Nelson Says HBO Will Have Open Door To All Promoters

By Steve Kim

One of the big challenges facing Peter Nelson, who was officially announced as the new Executive Vice President of HBO Sports on Tuesday, is how to navigate what has become a very fractured boxing business. As of now, there are two seperate universes that exist, those who are under Al Haymon's umbrella with Premier Boxing Champions and the rest who are with HBO.

Basically rendering some potential fights as non-starters.

Regarding this issue, Nelson told BoxingScene.com - "Look, we're commited to work with promoters who are committed  to working with us with the highest talents in the sport in efforts to build them from stars to superstars on a platform that long precedes my arrival, was building stars on the premium level and has been doing so forever.

"So those who have a shared vision are welcome and we look forward to working with them."

Currently the main content providers for the network are the likes of Main Events, K2 Promotions and Top Rank, who have brought them the likes of Sergey Kovalev, Gennady Golovkin and Terence Crawford, among others.

So with that said, are there any entities that are precluded from appearing on HBO in the near future?

"We're open to all promoters," stated Nelson, simply.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.