KSI launches new promotional company

[Boxerbeetle]

https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/eddie- ... as-talent/

This is incredible to look back on ..

Bloody hell. Super cringey to read, knowing what we know now.

[gregregegg]

We’re they sanctioned pro bouts? Can’t see it on boxrec but I assume he wants legit pro fights to build towards Ksi vs jake Paul…

[Nightmare Roy]

Quick summary of the night by Uncle Propa

[cormack]

embarressing bullshit spectacle shouldnt even be called boxing .
its as bad as the wrestling I watched as a 7 year old .

[margaret thatcher]

just need ebs bridges on commentary and it's peak dazn 2022 content

[KiwiRider]

Man that was some sh*t show, even by today's standards of sh*t shows

[Frostieballs]

Utter, utter, utter garbage.

The whole world is screwed if this is what passes for entertainment and is seen as deserving of respect.

[Old bones Ian]

Is any other sport being embarrassed as much as boxing?

No fans would watch s-hit football or tennis.

But they pay out for this and tv companies broadcast it.

I was listening to the radio this morning and the DJ said KSI won his 'fights' last night, then went on to say that KSI fought twice which is something top boxers can't even do, that KSI is doing stuff professional boxers can't do .

I had to switch it over as couldn't listen to any more bullshite

[maverick23]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I was listening to the radio this morning and the DJ said KSI won his 'fights' last night, then went on to say that KSI fought twice which is something top boxers can't even do, that KSI is doing stuff professional boxers can't do .

I had to switch it over as couldn't listen to any more bullshite

I probably would have thrown the radio out and set fire to my ears.

[Old bones Ian]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

[Nightmare Roy]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

What sort of helmets would pay to go and see that gash?

[Ruthless-RKO]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

What sort of helmets would pay to go and see that gash?

The ones who are just starting to go through puberty.. haha. Parents now days are suckers.

Also, boxing fans won’t go for this, but there are absolute casuals who do.

There’s a guy at work who literally watched the big boxing fights, even though I have to remind him they’re on, but when it comes to the Paul’s, KSI and these American guys like McBroom or whatever he’s called, then he’s starting Conversations with me. He’s 30 as well.

He said he watches it for all the pre-fight stuff mostly.

[Nightmare Roy]

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

What sort of helmets would pay to go and see that gash?

The ones who are just starting to go through puberty.. haha. Parents now days are suckers.

Also, boxing fans won’t go for this, but there are absolute casuals who do.

There’s a guy at work who literally watched the big boxing fights, even though I have to remind him they’re on, but when it comes to the Paul’s, KSI and these American guys like McBroom or whatever he’s called, then he’s starting Conversations with me. He’s 30 as well.

He said he watches it for all the pre-fight stuff mostly.

It's a load of bollox, wish they would all fcuk off and play net ball or something, it's embarrassing for the sport, fxuking nuts the money they earn when you have genuine world champs getting a few grand for having wars against the best in the world.

[Controversial]

I honestly don't get why these events are so big, it's crazy.

[maverick23]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

So would any U.K. or US promoter. Joyce/Parker was struggling at the MEN last time I saw and Eddie was buzzing doing 4,500 in Sheffield whilst Boxxer shows bar Khan/Brook have also not done a great deal I don’t think.

It’s a really tough market at the moment and boxing hasn’t helped itself by constant mismatches throughout shows with prospect vs someone not even trying to win followed by fairly frequent one sided support fights and, if we’re lucky, a 1/5 favourite in the main event.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Joke is the century towel throw in

[daz74]

I watched, or rather fast forwarded, the 20 minute highlight video. The highlight for me was the guy who did a flip and landed on his head !

[margaret thatcher]

Joke is the century towel throw in

i dont get it

[black panther]

The fight game is 90% hype 10% fight.

These guys know how to generate hype and connect with today's soft, Internet generation.

Whereas most boxing promoters are dinosaurs thinking their old ways will still work and lack innovation.

I don't disagree with anything anyone says about these shows being absolute shite but perhaps we're all out of touch with today's Internet, social media obsessed generation.

[Ruthless-RKO]

KSI's return to the ring breaks into DAZN'S TOP FIVE most watched boxing events in history, outperforming Taylor vs Serrano and Chisora vs Pulev in 2022 alone... with only Usyk vs Joshua and Canelo vs Bivol above them this year

KSI marked his return to the ring by stopping two opponents in one night last month, with the event breaking into DAZN's top five shows in history in terms of actual watch time.

The event, held at a sold out O2 Arena, was watched more than high-profile bouts Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano and Derek Chisora vs Kubrat Pulev in 2022 alone, also outperforming Conor Benn and Josh Warrington cards.

The only DAZN events to surpass KSI's return in 2022 are Dmitry Bivol's stunning win over Canelo Alvarez in May and Anthony Joshua's rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in August.

DAZN EVP Joe Markowski told Sportsmail: 'By any metric you want to use, that was one of the biggest events DAZN have ever done in boxing.

'I'm personally very happy to be back in that space, because KSI vs Logan Paul II, November 2019 on DAZN, that sort of gave birth to celebrity boxing at that scale.

'Covid happened and we stepped away, with good reason, but it's now back, and it's back in a big way.'

DAZN are looking to build on the success of the opening show, which was watched by fans in over 200 countries, and broke DAZN records in terms of daily TikTok figures and weekly Snapchat figures, with over 130million social impressions in total.

The exact number of PPV buys - priced at £11.99 for existing subscribers and £19.98 for new subscribers in the UK - has not been disclosed. However, Sportsmail can reveal 90 per cent of all UK purchases were by new subscribers.

DAZN also saw a particular influx of fans from Australia, India and the Nordics, with a new record day for most worldwide users on the platform outside of core markets.

[Ruthless-RKO]

A fool and his money are easily parted

[Glass Joe]

I watched the 20 minute highlights on DAZN this morning. I’d imagine that show has generated DAZN more U.K. subs than any show Eddie’s put on, it was bouncing and seemingly full O2 and the crowd was invested throughout the entire show and not just one or two fights.

The fights were pretty awful though.

It’s crazy that they’re following it with Rahman vs Belfort in Sheffield. Sheffield isn’t an easy selling city, boxing fans won’t care much about it and the social media crowd won’t care much either.

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

What sort of helmets would pay to go and see that gash?

different market, not hard core fans, just casuals and fans of the youtubers, plus alot go for likes on their socials and views.

[Ruthless-RKO]

20,000 people at the show, Hearn would give his left nut to get crowds like that to most of his shows

What sort of helmets would pay to go and see that gash?

different market, not hard core fans, just casuals and fans of the youtubers, plus alot go for likes on their socials and views.

I hate when they say more eyes on the sport and more eyes means more fans, more fans means boxing becomes popular and more money...

It's really not. Those fans were simply social media fans, they bought tickets for KSI, there was no pro boxers on the undercard. They won't care for the next real event.

They'd probably pay PPV even if KSI said he was taking part in Golf or Snooker.

[Wee Tommy]

The fight game is 90% hype 10% fight.

These guys know how to generate hype and connect with today's soft, Internet generation.

Whereas most boxing promoters are dinosaurs thinking their old ways will still work and lack innovation.

I don't disagree with anything anyone says about these shows being absolute shite but perhaps we're all out of touch with today's Internet, social media obsessed generation.

It’s the only rational answer. These shows exist because people buy them.