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[KingOFKings]

I think it was on the actual DAZN platform but they uploaded it there too.

Which means it got even less. Needs to be on the big one, DAZN’s Boxing Youtube.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Which means it got even less. Needs to be on the big one, DAZN’s Boxing Youtube.

I think they've got some of his fight highlights on there.

This over a million...



This around 923k...



But yeah, I hope he gets his big fight and they can do more too.

 

[patscorpio]

 

[malbaker86]

Just saw Rigo had a fight this weekend, got dropped, and lost

It's over for him

 

[patscorpio]

Just saw Rigo had a fight this weekend, got dropped, and lost

It's over for him

sure did...close but clear loss

 

[aceboon]

so DAZN now sending out emails to their early subscribers that you have to opt into a year or start paying the $20 a month, I'm definitely deading my subscription, they're not offering a enough for me to sign up for a year.

 

[KingOFKings]

I think they've got some of his fight highlights on there.

This over a million...



This around 923k...



But yeah, I hope he gets his big fight and they can do more too.

Post fight highlights are even less than the bare minimum for promotion, that is just a given that those get posted. I’m talking 24/7, All Access, PBC Countdown/Fight Camp type of stuff that make people invested. UFC Countdown is another great one. I wouldn’t defend DAZN with this. There is no excuse.

I don’t understand why they can’t do more 40 Days Episodes. Not everyone has to be over the top, just build on your investment. I really want DAZN to succeed, yet I would hate to have big fights on there with nothing to look forward to for a build up (and nothing to send to casuals that might want to tune in). This has already been the case for a couple of years now. If people have to scrounge around for tidbits there will be no growth in this sport and we’re taking a massive step back.

 

[patscorpio]

Demetrius Andrade Accepts Terms For WBO Interim-Title Fight With Zach Parker

BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Mon Feb 28, 2022, 01:14 PM EST


Demetrius Andrade will set his sights on a third weight division.

BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Providence’s Andrade has formally accepted the terms surrounding his ordered WBO interim super middleweight title fight with England’s Zach Parker. The decision will mean a road trip for Andrade, a two-division and reigning WBO middleweight titlist who will fight outside the United States for just the second time in his 13-plus year pro career. The fight is tentatively scheduled for May 21 at a yet-to-be-confirmed location in England.

Queensberry Promotions, Parker’s promoter, claimed the rights to the fight after submitting a winning bid of $1,834,050 during Friday’s purse bid hearing held at WBO headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The bid outpaced the next highest offer from Matchroom Boxing, Andrade’s promoter who offered $1,750,000 in an earnest effort to secure promotional rights. Both sides were given 48 hours following the session to agree to move forward with the fight, with Andrade (31-0, 19KOs) using the full period before offering his decision just before the deadline.

Andrade is entitled 65% of the winning bid, or $1,192,132.50. The remaining 35% ($641,917.50) goes to Parker (22-0, 16KOs), the longtime number-one contender in the WBO super middleweight rankings.

In theory, the winner will become the WBO mandatory challenger to undisputed WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (57-1-2, 39KOs) who was permitted by all four major sanctioning bodies to next fight outside the division. Alvarez confirmed plans to challenge WBA light heavyweight Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11KOs), which will take place May 7 at a location to be determined.

However, the purse bid order noted that the WBO can order “that the winner of the Parker/Andrade bout faces in his next bout the Interim Champion, or Mandatory Challenger, as the case may be, of any of the remaining three (WBA, WBC & IBF) recognized sanctioning organizations.”

The WBO and WBC have both confirmed its willingness to explore the possibility of an interim title fight unification. The unique scenario would have Andrade-Parker winner to face whoever prevails in the soon-to-be-announced WBC interim super middleweight title fight between former two-time full champ David Benavidez (25-0, 22KOs) and former IBF middleweight titlist David Lemieux (43-4, 36KOs) which is also eyed for mid-May. From there, the winner would serve as the mandatory for two sanctioning bodies.

Separate from that, Andrade will have a decision of his own to make even with a win over Parker. Should the 33-year-old-southpaw emerge victorious, he will have ten days to decide whether to remain at super middleweight or resume his WBO middleweight title reign.

The latter puts him on the hook for a mandatory title defense versus the winner of a WBO interim middleweight title fight involving Kazakhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7KOs), whose mandatory title status was enforced by the WBO in ordering a title fight with Andrade last November 30. Talks dragged on for nearly two months, including three separate purse bid delays and an outright cancellation once Andrade was permitted to instead face Parker for an interim super middleweight title.

Parker has held the number-one spot in the WBO super middleweight rankings since November 2020, only after Alvarez committed to a fight with Callum Smith for the WBA “Super” and vacant WBC title. Alvarez was permitted to jump the line as a WBO Super champion, despite Parker having previously won a sanctioned title eliminator in a March 2020 11th round knockout of Rohan Murdock. Parker has since won three fights, including a fourth-round stoppage of Marcus Morrison last November 6 in Birmingham, England.

Suggested locations for Parker-Andrade include London, Birmingham and Parker’s home region of Derby, England.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

The thing is though, he hasn’t done everything to promote Andrade. Where is Andrade’a 40 Days doc on DAZN? They haven’t released a training camp doc for Andrade since he signed in 2018. For a MW champ that’s unheard of. For comparison’s sake, In the same time Jermall Charlo has had the following produced.

-PBC Countdown, PBC Face to Face for the FOX Debut
-FOX special on the Charlo Twins
-2 separate All Access’s on Showtime (2020 and 2021)
-A Charlo twin doc on Showtime before their PPV

DAZN hasn’t had anything for Andrade. The man is at the other side of his career and has yet to have one proper training camp doc. That’s the bare minimum and they have failed. Same goes with Haney.

When people say DAZN is bad for boxing, THIS is why. This type of lack of promotion and lack of emphasis on fighters is going to drive the sport even more underground. That type of promotion works and is the absolute minimum a fighter of Andrade’s level and personality deserves.

People know more about Mario Barrios and Isaac Cruz than Boo Boo because they were on Showtime All Access. I have friends that are casuals that actually want to check for those two based on that alone! (It’s funny because Barrios was also on the Thurman Countdown and promo!!)

Sounds like you're talking about DAZN and not Eddie Hearn.

Has Andrade once ever sold tickets like Charlo? Like even close? Outside of his hometown.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

I think they've got some of his fight highlights on there.

This over a million...



This around 923k...



But yeah, I hope he gets his big fight and they can do more too.

Andrade my age and his best win is vs ???? He never got a big shot after BJS pulled out of their fight....but Andrade isn't s good example. He's pretty boring to watch and is partially autistic? Weird how so many go to bat for him

 

[mr. smoke weed]

so DAZN now sending out emails to their early subscribers that you have to opt into a year or start paying the $20 a month, I'm definitely deading my subscription, they're not offering a enough for me to sign up for a year.

Lmao....boxing has become such a trash sport in almost every way. PBC started this bullshyt, stunned to see DAZN following.

 

[KingOFKings]

Sounds like you're talking about DAZN and not Eddie Hearn.

Has Andrade once ever sold tickets like Charlo? Like even close? Outside of his hometown.

Eddie Hearn and DAZN are synonymous in North America. I wouldn’t defend either in this. The severe lack of content is clear as day.

You can’t expect anyone to sell anything when nobody knows something is even happening or who the person is.

 

[patscorpio]

 

[KingOFKings]

The power is next level.

 

[patscorpio]

The power is next level.

but his heart and overall skills are not lol