PBC coming to ESPN and ABC beginning 7/11. No more FNF after 5/22.

[Mook]

well looks like shobox will prolly be getting some new fighters to air on its program come summertime

That's all they can show now that Allen screwed them with no vas

 

[IceDragon]

Quit playing man..no more FNF?

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Lament for the death of FNF

 

[TheNig]

Wow... Showtime, Dana White, and the boxing fan took a small L with this one.

12 fights in a year is some shyt. You got 175 fighters signed to you. Put them nikkas to work on FNF.

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

So we're only going to get 12 fights a year while FNF was providing fights every friday over like 6-8 month period? So less boxing? 1 Fight a month essentially?

1 card a month not one fight a month. Besides that's just on one network Al gonna have events on TV damn near weekly between all the networks

 

[Rev]

no more FNF?

My problem with this is that we're only going to get Haymon fighters now. While FNF was a catch all for promoters.

I've heard that it will be in conjunction with about 3 other promoters.

no details on who or whatever just yet, but you'd have to think that since it'll be on ESPN/ABC & only once a month, that it'll be stacked with solid fights....lord willing. the objective with this is to have it be on the level that NBC is on...or maybe even higher, really.

broner/khan - live in vegas on 7/11 to kick it off?

EDIT: ramadan goes from mid-june to mid-july this year.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Damn, end of an era.

 

[HARLEM AL]

I haven't caught Friday night fights and a min but I don't know if I like this. Granted it was a lot of bum hunting going on.

Now if the give us competitive fights on Friday nights that will be good.

I personally think Friday nights should be move to Thursday's maybe?

 

[patscorpio]

I haven't caught Friday night fights and a min but I don't know if I like this. Granted it was a lot of bum hunting going on.

Now if the give us competitive fights on Friday nights that will be good.

I personally think Friday nights should be move to Thursday's maybe?

thursdays vikings is on....we need to concentrate on the adventures of swagnar lothbrok and the fukkery they get into in the name of odin..be cool breh ...tuesdays are better...shyt bring back tuesday night fights..aint shyt on tv on tuesday nights anyways

 

[Mac Casper]

ESPN and ABC are joining Al Haymon's boxing party.

The sports network told USA TODAY Sports Tuesday that Premier Boxing Champions, the brainchild of reclusive boxing mogul Haymon, will air a dozen two-hour live boxing shows on ESPN and ABC annually.

The inaugural PBC on ESPN show will air on Saturday, July 11, with a venue and participants to be announced soon, according to Brian Kweder, ESPN's senior director of programming and acquisitions. ABC broadcasts will air on Saturday afternoon, with further details to be announced at a later date.

The new series will replace ESPN's Friday Night Fights, which celebrates its last show on Friday, May 22, with the finals of the Boxcino 2015 tournament.

Read the rest in link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...air-premier-boxing-champions-fights/24953921/

Didn't realize ABC was in the mix too.

ABC and ESPN are both owned by DIsney . . Al Haymon venture is doing a lot for boxing

 

[jackswstd]

Haven't kept up with FNF in awhile but sad to see it go. They put on some great fights over the years.

 

[Mac Casper]

So PBC is likely on course to be synonymous with boxing the way UFC is with MMA . . NBA with basketball . . NFL with football . . MLB with baseball - pretty soon we might see organized scheduling. A unified commission. Plus to launch this into the masses Mayweather's 50th and final fight is up for grabs, this opens the tables for a lot of these networks to start a bidding war over who gets that fight, it'll be of Super Bowl proportions

 

[Big Boss]

FNF

 

[Dr. Acula]

1 card a month not one fight a month. Besides that's just on one network Al gonna have events on TV damn near weekly between all the networks

Well this is just semantics.I meant fight cards. FNF was putting on cards every friday over a long period of time. Way more than a "dozen" a year between two networks.

 

[patscorpio]

So PBC is likely on course to be synonymous with boxing the way UFC is with MMA . . NBA with basketball . . NFL with football . . MLB with baseball - pretty soon we might see organized scheduling. A unified commission. Plus to launch this into the masses Mayweather's 50th and final fight is up for grabs, this opens the tables for a lot of these networks to start a bidding war over who gets that fight, it'll be of Super Bowl proportions

That's not what it is. Most of us like to see fighters from the beginning do their thing and work the way up. They need an outlet for that too and that was FNF.