On Zuffa Boxing, it’s very disappointing that it’s the morning of the fight and there is no tv/streaming deal in Ireland. Very interested in the main as Callum Walsh is a Corkman from Cobh (Interesting Fact; Cobh (pronounced “cove”) was formerly known as Queenstown which was the last port the Titanic stopped at before heading out into the Atlantic).
Funny tidbit about Zuffa Boxing. The official site (zuffaboxing.com) only has a landing page saying coming soon, whereas the store (zuffaboxingstore.com) is a fully functioning site with lots of merch.
Finally, the embedded Ari YouTube vid at the top of the article is very interesting. Particularly at 33:32 of the video where there is a very obvious edit and cutting. It’s just as Ari is talking about his tough time at school.
State athletic commissions losing critical revenue if the mid-level and smaller promoters get pushed out is a dimension I hadn't even considered. Of course, I doubt anyone in Congress saw this coming either, but they seem pretty keen to be convinced by TKO's lobbyists that they're doing the right thing here. A federal boxing body also sounds kind of nuts. So much for federalism.
Before forecasting Boxing's Doomsday scenario, could've you provided more context as to how the Boxing industry got in this predicament like how did Boxing lost out on extensive tv rights deal that it made the sport even less accessible to the viewers?
The TLDR reason is that first HBO (Top Rank & Golden Boy), then Showtime (PBC), then ESPN (Top Rank) stopped carrying boxing. Then DAZN (Queensberry, Matchroom, Golden Boy) & Amazon (PBC) didn't pan out as alternatives.
Another great piece. Very interesting points.
On Zuffa Boxing, it’s very disappointing that it’s the morning of the fight and there is no tv/streaming deal in Ireland. Very interested in the main as Callum Walsh is a Corkman from Cobh (Interesting Fact; Cobh (pronounced “cove”) was formerly known as Queenstown which was the last port the Titanic stopped at before heading out into the Atlantic).
Funny tidbit about Zuffa Boxing. The official site (zuffaboxing.com) only has a landing page saying coming soon, whereas the store (zuffaboxingstore.com) is a fully functioning site with lots of merch.
Finally, the embedded Ari YouTube vid at the top of the article is very interesting. Particularly at 33:32 of the video where there is a very obvious edit and cutting. It’s just as Ari is talking about his tough time at school.
Enjoy the fights!
You saved yourself a lot of time not watching the Callum Walsh fight.
The rest of the card was decent. Max Kellerman's performance was, occasionally, suboptimal.
State athletic commissions losing critical revenue if the mid-level and smaller promoters get pushed out is a dimension I hadn't even considered. Of course, I doubt anyone in Congress saw this coming either, but they seem pretty keen to be convinced by TKO's lobbyists that they're doing the right thing here. A federal boxing body also sounds kind of nuts. So much for federalism.
Number one question unanswered by bill proponents -- how are you going to enforce it?
Answering that question is a poison pill.
TKO's money will enforce it.
Before forecasting Boxing's Doomsday scenario, could've you provided more context as to how the Boxing industry got in this predicament like how did Boxing lost out on extensive tv rights deal that it made the sport even less accessible to the viewers?
We have chronicled the pathway to where the US legacy boxing promoters have gone off the rails:
https://www.themmadraw.com/p/the-bottom-is-falling-out-for-both
And with Top Rank announcing their next fight for their FAST channel, not much else to report.
Also this post where we went through each of the boxing promoters https://www.themmadraw.com/p/the-one-boxing-guy-fighting-tkos
The TLDR reason is that first HBO (Top Rank & Golden Boy), then Showtime (PBC), then ESPN (Top Rank) stopped carrying boxing. Then DAZN (Queensberry, Matchroom, Golden Boy) & Amazon (PBC) didn't pan out as alternatives.
Final straw was Riyadh Season pulling back.
Boxing is in MAJOR trouble. The health of the sport hasn't been good for a long time. TKO are coming in at the perfect time
When TKO smells blood in the water, they attack like sharks. Yes, maybe not through substance, but they have so many other means.