Golden Boy Promotions and boxing had a huge week with the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. Meanwhile, the UFC was putting together all the details on its first network television show on Fox on Nov. 12. It's short term vs. long term. Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya understands that and had nothing but good things to say about the Fox deal.
"I congratulate Dana White for doing an amazing job," De La Hoya said. "My utmost respect to Dana White. I believe he's a brilliant guy. He's a tremendous guy to have in a combat sport."
There is no jealousy coming from DLH because he believes the Fox deal could pave the way for boxing to get back on network TV.
"I can feel very confident in saying that, sooner rather than later,� it will be back on network television," De La Hoya said. "When you put good fights together people want to watch, and when you have any type of network television behind boxing you will create good ratings."
De La Hoya said Golden Boy is working on taking those steps. Would boxing sacrifice HBO, Showtime and most importantly pay-per-view money to put free fights on network television? We'll see. Frankly, it's probably not up to the boxing promoters. Television executives will make the decision and they certainly need to be re-sold on the viability of the combat sport that was on network television until the early 80's.
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