Sports Premiere Creation Challenge
After ending their partnership with Showtime, Al Haymon's top boxing champion promotion company immediately began looking for a partner. Because they still have top fighters like Saul Alvarez (who still has a few outstanding), Terence Crawford (Gervonta D**is), Gervonta D**is, and David Ben**idez. Therefore, it still has a strong market influence, so it will not be without partners.
This week, Al Haymon has officially announced that he will have a multi-year deal with Prime Video, the streaming platform owned by e-commerce giant Amazon. In the future, boxing matches run by Top Boxing Champion Promotion Company will be broadcast live on the platform. There is news that the first cooperation between the two parties will begin in March next year. Amazon executives are optimistic that the cooperation between the two parties will help Prime Video occupy the North American sports market.
What is even more surprising is that Eddie Hearn, who has always been a rival with Al Haymon, showed a strong interest after learning that Al Haymon was hooked up with Amazon. In the past, the famous British event promoter always criticized Al Haymon for not being professional enough (Al Haymon is the agent of all acting stars, and he is more experienced in organizing large-scale concerts) and is not capable of holding large-scale events. Now, Eddie Hearn's attitude has changed 180 degrees, and he has openly expressed his desire to work with Al Hemmon to bring more matches to Prime Video.
In an interview with FighthubTV, Eddie Hearn told reporters: "I don't know yet how big the contract they are signing. But I don't think there will be a huge royalty deal involved, because in the current economic environment, such an agreement is very difficult to achieve. However, I'm still very happy that they can reach a cooperation, really, I am very happy that there is another professional boxing live broadcast platform. We all need it. ”
As we all know, the top boxing champion promotion company has a lot of good fighters, and hopefully after signing with the new platform, they will get more competition opportunities. Eddie Hearn told reporters.
Eddie Hearn also noted in the interview that he is currently actively looking for collaborations with other event promoters to make the current professional sport even better. For example, the upcoming "Day of Reckoning" event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the 23rd of this month, was organized by Eddie Hearn in collaboration with another British event promoter, Frank Warren, in which Eddie Hearn provided several of his key fighters, such as Anthony Joshua, Joseph Parker and Deonta Parker, who has a partnership with him. Deontay Wilder, while Frank Warren provides local Saudi resources and connections in addition to their fighter Daniel Dubois.
Eddie Hearn, who is bent on opening up the North American market, clearly wants to replicate this collaboration with Al Haymon.
When asked if he wanted to work with Al Haymon, Eddie Hearn replied in the affirmative, "Yes, of course." For the sport of boxing to develop, I think everyone should work together. We've seen that when event promoters come together, it can lead to a tournament like Saudi Arabia's. You'll have to wait and see how great this match will be, and the night will turn into a night of great importance for professional boxing. ”