Comments Thread For: SHO's Espinoza on Mayweather Deal: The Gap is Closed!

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In November of 2011, Stephen Espinoza was hired as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports and Event Programming. Espinoza replaced Ken Hershman, who accepted an offer from HBO to take over Ross Greenburg's old position as the President of HBO Sports.

During his tenure with the network, Espinoza has raised their ratings, for boxing, by a 15% margin. In 2012, he convinced several of HBO's biggest names to fight on Showtime - including Saul Alvarez, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan and several others.

On Tuesday, Showtime announced a deal that shook up the entire boxing industry from top to bottom. The network signed the biggest name in the sport, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to a long term multi-fight agreement. Mayweather, who broke pay-per-view records for HBO and generating monster ratings for their network for over a decade, will make his Showtime debut on May 4th against Robert Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. [Click Here To Read More]

Big_L

wonder how ken hershman feels right about now.

WESS

SHOWTIME did step their game up! However not just in boxing but the quality of their original programming as well.

dc3383

He feels like sh*t right now

jbpanama

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Originally Posted by Big_L

wonder how ken hershman feels right about now.

HBO knows FRAUD is done, and SHOWTIME came with BIG FRONT $$$!!!
El BOY, is Tap City Again!!!

ddangerous

I still think HBO programming >>> Showtime programming, but props to Espinoza for landing the Mayweather network sweepstakes.

Still Blazin

Who cares I just hope both networks put on great bouts.

ShoulderRoll

Showtime has been putting on better fights lately so I'm not surprised that their ratings are up.

HBO should take notice and do the same.

sofreshhh

HBO is putting all of their eggs in Broner's basket.

Mikel 45

If it all goes smoothly they could even get floyd as a pundit or commentator in the future.

Big_L Undisputed Champion Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,136 Rep Power: 14 Points: 101,000,078,547.03 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 101,000,078,547.03 Donate	wonder how ken hershman feels right about now.

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dc3383 Interim Champion Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 852 Rep Power: 5 Points: 22,846.85 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 22,846.85 Donate	He feels like sh*t right now

ddangerous Behind you. Join Date: May 2012 Location: The States Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 15 Points: 699,466,415.37 Bank: 233,389,520,081.93 Total Points: 234,088,986,497.30 Donate	I still think HBO programming >>> Showtime programming, but props to Espinoza for landing the Mayweather network sweepstakes.

Still Blazin I Love Pacquiao Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 34,115 Rep Power: 81 Points: 14,210,258,925.67 Bank: 282,630,815,787.00 Total Points: 296,841,074,712.67 Donate	Who cares I just hope both networks put on great bouts.

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Mikel 45 Contender Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 362 Rep Power: 2 Points: 44,729,534.36 Bank: 1,990,561,324.43 Total Points: 2,035,290,858.79 Donate	If it all goes smoothly they could even get floyd as a pundit or commentator in the future.