AL HAYMON DOING IT LIKE THE JAPANESE
San Francisco, CA– As comedian Bobby Slayton points out, “The Japanese really didn’t invent anything…they just made it better.” He was comparing the life expectancy of a Honda Accord to that of a Chevy Cavalier, TV’s, electronics, Japan didn’t invent these things, they just made them better.
BOXING ON CABLE “DONE RIGHT” MEANS RATINGS
So, Al Haymon didn’t invent a Tuesday night crowd on Cable TV, it was an already proven success as USA’s Tuesday Night Fights prospered until the network hired a female chief executive and axed the series in 1998. USA aired what they say is officially the world’s quickest knockout as heavyweights Jimmy Thunder and Crawford Grimsley lasted 1.5 seconds (:13 on BoxRec) as Thunder clipped Crawford with a right.
NO LACK OF SPONSORS, SITES OR VIEWERS
That was the real hard thing about losing Tuesday Night Fights, they were a “roaring” success and the way the dollars were divvied up, everybody, promoters, fighters and fans, including Brad Jacobs, long considered the USA Tuesday night boxing boss. The only people bitching were promoters who could not get dates.
HAYMON HAS FOX SPORTS ON TUESDAY & BOUNCE TV TONIGHT
After a pair of Tuesday Nights on Fox Sports 1, ex-champ (154 lb.) , Sammy Vasquez this past Tuesday and Austin Trout shining in the Premier Boxing Champions debut a fortnight ago, tonight Al Haymon breaks out on Bounce TV which will air boxing on the Uni Mas station says their schedule, KTSF channel 66 in San Francisco.
MAIN EVENT FEATURES UNBEATEN YANK VS PUNCHER
Minnesota’s Jamal James (17-0, 9KOs) meets Dominican Juan Carlos Abreu (18-1-1, 17 KOs) in the welterweight (147) main event scheduled for a dime (ten rounds) or less. Abreu hasn’t fared well when stepping up in class, thus expect him to falter here unless his power can overcome being the “opponent.”
HAYMON & BOUNCE TV WILL AIR LIVE AT BOUNCETV.COM
I was under the impression that tonight’s card that is a double main event with upstart Erickson Lubin (11-0, 8 KOs) vs. veteran Orlando Lora (31-5-3, 19 KOs). CLICK TO FIND BOUNCE TV
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AL HAYMON BOXING TONIGHT ON BOUNCE TV