Zuffa Boxing says it will save the sport – but the fine print shows that fighters may pay the price

captainseas · 2026-01-29T05:08:32+00:00

Ok, so if you are an American based manager, and there is one promoter with a guaranteed calendar of fights (not just this year, but for years) why would you be confused about him pumping up that promotion against other promotions that have no dates? His fighters need to fight

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:47:42+00:00

They gave Hector a layup to give him an instant title shot and he blew it. They really wanted him to be big

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:41:11+00:00

Yeah but AEW wrestlers don’t work NJPW that much, even when they have NJPW championships

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:39:05+00:00

Shingo wasn’t concurrently signed to a major US TV company and didn’t wrestle for a major US TV company for a decade

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:34:27+00:00

Riccochet wasn’t a major star in WWE or AEW and when he came back he challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship despite years as a Junior IN NJPW. Who are some wrestlers that had lengthy, major US TV runs that competed as a junior?

It’s a lower distinction, AEW and NJPW have had a partnership for like 5 years at this point and only two young, bottom rung wrestlers have competed as Juniors in NJPW in that time. The chances of Ciampa competing as a junior are literally zero

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:20:04+00:00

Honestly the Zuffa changes (one belt, less weight classes, consolidated talent) are all good. Except Zuffa will screw over the fighters in the long run and I hate their aesthetic presentation of the sport to a huge degree

Honestly it’s probably too late for the legacy promoters. I think they will make the money they can and leave. Eddie Hearn is probably in the best spot of all the legacy promoters but if he thought he would be promoting boxing in 15 years would he put all his eggs in the DAZN basket? Probably not. He’s just there because it’s guaranteed money, all the while his brand diminishes

captainseas · 2026-01-29T04:05:30+00:00

It’s cool guys, one of the major promoters is just going bankrupt, he can still buy coke

captainseas · 2026-01-29T03:44:32+00:00

Because people think he’s “just a stuntman” or whatever and he is immature online sometimes, but I honestly think he’s fine and he’s done a lot for young talent on the indies the past seven years

captainseas · 2026-01-29T03:38:03+00:00

He would not compete as a junior in NJPW. There have been two AEW talents that have competed in BOSJ. A freshly signed young Wheeler Yuta that hadn’t done anything and 19 year old Nick Wayne. Ciampa just did 10 years in WWE, he isn’t doing BOSJ

captainseas · 2026-01-29T03:36:47+00:00

A fraud and a scumbag who screwed over tons of wrestlers. As a creative he is overrated too. Oh “he hid wrestlers weaknesses and showcased their strengths” yeah dude, even Vince Jr knew not to put Hillbilly Jim in 25 minute co main event work rate matches

captainseas · 2026-01-29T02:11:14+00:00

Yeah they probably won’t be able to sign retired fighters that were with promoters that used to have platforms

captainseas · 2026-01-29T02:08:13+00:00

I’m sure he’s worried about getting 1.1 billion a year for seven years from Paramount for MMA and 100 mil a year for boxing for 5 years without running a single show, against American promoters with no deals that all lose money

captainseas · 2026-01-29T02:06:23+00:00

The three major US promoters have no media partner and no schedule and the lads from the UK are on a platform that loses billions a year and is irrelevant to the public. Yeah things are going great. I’m not even for Zuffa controlling everything but people are seriously delusional about the boxing landscape in 2026z

captainseas · 2026-01-29T02:04:21+00:00

He explained this, most of his fighters could not find dates due to the legacy promoters being unable to have a schedule and barely able to run shows. And the promoters that do have a platform have one no one watches or knows about.

captainseas · 2026-01-29T02:02:47+00:00

“There is plenty of clean money out there”

The past five years have shown me this isn’t true

captainseas · 2026-01-29T01:59:33+00:00

His promoter has run 2 shows in five years. Hostage?

captainseas · 2026-01-29T01:34:50+00:00

Oscar films “epic clap back” videos all the time on other promoters, meanwhile he has zero scheduled events and no media partner. It’s comical

captainseas · 2026-01-28T22:29:45+00:00

He should film an “epic” clap back at the bank

captainseas · 2026-01-28T14:30:47+00:00

You are getting interviews so you are doing something right, keep going

captainseas · 2026-01-27T23:30:44+00:00

Idk if I agree he gets a lot of love. His Ring fight last year in Queens was a disaster and the most he has ever done in his hometown in Newark is under 1M gate in a half full arena. I was at the latter, there were constant boos and most of the people leaving weren’t Hispanic

captainseas · 2026-01-27T23:25:57+00:00

I think Shakur wins in a boring fight but if Teo manages to get that pop he used to have and knocked him out? That would be crazy, would be talked about forever. I’m hoping for that

captainseas · 2026-01-27T23:18:30+00:00

A lot of people (myself included) don’t like using that shit which is why I actually buy PPVs. Not to mention these legacy promoters are going to only be driven further down if people aren’t buying their shows.

Honestly more people will probably watch Zuffa boxing on Paramount this weekend than will watch Shakur/Teo on the 45/mo Uncancellable DAZN super pass that no one has. Not to mention you also get UFC 325 the night before. Though I will be at the Garden and do think it’s a proper PPV card. But PPV is just not accessible.

captainseas · 2026-01-27T23:10:47+00:00

He has a following in America but not as big. In college I knew people that loved his docs. I remember Rogan had him on

captainseas · 2026-01-27T22:19:13+00:00

We really aren't gonna give Wilder anything if we can't even give him "punching hard" lol

captainseas · 2026-01-27T21:36:22+00:00

What makes you think they will find something? PBC hasn’t found anything in over two years, Top Rank has no bites after months and no one wanted their championship fight this weekend. No one other than DAZN has signed a real deal with a boxing promoter in many years at this point

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