It's the easiest to make and biggest fight available under PBC.
The game is all about maximum profit. The skill has to prevail over the risk....Floyd always gonna try to make the in house money first, cuz that promises the biggest payday. Mikey is a big enough name and talent to generate the 200+ ppv buys that Tank averages. And it's not like Mikey unstoppable.... It's the right challenge at the right time, for the most money possible. It's pretty much UFC rules when it's in house.
Any other fight, Teo, Devin, Ryan,Loma..... It would have to be a joint promotion.... The in house money can't be secured....
The splits have to be negotiated from gate, ppv, ring and glove size, drug testing, all the dumb shit that delays fights happens when it's a co-promotion. Floyd don't wanna deal with any of that. He set shit up to where he got good fighters he can make a lot of money with. That's essentially what he said. Which is why I think Mikey Garcia is next for Tank.
Eddie Hearn is also 100% right. The FANS wanna see Tank/Teo Tank/Ryan Tank/Haney
But the FANS don't represent the large portion of big fight casuals who will still put out 200 if not 300k ppv buys for Tank/Garcia
What we do in fight night is the same thing going on at every internet boxing forum on the entire web....
"Anybody got a link?"
They do that shit on all the Facebook groups for boxing, and they do that shit everywhere FANS talk about boxing. We talk, but we don't buy shit....
The casual big fight fans buy shit...... And they gonna buy whatever fight tank has next. Floyd knows this better than anyone and acts accordingly....
Next up Tank vs Mikey