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ADVANTAGES TO PROMOTERS Time, Options, and Money The major promoters have 30 to 50 fighters under contract. Don King reportedly has 200 fighters under contract. These contracts require a minimum number of fights per year at guaranteed minimum purses. Number of fights and purse terms depend on the fighter's marquee value. Major promoters hire full-time matchmakers to build up their fighters' records with credible opponents who won't charge an arm and a leg. Promoters, especially their matchmakers, will be eager to access online a GetAFight.com web page for every one of their fighters under contract if the web page lists every fighter in the world who has challenged them. They can sort the challenges by purse, by record, fan polling, and geographically. Instant Notice by ChallengeAlert Promoters and their matchmakers will also receive an email alert or voice mail on their cell phone every time another fighter challenges a fighter they have under contract or a fighter they want to put on their show. Sortable Database of Challenges Promoters can customize the arrangement of each of their fighter's challenges on their Page of Challengers, e.g., by date, purse, win-loss record, or fan polling. Fighters, managers, promoters, and matchmakers can each access and sort the arrangement for collaborating. This will enable them to better analyze the challenges and to accept first the fights which would be the most consistent with the fighter's experience and career status. Instant Acceptance of Desired Fights Promoters will check their stored voice-mail messages frequently hoping for desired challenges and acceptances. If they have researched the opponent, they can instantly accept the challenge and it will be added to their fighter's Page of Made Fights. Boxers and managers can check the status in real-time of new fights made. Instant Notice by Accepted Challenges Promoters will receive an email or voice mail as soon as one of their challenges they've made on behalf of their fighter is accepted. FightersScrapbook At Fighter'sScrapbook, the promoter will find all of each day's boxing articles which mention the promoter or any one of his fighters. This will have enormous value to the promoter's publicist, each fighter, his manager, and the promoter. He will also have a searchable archive of past articles about himself or his fighters. In choosing opponents to challenge for his fighters, he will also be able to go to the opponent's FightersScrapbook and thoroughly reseach the news and fight analysis on their previous fights before deciding who to challenge and the purse to ask, or which challenges to accept and for how much. The benefits of easily accessing all of the fight analysis coverage geographically on a possible opponent are enormous. FightersScrapbook will function as a very efficient and thorough news clipping service in real-time. It will be organized for the promoter, the fighter, and those who support his career, all of whom place a high value on broad and deep information. Instant Messaging for Promoters This feature will enable a promoter or his matchmaker to establish from their cell phone "competitor lists" -- top fighters in each of their fighter's weight class. This feature lets them know if opponents they have their eye on to offer a fight are online and available to get messages. With Instant Messaging, the promoter can see who's live and online, a real advantage in preparing a challenge. Promoters also can send messages between wireless devices and PCs, see messages pop up on the screen without clicking an icon and more easily have multiple conversations. Review Other Fighters' Purses Every promoter will know the market value and asking prices for all of the fighters with his fighter's experience and comparable record in his weight class and in his geographical area. With this information available to him, the promoter will know whether he should offer more or less in challenging or accepting a challenge from an opponent. Residuals from Videos A promoter's fighters are popular for many reasons. Every time a video clip of one of his fighters' past fights are viewed by another boxer or his manager or another promoter shopping for an opponent, or one of his fighter's fans, it will provide residuals to the promoter and his boxer, depending on their contract. This could be a source of revenue for him from his fighters' exciting, memorable fights during the term of their contract or from his fighters' fights that other fighters study and use as learning tools. Royalties from E-commerce A Promoter with fighters under contract can share in boxer-specific apparel offered at their web site to boxing fans all over the world. As they visit their favorite boxer's page to watch his interview or recent fight, they can also purchase a T-shirt or cap without ever leaving his page. Boxer Apparel Merchandising Strategy Merchandising of boxer's apparel is more effective if news about his fights and opportunities to purchase are in one location. The promoters' fighters' news will be customized by fighter at GetAFight.com. If a boxer has a great fight and his fan polling suddenly surges, a customized item online can be instantly offered on his page. However, if merchandise is only offered on a sports site, the chance of reaching fans of a particular boxer is low, but if it's on that boxer's page, getting thousands of hits a day, the chance of them seeing his ad and clicking through to order is almost double. Promoters will be able to choose advertising to direct viewers of their fighters' fights streamed at GreatFightsOnline.com to their fighter's web page at GetAFight.com, where they can buy the fighter's sports apparel. Relocation for Better Sparring By sorting thousands of fighters by weight class and location, promoters may consider relocating a boxer closer to more fighters in their weight class for free local sparring. For example, a bantamweight might get better sparring in southern California where a larger percentage of his opponent base lives. More data sortable in valuable ways will lead to better sparring, career decisions, and many more opportunities. Many promoters will discover better places to promote with less travel costs, and in some cases, realize opportunities for their fighters to be paid for sparring between fights. Size and Location of Fan Base Promoters will get market data. Fan polling and tracking data will provide information about their boxers' popularity, the location of their fan base, who their fans want to see him fight, and the best locations. They can promote a show closer to his fan base for greater live gates. They may decide to ask for a site fee and a percentage of the live gate, co-promote their show, or choose a local hero for an opponent. With market and fan location data, promoters may be surprised that their fighters and selected opponents have fan bases in certain cities. They can discover the best markets -- even those which have never had professional boxing. More Options for Hard-to-Match Fighters Under Contract Promoters often have difficult-to-match punchers and undefeated boxers under contract. They can accelerate their career through access to a database of challenges from scores of fighters, managers, other promoters, and television matchmakers. Large promoters have fighters with a high percentage of KO's. They have a hard time getting opponents with credible records. They will have many options for challenging opponents and challenges, purses, and comparing their potential draw at the gate using the fan polling and tracking data. Greater Marquee Value Their fighters' interaction with fans at their personal Fan Club Page and e-commerce sales of boxer-specific merchandise will further satisfy the passions of the fans of the promoters most popular fighters. Their fighters' fans will want to wear their apparel and watch tapes of their favorite past fights (more residuals), or comment online about a fighter they would like to see his fighter challenge. - FightersOnline Home - GetAFight Home |