Howdy battle followers and welcome to a different Thursday gathered round my bulging sack, ready on my weekly load of gooey, salty fact. This week, we now have questions/feedback concerning Saudi boxing plans, Deontay Wilder, and stolen concepts.
Reduce-Fee Turki Sub?
What’s good P Magazine?
Hope all is effectively with you and the household. A pair issues in regards to the Saudis. First, Turki made headlines by saying he’s going to drop PPV costs drastically. The upcoming Bivol/Beterbiev battle will probably be £20 within the UK 20 bucks for the U.S. On the entrance for followers, it looks as if a good suggestion, on the again finish it’d spell bother. How does this impact fighters purses?
Secondly, at any time when it’s talked about that Turki is taking large monetary losses on these occasions, it’s met with “the Saudi’s print their very own cash and so they do not care loses corresponding to gate loses, PPV gross sales and so on).” How lengthy can this mannequin maintain itself realistically?
– Huge Rob.
Hey Rob.
Simply from a really fundamental economics perspective, how on this planet are you able to decrease shopper costs AND keep excessive fighter pay? You may’t. So, whereas the Saudis could offset the monetary losses early on of their endeavor to get a agency maintain on the game, one thing must give as soon as they really get that maintain. Most probably, given their historical past in different endeavors, they may drive labor (on this case, the fighters) to take pay cuts. That is straight from the Making a Monopoly 101 textbook– overspend and underneath cost to grab market management after which do regardless of the fuck you need as soon as you’re the solely present within the boxing city and in command of most, if not all, the bankable fighters. That is precisely what folks get once they cry about boxing turning into extra just like the UFC. It’s a nightmare for the athletes, relative to what’s going on in different sports activities round them, and never even the followers profit all that a lot, as a result of, as soon as that monopoly is established, the costs at all times come creeping again up as a result of, effectively, there’s just one present on the town.
Individuals with built-in BS detectors ought to have their alarms blaring. This is sort of a deadbeat useless promising his child an X-Field AND a Ps for Christmas. It sounds good, however who the fuck goes to pay for it?
Per my Notes from the Boxing Underground column a pair weeks again, the Saudis have been pulling again from investments which might be dropping them cash, not producing sufficient cash, and/or not assembly their nation’s particular wants. So, cash most positively issues to them. It’s preposterous to suppose that anybody, irrespective of how wealthy they’re, is okay with dropping cash indefinitely. And the individuals who speak about how the Saudis can print their very own cash, clearly don’t know how world economics work. I’m positive the Saudis will probably be high quality with wildly devaluing their very own forex by printing extra, so the world can get Shakur-Zepeda, lol.
Stealing My Sack?
Greetings. What are your ideas on ESPN Boxing incorporating a “Boxing Mailbag,” seeing that you are the originator?
– Van Davis
Hey Van.
As a lot as I’d wish to take credit score for being the originator of the mailbag, the idea is an outdated one, relationship again to the magazines and working proper by means of the web age. The mailbag is anybody’s to take. Allow them to have at it. However, simply keep in mind, if you’d like responses not delivered by media members owned and/or sponsored by the folks they cowl, Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack is the one place to go.
However, to veer off the purpose a bit, I’ve been having concepts and full ideas ripped off from me and posted by hack writers as their very own on “main” websites for occurring 17 years now. I’m used to that shit. It does beg the query, although, of why, if I’m irrelevant and never worthy of a serious platform, do they hold stealing my stuff. Fuck ‘em.
Deontay…No…
Hey Paul.
Please inform me that the rumors I hear of Deontay Wilder returning to the ring are usually not true. If there was ever a spent shell, it’s Wilder. He was an entertaining fighter and I used to be a fan, however he shouldn’t be allowed anyplace close to a hoop ever once more.
– Stan
Hey Stan.
There’ve been hints of an “I is likely to be again” and experiences of a wanted surgical procedure to right some boxing-related points. There’s nothing concrete, although. I agree with you, Deontay’s carried out. He’s appeared completely docile in current performances and has misplaced 4 of his final five– three of these losses, brutally. He wants to maneuver on, however the cash will probably be there for him if he needs it. It’ll be onerous to show down the presents coming his means.
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