: Report: Spence-Porter Set For September 28 At Staples Center

[BigZ44]

Another ****ing PPV, getting god damn sick of having to stream these fights that aren't PPV worthy. (Though the Pac/Thurman card is a reasonable PPV imo)

[MexicanStyle#1]

Rooting for Porter all the way. Porter is a great ambassador for the sport. Hope he can get that big payday. He deserves it!!! Come on champ you can box and you can brawl. Be smart on this one.

[Cigar]

Wow what happened to PBC bringing boxing to the masses on free TV? I thought that was their mission statement or something. Uncle Al is bad for the sport.

[Scipio2009]

They should move this fight to September 14 since Canelo kicked the can down the road and boxing fans will be hungry for a big fight that weekend.

Why would either fighter care about a celebration of Mexican Independence Day?

Kentucky Derby weekend, sure make the move (the Derby is on the first Saturday of every May, regardless of the date), but that's about it.

No need

[Curtis Harper]

Spence should have little trouble with Porter. 8-4, 9-3.

[Scipio2009]

The competition is getting better. $75 for one PPV show, vs cheap streaming and corporate television. I wouldn't balk at $25, but they have to sweeten the pot for $75. Porter boxed "boxed" last out, and Spence vs Garcia was like watching a cat play with a mouse. $75 is a hard sell

How?

Canelo isn't fighting, Terence Crawford is set for a **** fight, Golovkin is set for a **** fight if he gets his top choice, and Gvozdyk-Beterbiev is a good fight for October.

What is Spence-Porter competing against in September (especially with the Thurman-Pacquiao festivities leading to the push for Spence-Porter on the Gervonta Davis card the next week, the early August FS1 card, and likely an August FOX card too, on top of the various shoulder programming tied to the actual fight build)?

For a fight fan looking for a top-level fight fix, there's basically nowhere else to go in September, so yeah, $75 is about right for the event if you're paying for it at home.

If $25 is your spend, sports bars will host the fight for that plus drinks, and you can get a ticket to a Fathom Events airing in a theater for that $25 too (Heck, for $25, you can get a 30-pack of Stella Artois for that price to bring as your share to a party).

Lol

[Scipio2009]

Wow what happened to PBC bringing boxing to the masses on free TV? I thought that was their mission statement or something. Uncle Al is bad for the sport.

FOX has 10 shows, FS1 has 12 shows, and then you've got at least another 12 Showtime main dates (plus another dozen ShoBox dates), all available for the $100 that DAZN was selling you a year for (with a dead summer/early fall already happening).

Before PBC, how many shows we're being put forward to give fans a chance to maybe get back into watching fights again?

Let the hate go, man

[nghtmr111]

I'll try to attend this event. If I can't, I'll purchase the PPV. It better be Showtime PPV though... NOT Fox. Fox broadcast/commentators are really really bad.

[nghtmr111]

..and I also hope for the Benavidez fight to be the co-main!

[Albanianboxing]

Spence is a beast. Really enjoy watching his fights.