More from Rafael: HBO will not televise Klitchsko-Chagaev, wants July 11 and Haye

screw hbo why doesnt showtime pick this fight up

2 boring heavys or 1 boring heavy and 1 exciting heavy

Klitschko Chagaev will still happen, no matter what stupid ****ing HBO does. This network is the one who put on Klitschko/Ibragimov and Klitschko/Rahman. Oh yeah, lets not forget the night of mismatched PPV boxing on the Pac/Hatton card. SO sorry to Haye fans, sit back and watch while Wlad becomes Ring magazine champion.

I wish I had stayed off of boxingscene this week; this Haye-Klitschko-Chagaev-HBO thing has been exhausting... You've missed the best bit. Apparently as hopes of a Chagaev bout fade, Wlad is now targeting that well known HW contender Tomasz Adamek...

That creep Ross Greenburg obviously doesn't want Wladimir Klitschko to become the Ring Heavyweight Champion. :nonono: They showed Dawson-Tarver II, but not this? They turned down Adamek-Johnson too. Wladimir makes MUCH more money from RTL anyway, so he should tell Greenburg to kiss his ass, and then go ahead and fight Chagaev. if wlad does this he might not get on HBO for a while.

Good News.... I want to see Wlad in an exicting fight..

SportsNation Dan Rafael: (1:33 PM ET ) Ross Greenburg from HBO has informed me that if indeed Klitschko elects to face Chagaev on June 20, HBO will pass. The network is only interested in doing the Haye fight on the rescheduled date of July 11. _____ Kudos, HBO. What was the source of that erroneous report that said HBO wouldn't do July 11? wow, if true, wlad may have to wait until july 11th to fight.

Setanta should pull out as well,there is no need to have a fight on June 20 if the real fight 60 000 people paid to see can be done on Jully 11 Absolutely. This isn't a case of just a personal preference from a few people. The fight that was marketed and promoted is available three weeks later than originally planned. What will those fans who bought tickets and planned on seeing that get fed Chagaev instead?--and by the way, that's no done deal either, so who's to say it wouldn't end up being a joke...they already tried to get Adamek!

i dont give 2 shits for that fight. I'm glad hbo is doing this. Plus why would u guys wanna see this fight when hbo can save that money and put it on a better fight in the future? I hope wlad is smart enough to wait and see that the 60-70k people went to go see him fight haye.

hope it happens. but im sure setanta would have to agree to the date aswell.

lol ! Not surprised though

I wish I had stayed off of boxingscene this week; this Haye-Klitschko-Chagaev-HBO thing has been exhausting...

Ever heard of learning from your mistakes? Clearly that is what HBO is doing here. Also, they only aired Dawson-Tarver II because Dawson HAD to do that fight and HBO made him commit to (at least) a two-fight deal...which means we get Dawson-Johnson II as a result. At the end of the day, it was a good thing that they televised the boring rematch. The crowd of 60,000+ people will make this good tv, even if the fight is somewhat dull. Much better than a dull fight in front of 1,500 in Florida....

What b*tches. The network that aired Dawson vs Tarver II and Klitschko vs Rahman won't air this? A unification (sort of) in front of 60,000 people. I hope the fight happens and ESPN picks it up like they did for Vitali vs Gomez. Ever heard of learning from your mistakes? Clearly that is what HBO is doing here. Also, they only aired Dawson-Tarver II because Dawson HAD to do that fight and HBO made him commit to (at least) a two-fight deal...which means we get Dawson-Johnson II as a result. At the end of the day, it was a good thing that they televised the boring rematch.

Looks like Haye is the major attraction here. Unlucky Wlad fans. :rofl: Haye is the only reason i am watching a WLAD fight... i would watch a vatili fight....but WLAD can eat a dick

Thank you HBO... Agreed, 100%!

Dan Rafael has been known to be wrong occationally; I'd wait for something official from HBO before jumping on this story...

Good news. No one wants to see two dudes, with one they know nothing of, who almost dies every other day from some sickness, fighting. Especially when the alternative is waiting for a bit and having a much more meaningful fight take place.

Thank you HBO...

What bitches. The network that aired Dawson vs Tarver II and Klitschko vs Rahman won't air this? A unification (sort of) in front of 60,000 people. I hope the fight happens and ESPN picks it up like they did for Vitali vs Gomez.