Gary Shaw Signs Light Middleweight

[The_budweiser]

August 28, 2012 - Gary Shaw Productions signs light-middleweight prospect Francisco Santana (13-3-1, 6 KOs) to a promotional contract with the hopes that the Santa Barbra Calif., native can work his way up the rankings.

 

"Santana is a very popular fighter in his region and he brings an exciting style to the ring every time he gets in there," said Shaw. "The Chumash Casino is his home and we plan on showcasing him on all of our shows there. I know he has the talent to take his career to the next level and I'm looking forward to his development with Gary Shaw Productions."

 

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[davemurphy]

It's fun to see Gary Shaw having to resort to signing 13-3-1 local favorites, his days as a big time promoter are numbered.

[gavpowell]

You've always had a real dislike of Gary Shaw, huh murph? Is it because you think he doesn't do a good job for his fighters, or did he bite you as a child?

[davemurphy]

You've always had a real dislike of Gary Shaw, huh murph? Is it because you think he doesn't do a good job for his fighters, or did he bite you as a child?

 

As a youth, I do recall a few bite marks that I couldn't account for and have my suspicions that it was Shaw, but my biggest complaint with him is that he does nothing for his fighters other than get them on TV. He obviously has some connections at the TV Networks, especially Showtime, but he's more TV Broker than what I would call a Promoter. He gives the network a price, takes his 25%, and that's where his job ends, he could care less if there's a single person in the crowd.

He also never gets his fighters articles in magazines, sets up any interviews, or anything that would raise their stock.

[brooklynbrawler]

I think in the current age of Twitter and Facebook and all the other online stuff, a promoters job is slowly dying out.

There's becoming less and less need for them and you already start to see a trend of established fighters opting to promote themselves.

The murky dealings and ripping off of fighters, is slowly dying out, in favour of those who don't need much promotion and can carry their own fanbase.

Unfortunately, popularity rather than ability may be what shines through out of this, but if you're a good enough boxer and can sell a few tickets yourself, then you don't really need a promoter nowadays...

[davemurphy]

Yep, we've moved beyond the point where the "grass roots" approach that used to be the standard promoters trade is necessary to the job. TV has become the whole game and if you can get your guys on the tube on a regular basis then you can do the rest from a keyboard and still be pretty successful. It doesn't mean that your particularly good at what you do, only that in this day and age your not required to go hanging fight posters in barber shops if your anything beyond the local promoter who's just squeaking by.