“THE INDUSTRY WILL BOUNCE BACK”
HOW was lockdown for you? Did you start to see and do things differently?
I think it was a time when you spoke to a lot of people you wouldn’t normally speak to. A lot of people realised it’s time to work together as an industry and cooperate on certain things. You’ve seen a few deals being made and I think you’re going to see a lot of promoters working together, there has to be synergies. We know that crowds, at least big crowds, are not possible this year. You might nick a few thousand here and there in terms of spectators, but this year is about getting fighters out and making the shows that are not only efficient, but have the best matchups on them. For that to happen the promoters need to work together. I don’t expect that to happen forever but it’s a good thing for boxing. Long term, the industry will bounce back – those people who said this will affect boxing permanently are talking complete rubbish.
Who have you been speaking to?
I speak to all of the big promoters on a regular basis, especially in regards to the WBSS. It’s my job to get the best talent and the best ideas, it’s not an exclusive project. I go out there and try and work with every promoter and we’ve done that very well in the first two seasons. For me, it’s less relevant.
But I have been speaking about the WBSS next season. And given that we are in a very special time, maybe for season three we have to think outside the box on how
