LondonRingRules Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 --- In addition to Showtime, Haymon layered in a big Fox Deal. Since nobody for years has ever seen Haymon in public, presumably this was done by power of attorney... Breaking: PBC, Fox finalize multi-year deal; network will provide large budget - The Ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittbox Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... I'm kind of surprised by this, because I thought that Haymon's free TV experiment failed. Quality of those shows weren't that good and he lost some networks like NBC and ESPN. Probably not a lot is about to change, though. We will see some lower tier events on FS1 and some waned stars on FOX like Devon Alexander who was a headliner in last two FOX shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Deja' vu all over again. I am not hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selij Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Changing tv station will not change quality of the matchups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... And now Frank Warren is partnering up with ESPN and Top Rank. Frank Warren announces broadcast partnership with ESPN and Top Rank Although i get frustrated with PBC at times, it does offer more boxing broadcasted on television and i'm cool with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Well, with Warren and Hearn both inking deals for USA broadcasting, that can only turn up pressure for Haymon to give us reasonable matchups. Maybe there's some hope, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Not sure these deals do anything other than line the pockets or the promoters, rather than brings fans anything more exciting. Maybe their mindset is "more exposure" but lets face it the true boxing fans take note whats going on either side of the pond anyway, it just might be "easier" to actually catch the fights. And by easier I also mean more costly! :haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javier_83 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... well the same king of broadcast happen here in mexico with 2 national tv broadcasting their own cards without talking about the resto fo them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Seems to be TV money pouring into the sport. The only negative is that it may stop certain fights happening eg Spence and Crawford are on different channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Re: Al Haymon signs BIG Fox deal... Yeah, this was really interesting. I was under the (probably poorly informed impression) that Haymon's first investment (or, rather, his facilitation of investment) hadn't proved profitable and that the model was reliant on securing a larger market share than PBC was able to in the first round of investment. I haven't had a chance to look at this properly but it will be interesting to see if it's structured differently from the last PBC deal. My understanding was that the previous deal was and airtime buyout with the investment recouped via advertising revenue. Maybe that deal had enough proof-of-concept re: the PBC as a format to persuade FOX to pay for PBC rights themselves. I think I am with others in having mixed feelings about this. I like to see investment in the sport and fighters getting paid well, but I'm also worried about the ramifications this will have for inter-stable/network fights not being made. If the networks/promoters don't leverage their position to make the fights that matter then everyone (including the fighters) has an inbuilt incentive to taker safer contests when they're sufficiently lucrative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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