Stop blaming PBC for HBO's budget restraints

So I have been seeing in thread after thread people blaming PBC for hbo continuing to lower their boxing budget. Even tho HBO has been lowering their budget almost every year they want to blame PBC. I get the argument that PBC pays fighters to much but what people dont take into account is the pie is the same its just the fighters are getting more of the pie with pbc and the promoters less. My only point is this anti PBC **** has its points "even tho people ignore those same points when hbo does it" but lets be honest whats happening at HBO is not PBC fault even if arum or HBO want to pretend it is. HBO is to the point where they are not willing to spend money on free programming. Theres a reasons ggg, kovalev, etc etc are fighting fighters hbo doesnt have to pay very much unless its a purse bid. Any halfway decent fight with 2 name fighters is now a PPV fight and personally I dont get why these pbc hating boxing writers are not bashing HBO more for it. I just personally dont get it. We have thurman vs porter coming up for free technically a showtime fight when was the last time HBO put on this good of a fight for free? it doesnt happen anymore and instead of people bashing PBC we need to support them so we can see more thurman vs porter type fights

Comments (12)

j0zef

PBC is to blame for overpaying fighters that HBO can't match because they can't operate at a loss. But it's definitely not the driving factor The companies have two different strategies. HBO sees this as a sign of the times and is basically saying 'We can't pay you as much as we used to, but you still get to make half a million dollars per fight, which is damn good money". PBC on the other hand wants to bring more following to boxing by staging fights on free TV and resurrect the sport. Both ideas have merit.

9y ago

Jloro

I agree hbo is going to ****. Like crawford postol on ppv when porter thurman is free. Or canelo vs kHan. How do people slurp hbo so hard when that's going on??

9y ago

sicko

If HBO is serious about Boxing put the money up, if not, FUK OFF!

9y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

Hbo keeps lowering their boxing budget because boxing is basically dead in America.. Hbo would rather pump that money into Creating new TV shows like game of thrones, ballers, entourage, etc.. Shows like that are what is driving hbo subscriptions, not boxing.. PBC has nothing to do with it..

9y ago

Cinci_Champ

I don't see that as being true. Either 1)PBC proves that boxing is a sport worth investing in on a bigger scale & they get a high 8 or 9 digit per year TV deal. That'll likely mean more channels start considering boxing as a viable outlet for them to make some money. Most likely it'll be one of these channels that get left behind when PBC signed with a Fox or CBS or whoever we wanna speculate they sign a deal with. Or 2)PBC doesn't prove that boxing is a sport worth investing in on the scale they are looking for ($100M+/yr) & they go out of business or greatly scale back & throw guys on HBO, Showtime, UniMas & other outlets for boxing & the market will revert to the model it was pre-PBC sooner or later cuz there is still a market for boxing with or without PBC around. some seem to think they wont get a deal but i do and i think narrowing pbc down to a couple channels rather then like 6 will be huge. also channels who sign the deals are going to want a say in the matchups

9y ago

FrankieClutch

Off topic, that's a beautiful straight right for a baseball player. Absolutely. The best non-combat sports punch I've ever seen!

9y ago

Boxfan83

PBC is like socialism or grading on the curve. Why work hard for something when itll just be handed to you?

9y ago

boliodogs

People are doing that?Off topic, that's a beautiful straight right for a baseball player.

9y ago

boliodogs

HBO is responsible for their own actions. Only HBO gets the credit or the blame for what they do or don't do.

9y ago

FrankieClutch

People are doing that?

9y ago

PK3434

Agreed. It isn't PBC's fault that HBO has reduced their sports budget (which they have been trimming for years), but it is PBC's fault that other networks will no longer have any interest in boxing unless they are paid to put it on air.

9y ago

Pocket_Dogs

HBO just wants a return on their money. There's a reason why they paid over $100 million just to shoot the most recent season of Game of Thrones. The next episode alone of Game of Thrones cost over $30 million just to make. It's because they know they will get a return on their investment probably over five times. With boxing, they don't know what kind of return they are getting.

9y ago