PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS SHOW MODEL
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 20 Jun 2015
MGM Grand, Las Vegas:- It is perfectly good that Al Haymon?s new organization, the Premier Boxing Champions, is out to a good start in so far as creating its own brand is concerned.
The new outfit has successfully delivered in their promise to hold boxing promotions on ?free? television, no PPV and as often as possible. They had successful stints at nationwide stations like NBC and CBS as well as on Spike TV.
The introduction of their business model particularly the entrance of fighters through a special stage that highlights the individual fighters is good for television. The new lighting system above the ring using LED?s is awesome.
Just about the only thing that is different is the absence of a ring announcer that does his stuff from ring center and the much ogled ring girls.
All their attempts to be different seem to be working albeit not accepted by the traditional boxing people. Many say they miss a ring announcer that riles up the crowd and the ring girls that never fail to turn many heads.
There is another thing that sorely needed to be addressed.-the spot for auxiliary still photographers.
There is no issue about PBC wanting to have a ?clean ringside apron? by reducing the number of ringside photographers. There is also no issue on who they wish to issue credentials to. After all it?s their show.
However someone in the company appeared to have neglected to value of auxiliary photographers - those group of folks with cameras and very long lenses that are assigned far away spots during the event. These people are important as well and they certainly contribute to the eventual success of the event and the outfit that puts them up.
Case in point:
At the weigh-in today for the Bronner-Porter, the auxiliary photographers were placed in spots where it was difficult at best to get good shots (see above photo) Being one of these folks, I say that the distance of the spot where we are situated does not matter much as long as we have a clean shot of what is going on without obstructions so that we can take those action shots that people on the internet and some print media look forward to. Otherwise, we need to move around to find a good spot, something that is not always permitted in some venues like the MGM Grand.
Today, for me to get fairly good shots I had to move to where the TV cameras were located. It was good that some spots on a higher stage set us for TV cameras were available so I got fairly good photos that went out with the article I wrote earlier in this site that highlighted the weigh-in.
But had I not moved, I would have non-acceptable shots as seen in a photo I took from my assigned spot.
This is not to criticize the PBC folks but rather a way to inform them that something is being missed. I hope in future PBC weigh-in events, a better spot is provided for all photographers as we too love to take photos of the event that would represent the good things that PBC is doing for boxing. Temporarily removing the bars that covers the scale will be a good beginning.
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