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Message: [QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 3778386, member: 516"] Yup. I don’t like it either, but do understand why. IMO, the primary reason Peter Nelson took HBO out of the business. But remember, HBO killed off USA and ESPN’s Tues and Fri Night fights respectively by the 90’s/turn of century. A little different, but some similarities. Same thing is gonna happen to Dana White and UFC eventually... When you pay guys to fight easier opponents, they are gonna do so. They are not incentivized to fight better boxers or more often. And you can always “get them a title” by creating one with the Alphabet organizations. When you “blurr” the distinction between promotion and management (and pay off the state commissions), that kills competition too. One of the reasons Arum is always looking overseas for venues (like he did with Europe in the 70’s). He makes money off the gate, not from an investor conglomerate. If I had to put “blame” for this mess on one person or organization, it is Al. He won’t let his top boys (Spence or Tank) fight Arum (Crawford, Teo, Loma, Shakur) or Oscar guys (Garcia). I’ve speculated that Al was unhappy with the Fury/Wilder promotion (and outcome) - lost business leverage in the Heavy Division and took it personally. Top Rank, Oscar, even Hearn will work together to put on a big fight (Fury/Joshua is probably gonna happen - because Arum get’s his Wembley gate and Hearn get’s the stream platform). Ultimately, I think PBC will die ”of natural causes“ when they cannot pay fighters enough to stay home and fight the same guys over and over again within a small stable. In the meantime, Errol Spence will burn the rest of his physical prime fighting guys like Thurman and Charlo at 156. Crawford will end up with the young guns - Vergil Ortiz, Ennis, or maybe even Teo. If Crawford and Spence don’t meet (soon), that’s how they will ultimately be remembered. No risk it, no ”All Time Great” biscuit... [/QUOTE]

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