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Below is recent interview with Graeme Boyce from Talkin’ Fight:
Q: Could you provide our readers with a brief introduction to your company?
A: At the outset of the covid pandemic, together with a few friends, we were meeting online to discuss boxing and, as fate would have it, soon thereafter found ourselves broadcasting our thoughts and opinions on YouTube. We had started Talkin’ Fight humbly with one show, called The Friday Night Panel, but then eventually began to approach other boxing fans and boxers to not only appear as panelists but also to host their own shows on different days of the week. It wasn’t long before our technologists in the group had introduced us to new systems that would enable our shows to be successfully livestreamed over a dozen platforms simultaneously, as well as being archived on our own rapidly growing website. We have now produced thousands of shows and reached hundreds of thousands of people around the world. We are looking forward, with eager anticipation, to our next steps.
Q: Any highlights on your recent announcement?
A: We learnt quickly from guests who appeared on our early shows that the boxing industry was incredibly fragmented and there were many thousands of boxers fighting in countries around the world, yet by comparison very few trainers, even less managers and only a handful of promoters to professionally accommodate even the most skilled and ambitious amateurs competing in the sport, all eager for recognition. We decided a few years ago, with the development and integration of sophisticated software and hardware, we could introduce an efficient and effective turnkey system that on one hand would improve the athleticism of boxers in local gyms, but on the other would also enable local gym owners and promoters to produce and livestream their own shows, as well as sell tickets to their events through our website. We have now tested the system and I am proud to announce it works perfectly.
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Q: Can you give us more insights into your offering?
A: We have begun to democratize the boxing industry by introducing “Production As A Service”, whereby our current team can provide a turnkey solution to promoters anywhere in the world with the capability of livestreaming their events, and selling tickets and PPV as well. We are offering a suite of options to suit budgets, whether large or small, and expanding into many markets where local boxers are incredibly popular, but relatively unknown in other countries. By using our system, these young men and women will become known and profit from their successes. Augmenting our efforts across North America, we will be extending the implementation of our system with gym owners and independent promoters across Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico and The Caribbean. We are also providing packaged information to interested individuals with respect to eventually introducing Immersive Content to boxing fans in the near future.
Q: What can we expect from your company in the next 6 months? What are your plans?
A: In the mid-term, we intend to reach and capture a substantial percentage of the livestreaming opportunity that exists globally within the boxing industry, by partnering with promoters in very large cities. In this regard, we trust forward-thinking promoters will utilize our system to sell tickets to their events, and PPV, in addition to livestreaming bouts and maximizing revenue streams associated with each broadcast, such as in-stream ads and sponsorships. Upon capitalization, we will complete the product enhancement process to enable additional income, while ramping up our branding and marketing activities, which includes retaining individual executives and assembling teams with various levels of skills located in different continents. Our initial steps, therefore, are to establish administrative offices and production studios on both coasts of North America and Latin America, before moving into other territories in a similar manner.
Q: What is the best thing about your company that people might not know about?
A: On one hand we obviously share a passion for boxing, but on the other we all have different professional backgrounds. However, when blended together, it is quite surprising to see how easily and organically we have grown our team, as well as our fan base over the past few years, and have become known in a very historic and intensely competitive industry. This level of success, and the obvious growth that is facing us, has all been self-funded, because of our love of the sport and our collective vision of being able to improve it, one step at a time.
