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Jexdd's avatar

After the Haney Prograis fight, I was left asking one question: Would Philbin have been more successful ? :-D

Boxingjim's avatar

Only $15million??? Such a deal!

Conor Benn is one of the luckiest humans on this planet for the grace and cash that people have thrown at him despite having done little to deserve either.

Prograis is so washed he’s 147 pounds of sand at this point. This undercard compliments the main event perfectly.

hardindr's avatar

Seems like a sound business decision…

Nathan's avatar

Lol... Shapiro said a whole lot there to make sure investors knew Sela runs the show and controls the purse.

Ive been trying to figure out how this works. Saudis/Sela own 60% of zuffa and control the purse. Tko runs the day to day and Dana the figurehead but ultimately they answer to Turki. Sela owns ring magazine and are promoting shows and titles under that banner. Obviously the bigger shows. How can you do both? I guess look at TKO. Even though they dont have any real power the blue print is there. NXT is the WWE development territory and WWE is the main show. Zuffa is the developmental territory and ring cards the main show. NXT guys graduate to WWE. Zuffa guys can graduate to Ring shows. Until something changes zuffa looks like the minor leagues and benn just confirms that.

Greg erhardt's avatar

What a joke 15 million to fight prograis

Nando's avatar

You know, this is exactly how and why HBO and Showtime left Boxing. When conniving Promoters convinced them to broadcast glorified tune-ups as Main Events. Zuffa different huh?

Joseph Hargadon's avatar

Typical WEAK MOVE TO MAKE SURE BENN GEYS A WIN...Benn is a classic example of a above ave being payed like an Elite fighter in a weak era for Boxing... Benn another example of a "PRO FIGHTER" LACKING IN PRO EXPERIENCE ... WHAT A JOKE

David Cape Canaveral's avatar

Ever see Floyd V Gatti? similar

sorry bout the reference d$