The HBO Budget Crisis and What it Means

I've been reading a lot lately and it seems this HBO budget issue is becoming serious. I'm not a business expert but the main issue is Time Warner made some budget cuts and HBO sports took a significant hit. This is coming up in a lot of articles: 1. HBO has no interest in Cotto's next fight unless it's PPV http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/15415/cottos-june-18-ring-return-in-planning-stages 2. Per Bob Arum, they are not interested in pushing Lomachenko or Postol. This is somewhat confirmed here: http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/15410/arum-working-hard-on-lomachenko-walters-card So now, they will likely pass on one of the best cards of the year: Walters/Lomachenko and Postol/Granados. It's become the network of mismatches and the upcoming schedule is full of them. Rumor is Showtime might be picking that card up. Why should we care? They have nearly the entire top 10 p4p list to exclusive network deals but can't afford to bring in top competition for them. Then you have PBC across the street paying big bucks so would want to fight on HBO anyways. Are they just going to continue to shove Kovalev, Golovkin and Crawford down our throats in these one sided mismatches? So basically, it's not looking good. What are your thoughts? All I know is that HBO had a great 2 years rating wise...

Zzzzz at this conversation. Maybe in two years GGG makes a sacrifice. But for now, he hasn't and that's that. :lol1::lol1::lol1:

You're just projecting now. Zzzzz at this conversation. Maybe in two years GGG makes a sacrifice. But for now, he hasn't and that's that.

But you agree. Wait two years. But for now, no defense and no whining in his honor. You're just projecting now.

Says the person who just threw "whiny defenses and complaints" into the mix. Kinda proving the point there. But you agree. Wait two years. But for now, no defense and no whining in his honor.

Don't care what someone thinks. Especially when they switch the conversation from boxing to personal. Says the person who just threw "whiny defenses and complaints" into the mix. Kinda proving the hypocrisy point there.

Don't stoop to that level, someone might consider you a hypocrite. Don't care what someone thinks. Especially when they switch the conversation from boxing to personal.

Yeah. And maybe, just maybe, GGG will do that too. But for now...I don't wanna hear the whiny defenses and complaints. Don't stoop to that level, someone might consider you biased, inconsistent, or maybe a hypocrite.

It worked for Hopkins... Yeah. And maybe, just maybe, GGG will do that too. But for now...I don't wanna hear the whiny defenses and complaints.

So...as it stands today, Canelo is not willing to make a sacrifice and thus I won't defend him and definitely won't b*tch about Canelo. But maybe in two years he will. :lol1: It worked for Hopkins...

I'll just refer you to the Hopkins Timeline. So...as it stands today, Canelo is not willing to make a sacrifice and thus I won't defend him and definitely won't b*tch about Canelo. But maybe in two years he will. :lol1:

So...as it stands today, GGG is not willing to make any sacrifice and I definitely am not defending him or b*tching about Canelo. I'll just refer you to the Hopkins Timeline.

I'm just using the Hopkins timeline...which you have no problems with. Heck, if Golovkin waits a couple years Canelo will have had a lot more middleweight fights than Trinidad had when he fought in the MW tourney. And more MW fights than DLH had when he fought Hopkins. So...as it stands today, GGG is not willing to make any sacrifice and I definitely am not defending him or b*tching about Canelo.

Lol. So you're argument is that let's wait two more years to see if GGG is willing to make a sacrifice? Ok. And as it stands today, he hasn't. I'm just using the Hopkins timeline...which you have no problems with. Heck, if Golovkin waits a couple years Canelo will have had a lot more middleweight fights than Trinidad had when he fought in the MW tourney. And more MW fights than DLH had when he fought Hopkins.

And again...at what point in his career did Hopkins make that sacrifice? And at what point is Golovkin currently at in his career? Lol. So you're argument is that let's wait two more years to see if GGG is willing to make a sacrifice? Ok. And as it stands today, he hasn't.

Hopkins had to sacrifice his independence to get that fight. And it is a short list. GGG's list is non-existent. And again...at what point in his career did Hopkins make that sacrifice? And at what point is Golovkin currently at in his career? Maybe Golovkin should just wait a couple years and see if little Canelo can grow into 160.

Pretty short list. But yes, let's use Trinidad...Hopkins chose to stay at middleweight and fight guys moving up rather than move up in himself. He would later do the same with DLH. Thanks for playing. Hopkins had to sacrifice his independence to get that fight. And it is a short list. GGG's list is non-existent.

Felix Trinidad, the #1 pound for pound fighter in the world, and a 3-1 favorite over Hopkins. Pretty short list. But yes, let's use Trinidad...Hopkins chose to stay at middleweight and fight guys moving up rather than move up in himself. He would later do the same with DLH. Thanks for playing.

Name the elite scalps on Hopkins' resume at that time. Felix Trinidad, the #1 pound for pound fighter in the world, and a 3-1 favorite over Hopkins.

When Hopkins and Jones were negotiating a rematch they had elite scalps on their resume. Name the elite scalps on Hopkins' resume at that time.