who are Matchroom/Top Rank/Golden Boy's "Rick Glaser, Steve Kim, Mike Montero, Dougie Fischer", etc? those LDBC nikkas didn't get created out of thin air, it was a reaction. I'm not even co-signing the stans wars shyt, but there's a reason why they exist.
Enter PBC on Prime - Paramount Global To Shut Down Showtime Sports; Network Will No Longer Broadcast Boxing
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Stinky Diver
attitude as bad as his odor
Anyone but DAZN. I’ll never forget those fakkits delaying a Canelo fight because some 2nd rate MMA event was still going on. Never saw a dime from me since.
Stinky Diver
attitude as bad as his odor
Probably end up on peacock or some goofy shyt
Bigblackted4
Superstar
They know that and choose to be ignorant he’ll we got a dude that literally takes their talking about in this thread
lol I know exactly who you talking bout, been stopped paying that dude any mind cuz he sounds straight up like a programmed bot
My point was the correlation of people exiting boxing isnt cause of the matchmaking, these are two diff convos. Im not trying toninvalidate your feelings im more so saying it is irrelevant to this specific situation. HBO gave classics and still chunked the dueces. My point is dudes are talking like TR is safe or something when Disney is in shambles right now. We may he revisiting this convo once TRs contract is up for renewal
Exactly its like soeaking chinese to a french speaker.
nikkas talking about match making lmfaook
You're talking about what COULD happen to Top Rank. We're talking about what's happening right now with PBC.
Hearn on Showtime Exiting Boxing: It’s Not Great News; Boxing Will Be Worse Off
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BY SEAN NAM
Published Wed Oct 18, 2023, 03:21 PM EDT
Eddie Hearn apparently isn’t feeling much schadenfreude from the pending death knell of a competitor.
The Matchroom Boxing head somberly greeted the news on Tuesday that Showtime will no longer broadcast boxing—a programming staple on the pay cable network for nearly four decades—after the end of the year.
The decision was made by Paramount Global, the parent company of Showtime (and BoxingScene.com). The entire Showtime Sports department will be eliminated as a result.
Five years ago, HBO, a longtime home for top boxing and pay cable network like Showtime, exited the sport under similar corporate conditions.
When asked about the development, Hearn, whose company has an output deal with the streaming platform DAZN, made it clear he believes that the sport as a whole will be “worse off” without Showtime offering its platform to fighters. Hearn, of course, has long criticized Showtime and its content partner Premier Boxing Champion over the years, and has been involved in well-publicized feuds with Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza, who will reportedly be among the layoffs.
“Look, a lot of people don’t get on with people in boxing, but you’ve also got to look at the bigger picture,” Hearn told FightHype.com. “It’s not great news for boxing. It’s just a sign of the future and a sign of the way content is being distributed and delivered to fight fans and that’s via streaming. We saw that a couple of years ago, we made our own move to build those partnerships and those relationships, but boxing will be worse off without Showtime as it was worse off without HBO. So, there’s a lot of people championing Stephen Espinoza losing his job and boxing not being part of [Showtime]. I know we never really got on that well, but he’s done a good job.
“I predicted this two, three years ago and said it’s coming, but one of the reasons why it has lasted so long is because people are stubborn. When I said it a couple of years ago, I knew those discussions were taking place for them to leave boxing, but Stephen did a great job and wouldn’t give in and he fought for boxing. He fought for competition as well, but he also believed in the product. One of the reasons why it went on a year or two more than anticipated is because they put on great shows.
“Ironically, the news comes in one of their best years in terms of bigger fights but it’s just the future of the traditional broadcaster that doesn't lend itself, in my opinion, to the audience anymore.”
Black_Jesus
Superstar
nikkas took HBO for granted.. the moment Haymon decided to steal those fighters away from goldenboy and leave HBO this was the beginning of the coldwar and the beginning of the slow death of HBO and Showtime boxing..
Just think about all the potential fights we missed out on or had to wait x amount of years to get because of boxing getting splintered to all these different networks
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You nikkas are stupid as shyt
Black_Jesus
Superstar
That you AL??
((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL
RIP MR. SMOKE
Bud gets it 
.....all these olds fukks need to go. The fighters have the power now.
.....all these olds fukks need to go. The fighters have the power now. Sbp
Superstar
That's kinda weird because boxing has been red hot for the last few years
seemorecizzy
Superstar
Hbo should have never let Floyd mayweather walk
i understand he was playing the villian role, but they went overboard with the disrespect. Before, during, and after his fights. They never fully recovered from that.
They did something similar with Tyson back in da day too. You can't shyt on your biggest money maker.
But their production was unmatched, Really felt like you were watching a movie during some fights
