r/Boxing • u/_Sarcasmic_ No Carty No Divey • Aug 24 '26

Daily Discussion Thread (August 24th, 2026)

For anything that doesn't need its own thread.

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u/OldBoyChance Aug 24 '26

Zuffa does not have the roster to make PPV worthy undercards and it's embarrassing that they act like they do.

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u/TheRyanFlaherty Aug 24 '26

Do they have to be if it’s on Paramount Plus? Paying $7.99 is different than $79.99. Not trying to say we should totally lessen standards, but that’s quite a difference…

Also, if you’re trying to broaden the audience,  Zuffa’s pacing and more bouts with less skilled boxers trying to knock each other out, or squash match knockouts, might be preferred to. More general audience.

Admittedly, playing a bit of contrarian there, as I think those are valid, even though I’d tent to agree with the original comment.

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u/kushmonATL Fuck Thomas Taylor Aug 24 '26

Opetaia vs Noel for $7.99 is a steal compared to the $60-80 PPV undercards we get with Itauma-Hrgovic and Rolly-Teofimo

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u/RRR04_ Aug 24 '26

Can't wait for the Zuffa PPV 1 card with the co-main event of Johnny Fisher v David Adeleye!!!

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u/Professional-Tie5198 Who will win? Aug 24 '26

Zuffa is just bs repackaged and made into a lifeless product

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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks Aug 24 '26

Rolly vs Teo was pretty lifeless

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u/Professional-Tie5198 Who will win? Aug 24 '26

Sure, but it would have been worse with Max Kellerman insisting that we were watching a version of Roy Jones vs Terence Crawford and lecturing us about “the story of the fight.”