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Hearn just tweeted 'more signings on the way people #whosnext'
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Matchroom to make more signings!
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Talk over at ESB is it could be Eubanks Jr.
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Sounds plausible.
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Apparently due to Channel 5 not showing boxing anymore, that breaches Jr's contract with Hennessy.
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There's obviously some kind of problem with channel 5 because they pulled the DeGale show from this weekend pretty randomly. I don't think James will switch yet because he's had enough change recently so might want to see if Hennessy can still do something else for him. Whereas Eubank Jr is still young enough to wanna stay active and shouldn't have too much trouble leaving if he's not getting fights.
The only other "switch" I can think of that's left is Kevin Mitchell. He was meant to be boxing on the April 20th Wembley show but then nothing else was mentioned.
The only other "switch" I can think of that's left is Kevin Mitchell. He was meant to be boxing on the April 20th Wembley show but then nothing else was mentioned.
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Not necessarily with this one. Eubank Jr isn't really headline material on Sky yet so I don't think it's a signing that forces them to make new any new dates yet.
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@Lunny I hope so mate as I recently cancelled BOxnation, the more boxing on Sky the better.
I'm pretty confident Hearn will get what he wants off Sky, Mike Costello said last night that Matchroom bring in 17% of Sky Sports viewers IIRC, so I doubt they'll turn him down.
I'm pretty confident Hearn will get what he wants off Sky, Mike Costello said last night that Matchroom bring in 17% of Sky Sports viewers IIRC, so I doubt they'll turn him down.
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Mitchell makes sense too, Hearn loves his ticket sellers and Mitchell certainly shifts a few, also he said he was looking at making Rees/Mitchell in Cardiff, June time.
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Anyone else feel like Matchroom might end up with the same challenge as WWF did when they absorbed WCW and ECW? The problem being that they had so much talent and not enough air time to get them all over. WWF came up with the ingenious idea of having the 'draft' where they could assign fighters to certain shows only, like you're either a Raw fighter or a Smackdown fighter. That way, you'd have Triple H headlining Raw and then leave Smackdown open for a new main storyline and more room for some other talent to come to the forefront.
No idea how this actually relates to Hearn's situation in practice, but I like talking about wrestling.
EDIT: Realistically, what I'm saying, is that Hearn might have more fighters than he knows what to do with and then some might go by the wayside.
No idea how this actually relates to Hearn's situation in practice, but I like talking about wrestling.
EDIT: Realistically, what I'm saying, is that Hearn might have more fighters than he knows what to do with and then some might go by the wayside.
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:lol: I wondered where you were going with that
Eddie could sign everyone if he wanted to. I do think he knows what he's doing for now though.
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I hope it ends up better than the brand split although the draft show would be awesome! Kugie Bear to be GM on the B show?
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Pre-matchroom, Sky had more dates and dealt with a lot of different promoters and fighters. They downsized and it now seems the dates and roster are steadily growing. I'm starting to think the whole strategy of the past couple of years has been a concerted attempt to cut out the middle men and their cut of revenues. Hearn himself said they're not making money out of boxing so are they essentially TV packagers working on behalf of sky?
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The whole "boxing doesnt make anyone any money" angle is shit, if you listened to tv execs and promoters you'd think it was charity work they did, if it didnt make good money it wouldnt happen.
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