Battle Hub TV only in the near past caught up with Showtime govt Stephen Espinoza who touches on numerous topics, together with the continued negotiations for the Crawford vs Spence rematch (overlook about it taking place this yr). In the mean time, nonetheless, he responds to the entire discuss concerning the rumors of Showtime lowering its boxing programming following their merger with Paramount.
“I’m smiling as a result of everybody’s bought an inside supply,” Espinoza mentioned. “Everybody’s an knowledgeable, all people has a supply who’s telling them precisely what’s occurring — none of which is correct. Now, look, there’s a finances course of and there’s issues to be mentioned, and there’s a media enterprise that’s plenty of transformation, and there’s a Paramount company that’s below monetary pressures like all media corporations these days.
“So, all of that needs to be mentioned. However all these things ‘Tank’s occurring this PPV platform, Tank’s combating Thurman…’ I’ve but to learn something that was correct by way of what’s truly occurring internally, by way of the conversations and the factors which might be being mentioned and how much parts. So, the fact is the longer term hasn’t been decided but. I believe it will likely be shortly, however till somebody tells us completely different we’re going to proceed doing what we’ve been doing.
“As a result of on the finish of the day, as a lot as Showtime Sports activities has a robust model, and I believe lots of people respect what we’ve executed, what individuals care about at residence, what the followers care about is watching the very best fights. They don’t care concerning the executives like me, they don’t actually care concerning the networks, they’re simply saying ‘get me the very best fights.’ So till someone tells us in a different way, we’re going to proceed delivering the very best fights within the sport like this one right here (Benavidez vs Andrade).”
