Saunders vs Andrade

[Andrew]

Apparently Andrade is now with Hearn.

A purse bid situation could be very interesting.

https://www.BS.com/demetrius-a ... zn--129927

[maverick23]

That’s clearly BS - no way there’s that money for anything other then major events which this wouldn’t be. It’s also the reason, no major fighters have officially signed on or shown genuine interest in doing so.

What's BS? The deal was announced, along with the financial commitment, with DZN. They have to start somewhere. When Hearn first started promoting in the U.K. they struggled to get fighters and sell tickets. I'm sure they'll struggle initially in the US.

They haven't officially announced anyone because they're saving it for next week to announce all of their signings. So no major fighters have shown genuine interest? What about Mikey Garcia? He's done several interviews saying he's interested. Whether he'll sign may be a different story.

[Manchester Hitman]

That’s clearly BS - no way there’s that money for anything other then major events which this wouldn’t be. It’s also the reason, no major fighters have officially signed on or shown genuine interest in doing so.

What's BS? The deal was announced, along with the financial commitment, with DZN. They have to start somewhere. When Hearn first started promoting in the U.K. they struggled to get fighters and sell tickets. I'm sure they'll struggle initially in the US.

They haven't officially announced anyone because they're saving it for next week to announce all of their signings. So no major fighters have shown genuine interest? What about Mikey Garcia? He's done several interviews saying he's interested. Whether he'll sign may be a different story.

It’s quite clear and obvious to me
from the start that the DAZN deal is not as described. There is zero chance that either company would commit to an 8 year, billion dollar contract without a break clause - In this case it’s widely suggested to be a 2 year contract which sounds about right.

Interms of fighters signed on, unless Eddie has managed to keep an almighty massive Secret there is not going to be anyone of real note announced next week.

So far Eddie has openly chased, but ended up being dismissed/ridiculed by the following fighters - Wilder, Broner, Spence etc

Chased others who have either given a diplomatic no or a lets see in the future (which will never come to anything)
Mikey Garcia, Charlo Bros, Bivol, Gervonta Davis etc

He even started taking about bringing over domestic level guys like Tommy Coyle to fight on his US cards Which is real worrying interms of content but maybe good for Tommy.

It’s not looking good so far, but as you say it’s a work in progress and hopefully it develops into something good over time.

[maverick23]

That’s clearly BS - no way there’s that money for anything other then major events which this wouldn’t be. It’s also the reason, no major fighters have officially signed on or shown genuine interest in doing so.

What's BS? The deal was announced, along with the financial commitment, with DZN. They have to start somewhere. When Hearn first started promoting in the U.K. they struggled to get fighters and sell tickets. I'm sure they'll struggle initially in the US.

They haven't officially announced anyone because they're saving it for next week to announce all of their signings. So no major fighters have shown genuine interest? What about Mikey Garcia? He's done several interviews saying he's interested. Whether he'll sign may be a different story.

It’s quite clear and obvious to me
from the start that the DAZN deal is not as described. There is zero chance that either company would commit to an 8 year, billion dollar contract without a break clause - In this case it’s widely suggested to be a 2 year contract which sounds about right.

Interms of fighters signed on, unless Eddie has managed to keep an almighty massive Secret there is not going to be anyone of real note announced next week.

So far Eddie has openly chased, but ended up being dismissed/ridiculed by the following fighters - Wilder, Broner, Spence etc

Chased others who have either given a diplomatic no or a lets see in the future (which will never come to anything)
Mikey Garcia, Charlo Bros, Bivol, Gervonta Davis etc

He even started taking about bringing over domestic level guys like Tommy Coyle to fight on his US cards Which is real worrying interms of content but maybe good for Tommy.

It’s not looking good so far, but as you say it’s a work in progress and hopefully it develops into something good over time.

Yes - they said there was a break clause after 2 years - Eddie was open about that. That still gives them a big war chest to use in those 2 years to prove themselves.

We’ll see who gets announced. I don’t think there will be big names announced initially but as I said earlier these things take time. He’ll need to prove himself in the US before, I would have thought, big name fighters sign up.

Yes - he’s been dismissed by wilder and broner but he’s been in open discussions with many other fighters (Charlos, Garcia and others). I’d be surprised if he announced any of them next week but I would have thought he’d have a few world champs, a few contenders and several prospects. If/when he does a good job with those guys, and they’re paid well, bigger names will follow.

Someone like Tommy Coyle will be in a good fight well down the undercard. They’ve already announced the Callum Johnson world title fight won’t be headliner so we’ll see what happens.

It’s far too early to judge considering they haven’t done the preliminary fighter announcement. If they do end up signing Andrade then I’d say he’s a good signing and they’d have to pay top dollar to get the BJS fight.