hbo or showtime for boxing - if you had to choose 1

[Walt Liquor]

Showtime is much more professional and less bias, compared to HBO in which the 3 Old Men turn into Cheerleaders instead of Professional Announcers and they try to influence the fans watching...especially the Casual Boxing fans

Lampley has sunk so low that he is now call things in the ring that is not even happening hahaha Fans Are Chanting "Money Money Money" he tells you "Now A Chant For Ortiz" even going as low as lying about Punches that are not even landing

HBO need to make a chance, put some YOUTH in the Booth, Switch Kellerman and Merchant and let Roy replace Steward, I respect the opinion of a guy that actually fought before compared to some Drunk Bitter Old Man or some Tin Man Looking Trainer with the Worse Hair Piece I ever seen lol

I have much more respect for Al Bernstein and Tarver because they CALL IT LIKE THEY SEE IT!

But HBO OVERALL Production and Presentation just looks better and more organized

not to mention that Showtime just has so much more boxing with their shobox series.

[Walt Liquor]

Showtime absolutely bosses on hbo. My guess is those that voted for hbo don't have them both. I do & I'm telling you, if you want quality matchups it showtime all day.

They even have upncomers on friday. Then championships on saturday.

If you want pampered superstars & bias comentary by all means get hbo you get plenty missmatches & fights where the bias have you genuinely wondering if you're watching the same damn fight.

best post I"ve seen in awhile.

i agree 100000000% there's so much more boxing on Showtime and shobox is top notch. lol at people and their "production is so much better on hbo" WHO THE *** CARES?!??! are you watching for the fights or because you want to do hair or makeup?

[Walt Liquor]

I simply cannot believe how many people actually can pick hbo over showtime for boxing.

I mean if you preffer drama & bias over action & purity, I guess you will choose hbo.

Honestly it almost seems like the average Pacman & Floyd fan would love hbo more. Because they preffer the pampered diva like mentality that hbo provides. ps: & I'm sorry Reed but Traver d****s Roy in comentating.

ding ding ding........


besides, you don't need hbo to order PPV fights so floyd and manny fights should have nothing to do with it. i wonder if anyone actually looked at the schedules. hbo does not have better fighters than showtime just b/c floyd and manny are always ppv.

[John Barron]

Showtime is much more professional and less bias, compared to HBO in which the 3 Old Men turn into Cheerleaders instead of Professional Announcers and they try to influence the fans watching...especially the Casual Boxing fans

Lampley has sunk so low that he is now call things in the ring that is not even happening hahaha Fans Are Chanting "Money Money Money" he tells you "Now A Chant For Ortiz" even going as low as lying about Punches that are not even landing

HBO need to make a chance, put some YOUTH in the Booth, Switch Kellerman and Merchant and let Roy replace Steward, I respect the opinion of a guy that actually fought before compared to some Drunk Bitter Old Man or some Tin Man Looking Trainer with the Worse Hair Piece I ever seen lol

I have much more respect for Al Bernstein and Tarver because they CALL IT LIKE THEY SEE IT!

But HBO OVERALL Production and Presentation just looks better and more organized

well put, man. HBO production can't be topped... SHO looks generic, their onscreen graphics look like they were taken straight from WWF attitude era. anyway, i actually don't mind the HBO PPV crew. if i know they're wrong it doesn't affect me nor does it affect what is happening inside the ring, listening to their drivel is part of the circus act. jim lampley is freaking hilarious. when they're on BAD though they're usually pretty spot on.

[Bushbaby]

best post I"ve seen in awhile.

i agree 100000000% there's so much more boxing on Showtime and shobox is top notch. lol at people and their "production is so much better on hbo" WHO THE *** CARES?!??! are you watching for the fights or because you want to do hair or makeup?

That's what I wonder. Yeah hbo graphics are better. But that has nothing to do with the matchups inside that squares circle. I look every friday to see if showbox has the new generation on. Then I tune in on saturday for some championship fights. It's not even remotely close.

The better fights,(not makeup or merchants corney glasses) are on showtime. I mean Canelo-Cintron or Ward-Froch?

Seems like half the posters here think like: "well I'll watch Canelo-Cintron cause the graphics are better". WTF??

[John Barron]

I simply cannot believe how many people actually can pick hbo over showtime for boxing.

I mean if you preffer drama & bias over action & purity, I guess you will choose hbo.

Honestly it almost seems like the average Pacman & Floyd fan would love hbo more. Because they preffer the pampered diva like mentality that hbo provides. ps: & I'm sorry Reed but Traver d****s Roy in comentating.

it's part of the entertainment for me. i prefer color commentators over somebody who's just telling me what i already know cause shit i can just watch the fight on mute for that.

[Walt Liquor]

it's part of the entertainment for me. i prefer color commentators over somebody who's just telling me what i already know cause shit i can just watch the fight on mute for that.

showtime has better color commentators.

larry merchant? c'mon.

I get the feeling you don't watch much showtime.

tarver and farhood together> jones/merchant.

and I like roy a lot as a commentator

[Bushbaby]

it's part of the entertainment for me. i prefer color commentators over somebody who's just telling me what i already know cause shit i can just watch the fight on mute for that.

To each his own I guess. The perfect example of hbo hypocricy Merchant:

"If you want an example of someone running & winning a fight, this is it". Cotto-Margarito 2.

"You can't win a fight by running away". Pacman-Marquez 3

And Marquez wasn't even running. He was boxing circles around Pacman. Hell his back only touched the ropes like 3 times that night.

I guess you rather be lied to than told the truth, but not me. Showtime keeps it boxing, hbo keeps it something else.

[AvoidDisaster]

That's what I wonder. Yeah hbo graphics are better. But that has nothing to do with the matchups inside that squares circle. I look every friday to see if showbox has the new generation on. Then I tune in on saturday for some championship fights. It's not even remotely close.

The better fights,(not makeup or merchants corney glasses) are on showtime. I mean Canelo-Cintron or Ward-Froch?

Seems like half the posters here think like: "well I'll watch Canelo-Cintron cause the graphics are better". WTF??

Wow hating on Canelo much? Yeah we know you hate him, that's no reason to hate HBO though.

[Bushbaby]

Wow hating on Canelo much? Yeah we know you hate him, that's no reason to hate HBO though.

I do not hat hbo. Where'd you get that idea from?? They are simply not better than showtime when it comes to boxing.