HBO Boxing, Showtime, or ESPN?

[braveheart31]

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[Dr.Depravity]

I voted for ESPN. Just because, hey its free. They try to have two telecast a week. Also I think they are trying to help the sport, with the contender series. Teddy and Joe make a great team. I know HBO has the more must see fights but as far as ambition for the sport I go with ESPN.

[Panamaniac]

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[Run]

Al Berndstein is probably my favorite announcer.

Lamps is up there, but see there's a huge problem with how ****ing biased the HBO staff can get. The worst combination is listening to Manny, Lamps, and Larry go off on a five minute discussion about why someone is losing a fight when they're ****ing clearly winning it.

At points I get so annoyed I turn down the volume. Steward is a great trainer, but he sucks as an announcer because of his outrageous bias.



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[The Fix]

i love teddy atlas.... you can tell he cares for the sport and honestly there boxing has improved 10 fold recently.... they have names fighting more and more often and its free.... cant argue with free.

[brently1979]

Im beginning to like Showtime a lot and I like Steve Albert and Al Bernstein as commentators, but I've grown up watching fights on HBO and it doesn't seem like a big fight unless Jim and Larry are doing the commentating. So I'll go with HBO on this one.

I agree, it was strange watching the Morales vs. Diaz fight with out the HBO Team. It lacked the usual hype that the guys give it. I hope this isn't a trend with Arum, it's the second Top Rank PPV this year.

[brently1979]

I voted for ESPN. Just because, hey its free. They try to have two telecast a week. Also I think they are trying to help the sport, with the contender series. Teddy and Joe make a great team. I know HBO has the more must see fights but as far as ambition for the sport I go with ESPN.

This is also very true, ESPN do try and do a lot for the sport, they showcase young up and coming fighters. I feel HBO could do more for the sport, they seem to make a diligent effort only when the likes of DLH are fighting. The HBO website has gone to ****, they hardly update it with fight lead ups anymore.

[neils7147933]

I agree, it was strange watching the Morales vs. Diaz fight with out the HBO Team. It lacked the usual hype that the guys give it. I hope this isn't a trend with Arum, it's the second Top Rank PPV this year.

I don't imagine HBO was willing to put up enough $ for Diaz-Morales. Diaz had never fought on the network (or on national TV either I don't think) and Morales was on a losing streak...

[neils7147933]

This is also very true, ESPN do try and do a lot for the sport, they showcase young up and coming fighters. I feel HBO could do more for the sport, they seem to make a diligent effort only when the likes of DLH are fighting. The HBO website has gone to ****, they hardly update it with fight lead ups anymore.

ESPN's best effort is on the ESPN Classic channel where they have boxing at 8 pm and 12 am every weeknight, and often on weekends - sometimes marathons on weekends, too.

Shobox is best for prospects by far. ESPN just isn't getting the quality of fighters any more, likely because of budget constraints. We get a lot of journeymen fighters, gatekeepers, has-beens, to go with the rare sure-fire prospect matchup...