Mods, feel free to delete this if this was already being discussed. I didn't see a thread on it.
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...n-to-announce-series-in-new-york-on-wednesday
A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday at the NBC Studios building in New York City, where powerful adviser Al Haymon is expected to announce an exclusive output deal with NBC Sports, according to several sources familiar with the details.
The agreement for the boxing series could yield around 24 fight dates involving Haymon’s fighters, several of whom were released from their promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions as a result of the company’s settlement with former CEO Richard Schaefer, who resigned after 10 years last June.
Although Golden Boy Promotions has reportedly retained the promotional rights of such high-profile Haymon-advised boxers as Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse and Leo Santa Cruz, it lost promotional ties to other Haymon fighters, such as RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and Adrien Broner.
Haymon’s top attraction is Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is the world’s highest-paid athlete, and is reportedly close to reaching a deal to face Manny Pacquiao.
http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/1/12/7531309/al-haymon-to-announce-new-boxing-series-on-wednesday
There's a press conference scheduled in New York on Wednesday at NBC studios, where Al Haymon is expected to announce his new boxing series that will air on the network. I wonder, though, if Al will be personally deliver this press conference as he's seldom seen and never heard. In fact, he's pretty infamous for never speaking publicly or to any kind of media. Maybe he'll have Sam Watson handle the grunt work for him, but I digress...
It's expected that Haymon's purchase of NBC airtime will yield about 24 fight dates, a number of whom were just recently released from Golden Boy Promotions as part of a settlement with Richard Schaefer. The real question behind all of this, at least in my mind, is whether or not Haymon will begin matching up his big name fighters in big fights, now that he's essentially running his own show. He has a lot of good fighters in his stable with plenty of great potential match-ups between them that could be made (Garcia-Broner for example).
Of course, many feel that Haymon will continue his tried and true tradition of getting his marquee names easy fights for good pay. I'm not so certain, however, that that would be a recipe for continued success in the long run, particularly if fans start tuning out, and I think Haymon is more than smart enough to recognize that. Of course, there's this whole other caveat that ratings may not be a big issue now that his fights will no longer be on premium subscription television, which could help market his fighters to a much-wider audience, regardless of the level of competition. I think we'll get an indication of where this is all going once the first fight card is announced. Stay tuned...
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...n-to-announce-series-in-new-york-on-wednesday
A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday at the NBC Studios building in New York City, where powerful adviser Al Haymon is expected to announce an exclusive output deal with NBC Sports, according to several sources familiar with the details.
The agreement for the boxing series could yield around 24 fight dates involving Haymon’s fighters, several of whom were released from their promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions as a result of the company’s settlement with former CEO Richard Schaefer, who resigned after 10 years last June.
Although Golden Boy Promotions has reportedly retained the promotional rights of such high-profile Haymon-advised boxers as Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse and Leo Santa Cruz, it lost promotional ties to other Haymon fighters, such as RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and Adrien Broner.
Haymon’s top attraction is Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is the world’s highest-paid athlete, and is reportedly close to reaching a deal to face Manny Pacquiao.
http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/1/12/7531309/al-haymon-to-announce-new-boxing-series-on-wednesday
There's a press conference scheduled in New York on Wednesday at NBC studios, where Al Haymon is expected to announce his new boxing series that will air on the network. I wonder, though, if Al will be personally deliver this press conference as he's seldom seen and never heard. In fact, he's pretty infamous for never speaking publicly or to any kind of media. Maybe he'll have Sam Watson handle the grunt work for him, but I digress...
It's expected that Haymon's purchase of NBC airtime will yield about 24 fight dates, a number of whom were just recently released from Golden Boy Promotions as part of a settlement with Richard Schaefer. The real question behind all of this, at least in my mind, is whether or not Haymon will begin matching up his big name fighters in big fights, now that he's essentially running his own show. He has a lot of good fighters in his stable with plenty of great potential match-ups between them that could be made (Garcia-Broner for example).
Of course, many feel that Haymon will continue his tried and true tradition of getting his marquee names easy fights for good pay. I'm not so certain, however, that that would be a recipe for continued success in the long run, particularly if fans start tuning out, and I think Haymon is more than smart enough to recognize that. Of course, there's this whole other caveat that ratings may not be a big issue now that his fights will no longer be on premium subscription television, which could help market his fighters to a much-wider audience, regardless of the level of competition. I think we'll get an indication of where this is all going once the first fight card is announced. Stay tuned...
