Boxing on a rival promoters bill - Could it now happen more?

[jameswilson]

This has been unusual down the years barring purse bids and the fighter in question being down the pecking order of the promoter.

Examples down the years include Paul Smith v Tony Dodson (when Smith was with Queensbury.) John Ryder v Billy Joe. Nick Blackwell v Ryder. Miles Shinkwin v Hosea Burton. Those kind of guys.

Now with Billy Joe fighting Andrade in the US on a Matchroom show, BT PPV and the possible pot of money coming from Dazn do people think we may now see some bigger names from each stable appearing on the other channel?

We've seen down the years the PPV shows need decent undercards. Frampton v Quigg was forgettable and there was no undercard to back it up whereas Whyte v Parker ended up with people giving some praise because the undercard ended up lighting up and had recognisable names.

Could it be that good money is offered across the divide and the promoters and managers in question back their man to cross the road and do the business?

[KiwiRider]

I really hope there is more interaction between promoters.
When Dazn (or whatever it's called) was first announced, I thought a well funded seperate organisation on a new(ish) platform could give more cooperative melding of different promoters. Then it was announced Hearn was at the helm, and he started building a stable and my optimism was squashed. I still think there are plenty of smaller promoters able to make deals with the bigger fish, as they have to, but it seems other relationships between the biggest players are strained.
The whole Haymon/Arum belt hostage situation sucks. It's almost like a criminal insider trading case with the WBC as the patsy. That needs to end.

[Stuarty]

The sport is stronger when promoters interact