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- Gary Digital Williams
- BATB is "The place to go if you want to know about any upcoming show or results, from amateur to the pros, in Virginia, Maryland and the District." -- Thom Loverro, The Washington Times. I've covered the Boxing scene in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area for 36 years. I was inducted into the Washington, DC Boxing Hall of Fame in November, 2009. I am also a feature writer for Fightnews.com. I was the play-by-play announcer on the TV series "Boxing Spotlight" which highlighted pro boxing along the Beltway. I have also appeared on numerous radio stations across the country talking about the sport. You can hear my audio commentaries, interviews and play-by-play calls by downloading the free Boxing Along The Beltway Podcast Network on Spreaker.com, IHeartradio.com, Stitcher.com,Tunein.com, Podcast Addict, Google Podcasts and Spotify! I'm also proud to say that I am in my 26th year serving as the public address announcer for Coppin State University Eagles Men's and Women's Basketball! I also cover boxing and the Washington pro football team for the Washington Informer Newspaper!
12 comments:
Gary this was a wise call by the commission or the promoter, whoever made the call kudos to them, DC Boxing putting on shows is a good thing. I hope it continues
Sorry to see Tony Braveheart Jeter, whose opponents are a combined 41 wins 115 losses, take on a guy who was 6-24' that he previously knocked out. Y do commissions allow this crap.
I saw 4 of the opponents are from North Carolina, SMH
I hope the show is rescheduled. My concern is the way local fighters r treated re selling tickets. Promoters r putting certain local fighters on & not requiring them to sell tickets. It is a problem 4 some fighters to sell tickets when they are trying to concentrate on trng for the fight. Local fighters are going to have their fan base at the fight without the pressure of selling&collecting money. A promoter should be ready for a anything in this business & if u don't hv the money for this kind of business u should not be in it. It takes some money u have to gamble with. U win or u lose. The fighter is taking a chance on his life & all the training they are doing to prepare for a fight. This is why boxing is getting a bad rap these days & if does not get better, the MMA game is going to truly take over.
This last person please post your name with you comments.
How many shows do you think would happen using your Philosiphy?
If you don't have enough money then you shouldn't promote.
You have fighters who want to fight nothing but bums and want some promoters to pay for it.
You think promoters owe this to some ego maniac who wants to call himself a professional fighter?
Hey Gary, any news on WV boxing card?
Why promote fighters who aren't willing to do their part and help the promoters sell tickets and build their own fanbase as well. Fight fans want to interact with the fighters themselves...not the promoters. Selling tickets gives the fans the privilige of interacting with the fighters and the fighters benefit by enlarging their fan base. The work a fighter does in a gym is only a part of the pro fight game. The other part is being active with the community and the fight fans. Look at fighters like Manny Pacquiao, Oscar Delahoya, and more, they were and are such likeable fighters and people because they know how to interact and mingle with the fans. That starts in the begining by helping sell the show by selling yourself. This is coming from a former pro who did that himself and actually made more in doing it that way as opposed to the promoter just paying me a flat rate to fight. I loved selling tickets because my percentage of ticket sales made me so much more money. Young pros should take advantage of that, but many think that their ONLY job is to train.
To the last poster, I do agree with you, but with the latest rash of promoters here in DC there isn't any % of tickets being given back. The fighters are being asked to sell a large amount of money in sales with almost peanuts going to the opponent. The rest of the proceeds going to out of town promoters whose only concern is making money.
ok what about fighters that not from those areas but want to get on the card. They wont give an out of towner a chance unless he is paying out of pocket first. If not he will become an opponent and still lose when he wins.
Well if you have promoted a show lately you would know and understand that 1- the fighters who are asked to sell large amounts of tickets are usually given something better than money in return-usually its a bum...I can remember a few occasions at the patriot center where a few were asked to sell tickets and got a tough fight. And 2- that now days if you don't get the fighters to sell tickets to simply get a fight then the shows will not be promoted at all. There isn't money to be made off of fans who simply want to go to the fights just to go. So the fighters are being asked to sell tickets to get on cards because it seems it is a must if they want to fight. If you have ever promoted or sat down with a promoter and taken a look at the expenses you would know that it takes quite a few ticket sales to come close to breaking even.
There's got to be an incentive for fighters to sell tickets, either its an almost guaranteed win, or if its a tough fight then a % of ticket sales. To the out of towners, train your butts off and pull off an upset. I've been on both sides so know what it takes from both of them.
If you rely on ticket sales to generate the revenue, then you already have lost. Sponsorships, partnerships, and a handful of paid for's can help
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