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Props to the management at HBO for putting on better matchups now
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Originally posted by Freedom2013 View PostNo, Russia 1 and 2 telecast with their own commentators in the Russian language, they don't just rebroadcast it off HBO or Showtime.
And those are two of the biggest TV stations in Russia, not smaller networks like EPIX.
They'll be showing the Mayweather-Alvarez card and other big matchups, even though the boxers are not Russian.
they buy the right to broadcast a fight hbo or showtime buys, which is exactly what i said, and different from what you're proposing. IE you're wrong.
it is not a russian promotion. it's an american venture that the russians are allowed to broadcast for a fee. it's similar to what HBO did for a couple of vitali fights, when they played second fiddle to a german broadcast in german primetime, and showed a live fight saturday afternoon.
is mayweather - alvarez a russian fight? in russian primetime? put on and paid for by russian TV? no. it's put together as a showtime PPV, and the russian network pays a minimal fee to broadcast it and play second fiddle.Last edited by New England; 08-18-2013, 03:53 PM.
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Originally posted by Grimgash View PostThese FOTY fights, most of them were garbage fights that turned out to be fun. Rios-Alvarado and Bradley-Prov were terrible matches, which turned out exciting. Showtime has put on the more quality fights with the more quality fighters. It depends what you like to see. Two top seeds going at it, or the MAC....it is what it is.
rios - alvarado is the definition of a can't miss fight on paper. what are you even talking about?
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some people hating on HBO cause the ydont have mayweather or all the Golden Boy fighter, but they still got a strong stable of fighters. Now they are diversifying and including a worldwide audience.
Still got martinez, golovkin, donaire, pacquaio, rios, bradley, alvarado, marquez, cotto, chavez jr, provodnikov, now kovalev and all the other europeans. Strong stable.
Golden boy/Showtime has matthyse, garcia, mayweather, alvarez, maidana, quillin, broner, peterson, trout etc.
Both pretty solid, although id say golden boy has the more hyped matchups although look at HBOs matchups so far, Prov/Bradley, Rios/Alvarado, Froch/Kessler, Gaele/Barker... so far so good
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Originally posted by DwightMare View PostShowtimes doing it on a grander scale right now. Filling up big arenas like the MGM and Barclays center. Probably because GBP has most of the great young American talent. And they have 140 to 154 on lock. Last night was a good night but the Boardwalk Hall is like fighting in my back yard. Not the same as putting 18000 in the Barclays.
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Both networks have put on similar type of fights.
Neither is definitively better. HBO just has stronger viewership
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